Peaches - Trans Megathread from April 7th, 2025 to April 13th, 2025

- Yeah, it's just liberal bullshit.
  What we actually need is a gender cultural revolution
- Real!! I understand wanting to be stealth and just be cis, but tbh I can't help but think the trans people assimilating are losing some of the most important parts of being trans. It's something special, not something to hide away.
  
  It's something special, not something to hide away
  Agree! I love being trans!
  And I understand wanting to be safe and wanting to not have to deal with transphbic comments, worry about violence, etc. But assimilation isn't a real path towards that, only dismantling patriarchy is.
- I agree. It's like when people post the left-handed graph. Sure it's probably correct that once society stops being structurally and culturally transphobic, there will be a cap on how many trans people there are (maybe 3% of population IDK?). But if the rate of trans people was literally growing exponentially so that at some point in the future 100% of people would be trans, there would be nothing wrong with that. Society would have to adjust but we've done so for other stuff.
  
  What's the left-handed graph? I'm not familiar.
  Personally, I imagine that, in a society that was truly free of gender-based oppression and where people weren't forced into gender at birth, most people wouldn't even have a gender (though probably a few people would, like as a hobby kinda?). But I could be totally wrong on that. I think you can really only guess how many people would be trans or whatever else once so the bullshit is removed: we're too deep in the bullshit to have any real idea.
  
  Once I wrapped my mind around my own transness it became significantly less clear to me that there would be an upper cap. I would be completely unsurprised if a world without gender oppression saw the vast majority of people bending gender in some way to suit their own expression. And yeah that sounds freaking awesome if you ask me. Or even just not having gender at all

Chat.... The date did NOT go well, we had a lot in common, had good conversation, and he was really attractive, but near the end he basically just came out and said he was 'dating' multiple people and wasn't looking for a serious relationship, in spite of the fact that I literally told him that I was looking for a serious, monogamous, relationship beforehand. 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 Then he, very clumsily, all but asked when we should meet up for sex cuz he 'doesn't like going on too many dates and becoming friends with the person' - his words 🙄
Fucking epic. At least this was the normal kind of guy being an asshole instead of the transphobic kind. I actually kinda appreciate that he treated me poorly in the same way he treats his cis-women dates! XDDDD
Dudes rock.
- And another day that I’m glad that I’m
  .
  I’m sorry you have to deal with those pieces of shit.
  
  Trust me, I'm sorry too... 😂
- doesn't like going on too many dates and becoming friends with the person
  he did you a favor by saying it directly and letting you know what kind of person he was at least so you didn't waste your energy.
  how frustrating!
- doesn't like [...] becoming friends with the person
  the most massive red flag of all time good lord. even aside from the fact that he met up with you under false pretenses
- Really sorry to hear that he turned out to be shitty and kinda gross.

- May you have a swift recovery :meow-hug:
  
  Thank youuuu.
- Congrats! And hope for a quick recovery.
  
  Thank you so much!
- Congrats! How far along are you? I'm hoping to have bottom surgery next year, my surgeon's schedule is bonkers
  
  Just shy of a week!
- Congrats! How far along are you? I'm hoping to have bottom surgery next year, my surgeon's schedule is bonkers

I scored big time today. One of my profs is retiring at the end of this semester and he pulled me into his office and told me to take as many books from his bookshelf as I wanted
- I've spent the better part of this evening nose deep in a book on abstract harmonic analysis
  
  idk what that means but if it's music theory stuff pls share because that sounds neat lol
- eeeeeee~ awesomeeeeee!!!!!! ~~not jelly or anyfinng....~~

- My initial response was ironically "Jesus Christ" out loud.
  I don't know your country, state, circumstances etc, but is there anyway they can be made not your student? Moved to a different class, dropped out of said class, or at least some sort of ramification?
  
  Haha I love the irony.
  The thing is that I have no idea who it was. Long story short, the way the classroom is set up and the way the class itself is structured, I walk around the room a lot to different tables working in groups, and someone put it on top of the book I'd brought with me and had on my podium. They were sneaky and stayed anonymous. So to my knowledge there's absolutely nothing I can do.
- down with religion
  
  Only reason I've seen people defend slavery (like, from people who are alive today).
- Jesus was a trans man

I miss my little man :(

- I found myself back to full power really at 2 month mark. It’s such a life changing surgery.
- After a month it’s still that bad? Wow, that’s brutal.
  
