• LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think one of the biggest issues standing in the way of widespread acceptance of trans people is generally not understanding what we actually do or are like.

    So like, most people completely misunderstand how hrt works. They think that you do it and only really get a better mental space. But that’s not true at all. Everyone I have known on hormones get so many changes. Our hairlines can change, our bone density decreases or increases to match the gender your hormones match with, our bodies redistribute fat, our skin changes, even our body smells change, we lose or gain muscle mass to again come in line with whatever our hormones match. Our body chemicals change. Estrogen can decrease the size of your feet by a size and can literally make your hips grow and change how your weight is distributed. Testosterone can make you grow a full bushy as fuck beard and a such a deep voice you’ll never know the person ever had a higher pitched one. Everything changes on hormones and cis people just don’t seem to understand that at all. I’ve known many trans people who transition so well that other trans people don’t believe they’re trans and think they’re cis.

    Add on that they don’t understand bottom surgery and it just gets annoying as fuck. The fact that cutting dicks off is still how so many cis people think femme bottom surgery works is so fucking infuriating and it happens when leftists reference it too.

    I think if more cis people simply knew trans people and were willing to discuss with them about what being trans is like then there would be more general acceptance.

    • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I feel it’s easier for ppl to just mind their fucking business. I never known nor met a Trans person but as long what you’re doing doesn’t hurt anyone or infringe on anyone rights I don’t give a fuck what you do. It SHOULD be that simple