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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.
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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.
- Rainbow Railroad // A non-profit international humans rights organization helping at risk LGBTQ+ people relocate to safety.
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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Ive done plenty of reading and research on DIY, I probably wont be able to do it anyway as I have nowhere to deliver the hrt to that wont get me caught. I'm going to do what I'm going to do, and on that note I think people should be trying to make diy safer, more about reducing the risks if we do end up doing it rather than just telling people no. Because like i said, I'm going to do what I'm going to do, and that does not just go with me.
Australia has informed consent available for HRT. Just gotta be 18. You really need to wait. Under 18’s should not be on hormones anyway.
Under 18 are on hormones all the time, it's called puberty.
Why is it fine for trans youth to have the wrong hormones but having the right hormones is somehow a bad thing?
There is no biological reason to choose 18 as a cut-off. It is entirely a product of how our societies are structured. Without that specific structure where 18 is considered legal maturity that age would not be chosen as a cut-off.
As such this is not a medically motivated recommendation, but a legally motivated one. And as such this recommendation is not in the patient's best medical interest. It's the medical professionals covering their asses.
It's medical malpractice.
Anytime any magical recommendation references an age as a hard cut-off instead of physical attributes like weight or developmental stage it's bullshit. The body doesn't follow a strict time line.
The very fact that natal puberty starts at very different ages should make it glaringly obvious that any hormone related discussion cannot and must not be age dependent.
…What am I reading in a freaking transfem online space?? Is this for real? Are you serious?
thats a very harmful take imo
going through the wrong puberty is traumatic
Why should we force trans youth to go through puberty when they don't have to? Unnecessary trauma. So many trans people wish they could have started when they were teenagers
Being trans, they already have enough of a tough road ahead of them. Why make it any harder than it has to be?
What the hell. Please think about your gate keeping and how massively harmful such gate keeping is.
Which is exactly wjat OP is doing, so I guess you can be happy?
I disagree. A minor could and should resort to DIY HRT if their doctor is not giving them a proper dosage, or not giving them E2 at all. This is provided that the minor has done their research, and ideally, is supported by a local trans group, etc. To put yourself in danger with E2, you'd have to screw really, really badly. Some ways of getting E2 into your body like gel, spray or pills are probably a better idea for a minor than the scarier injections which require a slightly higher level of knowledge. And it's probably easier to get the dosage wrong with injections.
Oh yeah, so minors trans people are going to block their puberty until 18? That's ridiculous. Blockers don't exist to wait until majority, they exist to give time for teenage trans people to decide whether they want to do HRT. And that wait time shouldn't be years. The less time is spent blocking puberty, the better it is.
I would argue it's probably easier to get the doses wrong with oral or transdermal than injections. DIY oral pills aren't really a thing beyond ordering from overseas pharmacies. So it's either oral tinctures, transdermal creams, or injections. Injections seem a lot more precise, and the dose response is much more predictable. Transdermal has hugely variable skin absorption, and oral has to get variably processed by the liver and kidneys. But injections skip all that and are fully absorbed.
Oral I agree kinda sucks anyway. I actually meant overdosing rather than getting the dose wrong. I feel you see many more people messing up their dosage with injections ("oops I misread and injected ten times the volume") than with gel (you don't read "oops I applied ten times more doses on my thighs" very often). But in general, I think injections are definitely the way to go for someone who won't be overwhelmed by the steps and is careful. And for adults they're definitely the best route of administration. Just maybe not the most practical and easy thing for a teenager who has to do HRT in secret. :)
Yeah, you're right. Like, I come from a STEM background. Simple volume concentration calcs are trivial to me. But yeah, often it's hard to step back out of your own experience. If people aren't comfortable with that or with volumetric measuring...it gets hard. I think it's not so difficult to learn. Just about anyone can learn how to do injections safely, but people don't always have access to good information or training. And yeah, it gets even more complicated for minors.
As long as you're responsible, it's better to be on any HRT at a young age than to delay and risk irreversible changes