@NanoRaptor One day I'm just unaccountably angry, bitchy to everyone around me, just bring a complete grumpy shit.

My girlfriend notes I felt the same way 30 days ago, exactly.

My wife notes that she's about to start her period, as well.

Now I'm bitchy and angry and gloriously affirmed!

#trans #transgirl #hrtIsMagic

HRT is a helluva drug. I do a lot of things now I never imagined would be fun. I was terrified of tbh. I went to my first Karneval and I danced with my boss, my coworkers and random strangers in a room that was far too loud and I had a lot of fun. I never would have imagined pre-transition, pre-me.

Also heat. I used to talk about how waking up in the morning was like falling off a ladder into a body I did not belong in. Now I can sweat like a pig, and I may not like that I smell like a pig but it doesn't make me uncomfortable.

I'm now covered in tattoos and piercings in ways I never thought I would do ever. Even applying myself like I do at work or in life, like learning a second language or hopping borders or doing all the paper work required- judges, lawyers, DOCTORS- to transition. IN TWO languages under two different bodies of government. Like the odd burst of extroversion and gregariousness that HRT gave me is like I am a different person and my old friends have told me as such. YMMV but like wtf is this stuff. It's life altering when you don't hte everything you are and how you feel and smell and even think every second of every day

The pictures are of me and my piercing and also me as a sweaty abomination from working in infrastructure not built for such ridiculous heat waves. MELTING and horror but still not dysphoric.

#hrtismagic #hrt #trans #dypshoria
Just did my 100th estrogen injection! It totals up to 716 milligrams, it doesn't take much! #HRTisMagic

Oh, it's Thursday!

Which means on Halloween I get to poke a 25-gauge hole in myself and inject estradiol valerate!

#HRTisMagic

I was doing a "plank" exercise thing and looked "down," meaning not toward the center of the Earth but toward my feet, and so I saw my breasts hanging down under the influence of gravity. This, again, is not some sort of surprise, but in the past I saw this sort of thing lying on my back looking up at this nice view of my partner, seeing *my own breasts* like that is new and amazing!

#TransWoman #HRTisMagic

@vantablack ❗: Put the blue pill under your tongue and hold it till it dissolves. #gradualtf #hrtismagic

I did a bunch of household cleaning over the weekend and at some point at the end of the weekend was using the sink in the bathroom and noticed my tiny, distorted reflection in the clean and shiny chrome faucet spout and my first thought was, well, look at that, I have boobs, even viewed in a weird distorted faucet reflection.

HRT is magic, is all I can say. I did not appreciate how much this would feel right.

#trans #HRTisMagic

I was running up the stairs during the laundry process and noticed a lot more boob bounce than I used to get. Not entirely comfortable but extremely affirming!

#HRTisMagic

Hormones are magic.

The first pic is me and my brother at pride a year ago. The second one is us from this year (yesterday). I don't even recognize myself. Like, that cannot possibly be the same person. Hence, hormones are magic.

Also, I love how he's wearing a shirt that says "you will have to go through me," and I'm standing behind him as if to use him as a shield. I love my brother so much.


Image CW: EC, Selfie

#TransJoy #Pride #Trans #HRT #HRTIsMagic

- posted by Sky

Mae Dean quote-boosted the author that wrote this blog post on Bluesky and I figured linking it here would be useful for my followers, particularly #transfems planning on/currently taking/thinking about taking #estrogen and maybe #progesterone if uncertain about the 1-2 year "maximum effect" thing studies mention, because (spoiler) they weren't long enough: https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/transition-timelines

Yes yes I know, substack, but eh.

#trans #transfem #HRT #HRTIsMagic #TransWoman #TransWomen #TransGirl #TransGirls

Transition Timelines

The long, slow tail end of hormonal transition when you're an adult

Stained Glass Woman