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What is something you learned or experienced from being trans that you wish you knew pre-transition, or that you wish cis people knew?

I'll go first: the temperature differences when going from testosterone-dominance to estrogen-dominance is not just real but significant, my body just puts out less heat and I feel colder much easier now even when otherwise maintaining a high metabolism, eating in excess, etc.

It may have just been my trans denial before, but I really wanted to believe that the difference was not that great and I was wrong.

What's something you wish people knew?

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

unfortunately they might, at least in the US there is a learned callousness to suffering and "not my problem" individualism, which is ironic given the significance of taking care of the poor, unhoused, and travelers in both Christianity and ancient Greece and Rome, the supposed cultural foundations of the West.

edit: oh, I've been meaning to ask if you have a gofundme or way to send you funds, you are on my mind a lot