  Full recovery is 12 months, mostly for remaining swelling and hair regrowth for the last 6 months. Honestly the worst part is the first 3 days. Afterwards it gets a little bit better every day. I feel amazing compared to 2 weeks ago

- Awesome! I love reading your updates.

I want this outfit, I want this hair.

- i can only wish for the day that it's me who gets to post about my new custom built pussy in the trans mega like you're posting about your new vagina now
  congrats :)
  
  custom built pussy
  _ohmygod yes
  some might call it...artisanal
  
  I hope that the time will be on you before you know it.
- Thank you!
  I often worry that my joyposting is taking up space in the mega, even though I know this is absolute nonsense.

There’s 2 thing I would have NEVER expected as a teenager:
That I’m a woman
That I would join a knitting group (well not yet. I still have to wait a few weeks)
I was looking for a new hobby and thought I would give it a try, because I found crocheting quite enjoyable as a child and I REALLY want some nice, custom sweaters.
But holy moly is yarn expensive.
(perfect emoji lol)
I just spent 100€ for 2 circular needle pairs, some basic tools and 22 skeins of wool, and almost all of those things were on sale. Like, it’s legit cheaper to just buy a sweater, unknit it and use that as a source of wool, because the prices in the fashion industry are just that insanely low.
Prime example of how ridiculous capitalism is.
- Yarn is so expensiiiivvvveeeeeee and then before you know it you have saved up a ton of one off or two off skiens and need to find small projects to knit
  
  I’ve already bought a bunch of one-off skeins.
  
  But I can use them for practice or experimenting, I guess.
- Congrats on finding a hobby group, and having a neat hobby in the first place!
  
  Thank you.
  
  Yeah, my social worker has tried to get me to join one for 5 years now, but I never did until now because of dysphoria kicking my ass.
- how fun!!
  
  I hope it will be, because usually I hate monotonous tasks. But if I can listen to stuff or chat with others at the same time, I think I will love it.

My fiancée didn't like the name "girl bag" for my balls

the county im in sent me a invitation letter for cervical cancer screening

it's kinda affirming in a way tbh
- You know, you joke, but it's not as crazy as it sounds. I'm a post op trans woman, and I've had a pap smear before. The US's NIH website actually used to specifically recommend that for post op trans women every five years or so. The recommendation has since been purged along with all other trans health info, but it used to actually be an official recommendation. Here's a blog post going into more detail on it:
  https://drashleynova.medium.com/trans-women-need-pap-smears-too-d461d41818a9
  Obviously trans women can't specifically get cervical cancer. But the same test, a pap smear, tests for other vaginal cancers that post-op trans women and nonbinary folks can get. Anyone with a vagina needs a pap smear, regardless of gender assigned at birth or transitioned gender.
  
  Anyone with a vagina
  working on it
- I know! Same for me lol, thanks for the warning but any doctor would have a hell of a time finding a cervix on me

I'm still cute, which is, of course, pretty cute

gonna book an appointment at a lgbtq clinic, they'll set me up with psychiatrist who will diagnose me with gender dysphoria no worries according to my friend. but that sounds scary and hard. doctors are scary.
- doctors are absolutely scary. my advice is just to tell them exactly what they are expecting to hear. before i found a good gender doc i just ran them down the checklist for gender dysphoria essentially, even though that didn't perfectly match my experience.
  it's normal to be anxious but you're gonna do great. good luck!
  
  this is good advice thank you

Went to the doctor today, but they were surprised to see me, because apparently my appointment is in 2 weeks.
Welp! Returned right back home contemplating on how I could’ve done such a dumb mistake.
When I arrived at home, I immediately looked at the appointment card: It’s today’s date.
I feel so stupid now, even though it wasn’t my fault.
- dam that sucks, I hate it when bureaucracies gaslight you with their incompetence.
  
  Oh, no, she didn’t gaslit me, lol. She even asked me if I had the card with me to see if there was a mistake. And also it’s a time-sensitive thing, where I definitely shouldn’t be 2 weeks early. So I’m glad that she noticed it.
  I feel stupid in like a humorous way, I guess. Mostly just prog fucking with my emotions.

down with cis
- down with cis
  
  Down with cis

2 months on hormones today. Feeling better and better as time goes on. I've been having a hard time eating lately so it's not helping the girl gains, but all things in time or whatever.
I dyed my hair blonde recently also after contemplating it for months and it's the second best decision I've made this year.
Anyways, HRT rules and it's never too late. I didn't start until after 30 and I have 0 complaints so far. Other than wishing I could skip the blood work, ha.
- congratsssss :3

Been exercising more and eating more healthily this week and I'm starting to like my body just a little more :)

- I believe in you.
- NO BOOB GANG NO BOOB GANG GIRLTWINK UNSTOPPABLE
  
  I am actually very stoppable, in fact seemingly minor inconveniences grind me to a halt often
  
  girltwinks assemble

I'm happy to say I've rejoined cute gang
- You left it?
  
  b-but i didnt get any memo?
  
