I was planning to write a longer post for this mega and then Silksong happened so… oops?
Short version is this week is my 9th tranniversary. I don’t remember which day exactly so I like to say it was 9/11 so I’d never forget. What ultimately cracked my egg all those years ago was not the deep yearning when looking at women that I couldn’t identify as envy or the increasingly intense and umm horny dreams where I had the power to instantly change my gender. No it was that fucking faceapp gender swap filter. I just kept staring at that pic like it was a mirror into an alternate universe where I was happier and suddenly everything clicked into place. The first few years were hit or miss with a lot of other life changes happening at the time that interfered with getting properly started so in some ways it’s more like a 5 or 6 year tranniversary but whatever. 
It’s weird to say I’m almost done but I really am so close to making all the changes I wanted. I’ll never stop being trans, but I’m definitely moving from trans(itioning) femme to trans(itioned) femme and that’s quite exciting. And maybe a little wistful looking back at the journey.
Have a good week everyone!
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US Politics
Even prior to more recent events being able to get HRT through your Dr in the US was a crapshoot at best, and within the past 9 months there have been consistent and escalating legislative attacks against trans healthcare. Even in the few areas where HRT via prescription is more easily accessible, there is anxiety around how reliable and stable that will be moving into the future.
There are also many instances of hardline advocating for HRT via prescription being paired with hardline anti-DIY sentiment. As not straight forward as it can be, there are gonna be circumstances (that I would argue happen more often than not) where DIY is going to be the most simple and reliable way to get HRT and giving information and assistance regarding DIY is gonna be significantly more constructive than insisting the “proper” way is through a doctor
Yeah I agree, DIY is absolutely part of how trans people should know to get HRT. Yeah it can be faster and it means no one can shut off our medication just cause some legal bullshit.