I am not a doctor or any other kind of medical professional, just a transgender person who handles my own HRT. Here’s the method I use for intramuscular injections at home which you are welcome to read as educational material, and I’ve written it as instructions for myself.
Tag Archives: transgender
Feminized Fucks and Fatherhood
Whether it’s transactional fucks or experiencing childbirth, my desires are the same; that no-one be seen as more or less of a woman for them.
“Feminist” Fetishization of Trans Men
I find this kind of supposedly feminist thirsting over trans men to be harder to combat than chasers’ usual fetishization. It disguises itself as a compliment about more than solely the attractiveness of our bodies, but as a comment on our goodness as people.
Self-Advocacy as a Pregnant Trans Person
Pregnancy care varies in quality at the best of times, but when you’re trans and coping within a system that isn’t built for you it’s important to be proactive about self-advocacy.
The Price of Cisification
SWARM and THORN recently collaborated on putting together a zine, entitled Nuance Doesn’t Pay the Bills – a work of poetry, prose, and essays from trans sex workers! I was lucky enough to be asked to write a piece for it, The Price of Cisification which I’ve included below. It’s all about the costs associated with pretending to be cis while selling sex as a trans person.
Trans and Intersex Non-Disclosure vs. The “Trap” Stereotype
The choice over whether or not to disclose being trans or intersex to sexual partners can be a difficult one for many people, but the risks and pressures are especially high for those who sell sex. Instead of solely navigating the possibility of gendered violence when disclosure comes up during unexpected flirtations or planned casual sexual encounters, sex workers have to weigh up these issues against the harms that come from poverty if we cannot see enough clients.
Sex Deception Guidance: The Impact on Trans and Intersex Sex Workers
To summarize this guidance in the simplest terms, it treats a trans or intersex person not disclosing their gender identity and/or the sex they were assigned at birth as a form of deception which negates consent.
Trans Solidarity With Sex Workers
Supporting sex workers is not only the right thing to do, because we are a marginalized group who face constant abuse, but it is also beneficial for trans people who do not do sex work to ally themselves with sex workers. We have common struggles.
Hustling on Grindr
Here we will break down what it’s like to sell sex over Grindr, how this impacts safety, and why someone might choose to use Grindr for this instead of a traditional escorting website. Grindr isn’t built for sex workers, but we’re on it anyway!
Sexual Autopilot
I’m sure it’s not strictly true that I can’t have sex without slipping into what I think about as my “sex autopilot” mindset. For now, I seem to slip into it often, and it destroys my romantic relationships.