it’s hot. also i’m growing cacti from seed which is new to me and i’m excited, a few of them are sprouting now. how are you?


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    Coming out to my parents for sure

    Can certainly be stressful regardless of how you expect it to go. Best of luck with that.

    my partner basically figured it out so I didn’t have to tell them lol

    Always my favorite way to come out to others is not having to.

    Ohh, and I’m a national level athlete in a very gendered sport. So thats weighing on me pretty heavily too.

    That sounds really rough. Guess you can’t just hide it there. Have you looked in how switching would go?

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      So I can hide it for awhile, probably until I have noticable boobs lol. But, its hard to know how hrt will affect my performance. And then there’s the issue with if I’m still really competitive, what does that say for trans women in sport? I can solve the coming out problem, but the sport problem is much harder.

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        probably until I have noticable boobs lol.

        People are sometimes incredibly unaware of things. I think for most people, they have to be un-ignorable for some to notice. Granted, if you aren’t overweight and have thin and tight uniforms, that might be a lot earlier.

        But, its hard to know how hrt will affect my performance.

        That was more more concern. A lot of people talk about pretty quickly noticing difference in their physical abilities. Personally, I’ve been surprised by the lack of drop-off. But I almost never strength train and I think some sports have 2+ year requirements of taking HRT (which I don’t meet that requirement).

        And then there’s the issue with if I’m still really competitive, what does that say for trans women in sport?

        The fact that its so politicized sucks. Like, even if somehow you disproved all kinds of research suggesting otherwise, I think learning more would be a cool outcome in a vacuum.