  I was out in a heavy rain with no umbrella on Friday and was DEFINITELY not cute afterwards. I encutened myself real good today to compensate

there's only one thing more annoying than trying to buy cute boots that fit, and that's buying HATS
my dome is so freakishly large and all of the hats are like ONE SIZE which translates to "HA HA get fucked freak" aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
- This is why I wear a rotating cast of bandanas. I'm up to 40ish different colors and patterns at this point.
  And I can tie them up cute with my hair and scrunchies 🥰
- Same :(
- You can definitely get hats in different sizes. Maybe look at stores that are specialized in them?
  
  oh i know all of them already and the selection is AWFUL

we built this shitty
we built this shitty on butt with hole
- not as good imo, you win this round

Telling myself I am going to actually play my rom collection this time and not just spend hours and hours just downloading and organizing them like some kind of hoarder and then doing that anyway.
- It turns out the real game was the games we pirated along the way

up with trans
- up with trans
  
  up with trans

putting "OSINT expert" on my resume because I'm terminally online
- I've ordered DIY before. I'm an international supply chain and logistics expert!
- putting "hella gay" on my resume because I'm on this particular corner of the internet

Give my rizz some energy please...

Chat I think I'm falling in love again. I must have the kind of swag that trans guys love, because in addition to all my closest friends bring trans guys, every one I have matched with on a dating app for the past year and a half has been a trans guy. I'm pan, so I feel this is statistically unlikely, but I'm not complaining lol. But, I matched with a new guy recently and it's going so well and he's completely my type
Idk how I keep pulling cute boys, I am hideous. But I'm happy
God I love boys!! I could never have imagined that 5 years ago, lol. My love for non-boys has always been there, and hasn't gotten any less. But it wasn't till I figured out that I wasn't a boy that I realized I like boys
- The power of T4T~

I'm writing every day now and it's helping my mental wellbeing so much.
Got addicted to a video game for a few days earlier this week (why can I not like things normally instead of feeling like I have to spend 12 hours a day on it) and lost the habit which made me feel terrible, but now I'm back into it.

Does anyone else feel like everyone has this unspoken expectation that, eventually, you'll be okay? I feel like I'm going to let people down and it's hard to navigate.
- Been through that for 15 years now. Still not ok.

It’s all been downhill for Eastern Europe ever since they went CIS in 1991. Coincidence?

went to the gym yesterday and had a good workout all things considered given I hadn't been regularly in awhile recovering from my hand injuries and was feeling pretty good and saw some friendly regulars I hadn't seen in awhile
- shit sucks lol
  I'm perpetually baffled that most people never have to feel like this about themselves
  Like imagining being cis is so alien to me at this point when I spend most of my time feeling weird about myself

- I like cis men tho 😭 I just don't want to have to be their fucking therapist when they are "completely blindsided" by the fact that I'm trans despite me putting it in two separate places in my bio 🙃
  I already have a date for tonight tho with this extremely attractive cis/het guy that was seemingly normal about me being trans... Guess we're about to find out if that's the case XD

I had a dream where I had bangs, and it looked really nice.
Haha nice try brain, I will not be fooled.

It’s weird that I am whole-ass married when kissing still flusters me

went thrifting
got a cute lil narwhal snap bracelet plushy and stuff for decluttering
- eeeeeee~ cyooot
- also the snap plushy sounds so cute I'm envious
  
  Still needs a name but has Curly's approval and went to the gym with me on my gay lil backpack
- that were a size too small
  noooooooooooooooo
  this one always hurts. just make the cute shoes for larger feet please
  
  I normally find cute shoes that are like, 4 or 5 sizes too small so I don't really get my hopes up so finding ones that are close enough to try on and realize they're just too small is always really disappointing lol ugh
  I have a couple pairs of shoes in my size for all my regular needs but it'd be nice to have something femmier once in awhile and the promising finds are always too small and I don't feel like spending a bunch on ordering Peggy Hill ass big bitch women's shoes

