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https://transfemscience.org/articles/e2-equivalent-doses/ in particular here.

Pretty much.

Follow international medical guidelines (i.e. WPATHv8) as a baseline, actually listen to trans people, and be willing to deviate based on patient need.

Have the trans community involved in governance in a non-tokenestic way, e.g. seats on the board.

Took me maybe a year to fully stop doing.

It varies in practice. Most people I see using identify, including many trans people, are well-intentioned and think it’s the preferred polite language without thinking too hard on the implications of it.

However there are definitely anti-trans people who will use it pejoratively, which I presume is where that wording originated.

He longs for the ocean.

Testosterone can convert to estradiol via aromatase, however there’s no metabolic pathway in the other direction.

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For me I noticed minor benefits after 4 days, and it took about 2 weeks for it to more fully kick in.

Personally the other side effects ended up with me going off it. The focus benefits stayed, though the low mood it turned out it was causing took 3 weeks to go away after I stopped.

my male genitals are not working well

This is a common side effect.

For estradiol pills, patches, and gel are your options if you can’t do needles.

Pills aren’t recommended for over 45s or those with a history of blood clots, due to increased risk of blood clots.

I think I read something about her sister handling it now.

For pre-op http://fuckingtranswomen.org/ is generally what is recommended.

Unfortunately she passed away before writing the post-op version.

Nimona and there’s a bit in The Legend of Korra.

For anime there’s Wandering Son (trans), Yuri on Ice (gay, didn’t see the hype myself), and I’m currently working through S1 of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury which my housemate and I refer to as Space Lesbians - though technically its more bi. I watch subs, so can’t comment on dubs.

Yes, it took me maybe 6-12 months after I was out to stop doing it.

Still happens rarely, usually for phrases that are gendered that I’d not be using often.

The anti-trans groups champion her book, so I think it’s safe to say that she is not impartial.

For those looking, https://ko-fi.com/blahajzone is in the server description.

There’s also a mispaste of that under the “Empathy” header of that description.

A diving belle.

This is called the “bus rule” around here, you don’t sit beside someone if there’s a still a set of seats you can have to yourself.

I’d be more worried if they did sit beside you, as that’d be considered a bit creepy.

The downside is that the adverse effects of the meds can prevent you from being able to do much, so its about finding just the right dosage for your body.