Transfem
A community for transfeminine people and experiences.
This is a supportive community for all transfeminine or questioning people. Anyone is welcome to participate in this community but disrupting the safety of this space for trans feminine people is unacceptable and will result in moderator action.
Debate surrounding transgender rights or acceptance will result in an immediate ban.
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This community is supportive of DIY HRT. Unsolicited medical advice or caution being given to people on DIY will result in moderator action.
Posters may express that they are looking for responses and support from groups with certain experiences (eg. trans people, trans people with supportive parents, trans parents.). Please respect those requests and be mindful that your experience may differ from others here.
Some helpful links:
- The Gender Dysphoria Bible // In depth explanation of the different types of gender dysphoria.
- Trans Voice Help // A community here on blahaj.zone for voice training.
- LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory // A directory of LGBTQ+ accepting Healthcare providers.
- Trans Resistance Network // A US-based mutual aid organization to help trans people facing state violence and legal discrimination.
- TLDEF's Trans Health Project // Advice about insurance claims for gender affirming healthcare and procedures.
- TransLifeLine's ID change Library // A comprehensive guide to changing your name on any US legal document.
Support Hotlines:
- The Trevor Project // Web chat, phone call, and text message LGBTQ+ support hotline.
- TransLifeLine // A US/Canada LGBTQ+ phone support hotline service. The US line has Spanish support.
- LGBT Youthline.ca // A Canadian LGBT hotline support service with phone call and web chat support. (4pm - 9:30pm EST)
- 988lifeline // A US only Crisis hotline with phone call, text and web chat support. Dedicated staff for LGBTQIA+ youth 24/7 on phone service, 3pm to 2am EST for text and web chat.
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I'm in the USA where some sperm banks have the option for storing your own sperm for personal use. They still made me jump through a bunch of hoops including a medical exam, lots of sti testing, offensive questions about my sexual history, and then it costs money. It definitely wasn't as accessible as I was hoping. The whole process is highly biased towards donors, who have to jump through even more hoops. Places that do it often do have an option for trans femmes or men to store for personal use, but it's not nearly as common as egg freezing. Most of the places I looked into didn't even acknowledge that someone might want to store their sperm at all. There's this implicit assumption that people with sperm are fertile and will remain fertile so why would they want to store their sperm. One of the gotchas was I found a lot of the places that make it easy to store your sperm don't store it locally. One place for example sent all long term storage to texas, which isn't ideal in the current political climate. The one's that store locally are just hard to get in, at least in my experience. Some universities do it too, specifically for trans femmes, but they tend to have really long waits for an appointment.