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Invest in a set of Resistance Bands.  It is very important to exercise if you plan to go on testosterone. There are many exercises that can be done with resistance bands, and one of the best exercises is pull ups. There is something insidious about the trans influencer movement, as it skews the perception of testosterone therapy. The people who go on to become trans influencers are the very best outcomes. Everyone hopes that testosterone will make them look like a hot guy, but a lot of people just wind up looking like this: This is not necessarily a bad outcome for some, until you consider the uncertainty that the future holds. There is always a possibility that you will have to stop testosterone therapy, in which case fat gained in the abdomen redistributes to the legs. If you started off as an androgynous female, the end result is actually worse than it was prior to treatment. How can you avoid this? Negative outcomes can be prevented through careful monitoring. It can be challen...

In the past, I have expressed criticism of Gender Exploratory Therapy (GET), but these are meant to be constructive criticism. I believe the model for sex reassignment services needs to be drastically reformed, with what Stella O’Malley describes as a “Least Invasive First” Approach. Under this model, the first line of treatment should be at least one year of GET, before one is allowed to pursue social, legal, or medical transition. At least, this should be the approach for natal females, as there are important sex differences in the presentation of Gender Identity Disorder. At the present moment, I think GET is mostly a waste of time and money for natal males. The proponents of GET lack a deep understanding of the most common cause of Gender Identity Disorder in natal males, that being autogynephilia (AGP). There is a video that is hilariously titled “ROGD Boys Exist!”, which showcases a textbook case of AGP. The husbands of transwidows were once boys. On the other hand, GET is probab...

A paper co-authored by Michael Bailey and Meredith Chivers might be relevant to FTM transsexuality, and how it relates to sexual orientation. The authors found that “lesbians were more male-typical in their sexual arousal and nonsexual characteristics” but that “there were no indications that these 2 patterns were in any way connected.” “Thus, women’s sexual responses and nonsexual traits might be masculinization by independent factors”. The authors provide two theories to explain this discrepancy. Theory 1: Timing of Prenatal Androgen Exposure “…it is possible that androgen influences at different timeframes explain why some women show male-typical sexual arousal and others show male-typical behaviors, but that these are apparently not linked.” Theory 2: Social Environment The authors explain that “there is no strong evidence that social factors determine the origins of sexual orientation”, but that social environment can influence the expression of non-sexual behaviors. The authors...

In 2022, a team working with Kenneth Zucker conducted research on the brains of gender dysphoric teenage girls. The team did not find evidence of cross-sex brain features in this group, where most participants reported non-gynephilic attractions. Instead, the team found differences in “brain areas implicated in own-body perception and self-referential thinking.”  At a glance, this seems to be consistent with studies on FTM adults . Their findings differ from a study conducted by Nota et al., which found male-like brain features in dysphoric teenagers who exclusively reported gynephilic attraction. However, these teenagers were also administered GnRHas (“puberty blockers”). It is therefore possible that brains only appeared similar to male controls as a side-effect of pubertal suppression. Notably, Kenneth Zucker’s team found patterns that “did not support the prediction that the brain functional connectivity patterns of gynephilic GD AFAB should reflect those of gynephilic cisgende...

Here, I outline what I mean when I describe myself as someone diagnosed with Late Onset Gender Identity Disorder. My experience cannot be generalized to everyone, especially not those with Early Onset (Homosexual) Transsexualism.  For me, “FTM” doesn’t mean “Female-to-Male.” It means “Female-to-Masculine”, as in “Masculine Female”. No matter how severe my dysphoria is, no amount of hormones or surgery will make me into a biological male. Instead, they allow me to approximate the appearance of a male, to alleviate Gender Dysphoria. I become male-like, but my sex remains female. Feminists define “woman” as an “adult female human.” While this is literally correct, it is also a very female way of looking at the world. If you ask the average man “What is a man?”, he will not answer “an adult male human.” By that measure, most adult male humans are still boys. Men define the word “man” by a code of values and responsibilities that separates the “boys” from the “men”. Once you define the ...