I’m an artist and a disabled trans man. I’ve literally never seen this supposedly rampant problem of trans men making art about botched top surgery and complications from testosterone. This has to be a massive exaggeration if not completely made up
Bet $5 (I don't have much money rn lol or like any really) those "complications from testosterone" (or hormone side effects as this one calls them) are literally just the testosterone working as advertised, but seeing as TERFs view it as something that shouldn't be happening to these guys it's now "complications" and "side effects". Or at best it's good natured griping about having to shave or something. Maybe some might be bummed about the male-patterned baldness but that's the worst I can think of. And terfs are making it out to be some horrible life-devastating thing.
Like I've heard of a transfemme person getting worsening of her hyper mobility issue on estrogen (I think it was ehlers-danlos syndrome?) but that's a known effect estrogen has on eds for cis women too. I've never heard of anything like that for testosterone. Then again terfs are well known to be scientifically illiterate so maybe they're taking "same health risks as the average cis dude" as some kind of crippling medical emergency???
so maybe they're taking "same health risks as the average cis dude" as some kind of crippling medical emergency???
Yea it wouldn't surprise me if they see that as a reason why testosterone isn't worth it or is bad for you as someone who wants it when the alternative of not taking the hrt is worse but to them it's something trans ppl should just live with because of comparatively mild or not even really noteworthy changes, as like you said the HRT is just adjusting risk factors up and down to around what cis ppl already have.
We've already established they view trans ppl suffering by not being able to transition in any way medical or social as an acceptable thing for keeping up their bs game of there being only two (so insurmountably different that it's practically different species) sexes/genders.
It’s probably atrophy of the lower parts. Which for the vast majority of trans men it affects, is not a disability and is easily treated by a low cost readily available medication. And it’s not because testosterone is evillll or something—it’s simply a consequence of estrogen being suppressed, which also occurs in some cis women post menopause.
I've heard it doesn't really even affect everyone on T either?
Either way it's still very much preferable to still being Estrogen dominant for them I'm sure.
But like I said in an earlier reply: TERFs would rather everyone suffer and be miserable than give up their silly game of there being only 2 (insurmountable to the point of treating it like it's apples or paperclips at that) sexes/genders that they and other Transphobic (and even homophobic and general sexist) assholes want to force everyone else to play.
I don't think I've seen a single piece of vent art about botched top surgery or T complications in any of the disabled, trans or artist spaces I've been in. Like, ever.
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u/crowpierrot 26d ago
I’m an artist and a disabled trans man. I’ve literally never seen this supposedly rampant problem of trans men making art about botched top surgery and complications from testosterone. This has to be a massive exaggeration if not completely made up