- I used to get this real bad when I was on valerate, especially if I missed medicine day (usually cause I'm sick or having one of those "spend 12 hours hyperfixating on projects" days). Usually took a day or two for the depression to really hit, then another day to feel normal. It's pretty wild.
  Has been less of an issue since moving to enanthate.
- This happened to me when I hit a vein once doing my EV injection. For the next couple of days I was on the top of the world, but then the trough hit hard and I was utterly miserable until injection day.

i would like to turn off the part of my brain responsible for stress, thank you

Someone made a Create: Estrogen submod for Minecraft Create which adds E pills and patches which give you the power to dash jump. I always get a kick out of people trying to make the game more realistic.

Listening to king gizz's Changes again and reminding myself why I FUCKING LOVE this band
- I've always thought the stuff I've heard from them was cool and I fuck with microtonal shit but their discography is really daunting and I never really delved into it, any recs on where to start with them? Just start from the beginning?
  
  Each of their albums is so incredibly different from the others so I think the answer to that question kind of depends on what you're interested in hearing. If you want a little bit of a bunch of styles, Omnium Gatherum is fun and opens with a 20 minute jam session that is SO good. Nonagon Infinity is also freaking fantastic and a great starting point in my opinion.
  
  yewler is right there's a ton of variation. what that you've heard appeals to you / what do you like to listen to generally?
  
  Polygondwanaland is my favorite. I think the only one I didn’t really vibe with was fishing for fishies.
- Changes is so goooooooood
- I'M LIKE THE SNIPER HIDIN' IN THE TOWWAH
  
  thanks for helping me remember to listen to mushrooms, ice, lava, etc. today.

Rizz update:
I shared some of my music with her, and she was really impressed. I gave her a few of the full files because she said she wants to work out to them.
She's been so sweet and nice... very damn appreciative of everything I have to say. She's such a calm, gentle, and beautiful soul. I'm nervous because I really really really like her, but my rizz always has me covered...
Things will most likely continue to go well. Sharing my music with her helped us to get a bit more into personal hobbies and stuff like that because we mostly talked about things like Palestine, communism, and veganism besides that.

Going to bed before midnight for the first time in awhile and am comfortably worn out from the gym and freshly showered and took all my supplements and have comfy PJs, wish me luck on sleeping well because goddamn I've been bad at that lately

Im craving to be wrapped up in the arms of a tall butch
- Or a tall femme...
  
  I guess i just want to be in the arms of someone me-sized, to feel normal sized for once
- (thick wiseguy accent)
  ayyy best I can do is relatively tall futch over here
  
  Ayyy wiseguy huh?
  But futch is hot... Im so here for futch

I feel like my 2020 self would be proud of the way my 2025 self has become self assured and secure in identity. 🥰

Hello gamers, I got my blood work back and don't really know what to make of it
T: ~90 ng/dL
E: ~65 pg/mL
Is this normal for 2.5 months on HRT? I was on 4mg estradiol a day for the first month and a half and then bumped up to 6mg, plus 100mg Spiro a day (unchanged throughout). I definitely missed doses here and there, but maybe only a handful throughout.
- E doesnt come in ng/dL, are you sure you are reading the levels correctly? It should be pg/mL or pmol/L.
  
  Oh yup I misread it's pg/mL
- Not really surprising. There's a lot of variation from person to person it seems, so starting doses often are not enough, but serve to get an idea of what is needed.
- It's pretty low. Also make sure you take your blood test as close as possible to right before the next dose (of pills or of an injection). This is the trough level and it's what we base our adjustments on. If you took the blood at any other time it will seem that the level is high, but this will be useless for making any conclusions.
  If you are going to let the pill dissolve in your mouth, then spread it out over the course of a day. Don't put all your pills under your tongue/near your cheek all at once. If you need to split a pill in half to be able to take it throughout the day, then use a pillsplitter to make your life easier. It will take 30 mins to an hour to dissolve a full 2mg pill, anything left over in your mouth after that is filler material in the pill, just swallow it.
  
  Hmm the blood was taken around 2pm, and I take the pills at like 6:30am and 8:15pm. So my real levels might be even lower? Dang
  
  my PP doctors have me taking my levels mid way through the week, so i inject saturday and go in on wednesday for the blood draw; is there merit in going in on friday instead because I am getting checked again to see if monotherapy is working in a couple months.
  I don't really want to lie to them but i will if they are off about this!