21 results for "testosterone"
Transitioning at 62 is absolutely possible, and people do it successfully all the time. I've been told about someone transitioning in Australia in under four…
Testosterone causes red blood cells to become larger, denser, and more numerous, which is exactly what happens in any body running on testosterone. For trans…
The long-term effects of testosterone are well understood. It drops your voice, grows facial and body hair, develops and broadens your muscles and skeleton,…
Non-binary people are entitled to the same quality of gender-affirming healthcare as anyone else, and international guidelines including the WPATH Standards of…
World Laughter Day. Share with me your stories about trans people, about trans healthcare, about trans beautiful lives, and how they made you laugh with joy.…
If you are looking for a neat biological checkbox, you have missed the point, and the century. The truth is simple: trans women are women, trans men are men,…
When people claim to be standing up for women by opposing trans rights, they are not being honest. The parameters of who counts as a real woman keep narrowing,…
Trans people in prison have legal rights to dignity, safety, and protection from discrimination. The Equality Act 2010 protects them through the characteristic…
Otto raised three children as their mother before coming out as a trans man in his sixties, and now his grown children are learning what it means to have a dad.
Theo paused his testosterone, carried his son through nine months of forms that kept calling him mother, and held the baby who would only ever know him as Dad.
A trans person orders a coffee, hears one word from a stranger, and finds the world has quietly rearranged itself around who they really are.
Kabir braced for rejection when he came out as a trans man to his watch, and found instead that the men he worked with simply got on with it.
A trans man who loves his life but is exhausted by the assumption that surgery is the final proof of who he is finds a quieter, firmer sense of himself.
Rohan dreaded the recovery weeks after top surgery, until his friend stayed for every boring, undramatic, necessary day of it.
A trans woman notices her skin is different, her scent has shifted, and the mirror is finally, tentatively, starting to show her the person she has always been.
A person who paused a medical step and spent months certain they were a fraud finds, slowly, that the pause was part of the path.
Theo stopped swimming at fifteen and told his coach it was a scheduling conflict. Nobody knew the real reason until his mum described the bathroom doorframe,…
Some men can become pregnant, and the healthcare system's failure to acknowledge this clearly causes genuine clinical harm: missed screenings, hostile…
The NHS supports patient self-administration of testosterone injections in many cases, and understanding your rights can help you access the care that works…
People worry about red blood cells on testosterone, but it's just what testosterone does. It puts you in line with other men. That's not a risk, it's biology.
Testosterone gives you the same health profile, the same risks, the same benefits as any other man. That's the most important thing to remember.