if you're here to tell me that something is unproven or possibly unsafe: i know. please take it somewhere else.

i'm interested in digging into any anecdotal reports/evidence of alternatives to testosterone, and any potential benefits/drawbacks/risks therein

i'm not expecting access to official or DIY markets to get restricted anytime soon, but on the off chance they do come under greater restriction/scrutiny, i'd like to know what alternatives have shown any promise for anyone

please and thank you ❤️

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I had a lead on estrogen for a friend, but the website I was looking at just got back to me: they do NOT ship to Canada.

Is there a domestic source I can get 2mg estradiol pills from? Last time she was on HRT, it was 6-8mg (memory isn't quite clear), and she is adamantly against the idea of using injectables. The idea is to order enough at once for an entire year (so, assume 8 for good measure).

Basically, I'd like to reduce the chance of customs fucking with the package, and I'd like to reduce the chance of something getting lost along the way.

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So, I'm going to a party for a friend to celebrate her first year on #HRT. Should I bring something, like flowers, or would that be weird?

(I'm really awkward so I never know what I'm supposed to do in these kind of situations)

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I am hoping someone in here might have advice. I am in a #transfem support group. When I engage in it, it helps me a lot.

The problem is, every time something really bad happens to someone in the group, it sends me spiralling for a bit. And by "really bad" I mean suicide, or people going missing, or etc. Every time I engage with the group for even months afterward, I have these awful waves of grief. It pushes me to disengage, because it feels like the only way to insulate myself from the pain. But distancing myself also hurts, because my support network is otherwise pretty small.

How do I find an emotional compromise here? I need the emotional crutch this group provides, but I also need to be able to recover when that crutch fails.

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Asking all #transfem / #transfemme people: can anyone tell me what it is like to get electrolysis done under sedation? I can see that it is possible, but I want to know if it works / is hellishly bad before I ask for an estimate

Otherwise I will likely continue seeing my clinic that just does numbing shots. It's just going very slowly because I don't get enough time off to do this often

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How open should I be about being trans at work? I am a programmer in a research part of UChicago Medicine. I would really like to talk about these things with my work friends, but currently the only people who know are the ones who interviewed me and HR. The all know me as a woman and as my chosen name.

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