I Have Posted The Slap N Grab

I have posted the slap n’ grab

People taking testosterone:

Hi! Wanted to share an important experience I had recently that I think you should know about, especially if you’re a fellow petite trans guy or similar!

I just got an awesome gynecologist who works with all sorts of people, including trans guys and such. She made me feel very safe, comfortable, and heard! One of the things she asked me during my visit was if I had anyone in my family who has/had Osteoporosis - a condition that makes your bones weak and brittle.

I had no idea why that would even matter, but both of my mom’s parents did, and I found out later that my mom has Osteopenia (sort of a halfway point between healthy bones and Osteoporosis). My doctor nodded and then explained that since 1) Osteoporosis runs in my family, 2) I am a trans guy taking weekly testosterone, and 3) I am petite at 5′0″ and 100-110 lbs, I should get a bone density scan done. Huh??? Why???

Did you know that estrogen actually protects your bones by suppressing reabsorption of the bone itself?? It works with the osteoblasts needed to create new bone! She explained that those of us with smaller bodies naturally have less hormones, and thus less estrogen to begin with, and when you start taking testosterone for a long time, it stops the estrogen, which stops protecting your bones. Damn!!!!

Now, because studies on trans bodies, especially over long periods of time, are in a growing field, we become part of the data. There’s not a lot to read on the subject yet, just like the similarities between being on testosterone and going through menopause. 

My doctor looked at me in all my confusion and said, 

“I bring all this up because I have a couple of trans male patients who have developed Osteoporosis by the time they’re 30.”

Let that sink in. (I’m almost 26.)

The scan took all of 5 minutes, completely harmless, got to keep all my clothes on. A few days later and I get a result that my pelvic bones are fine, but that my spine has “MINOR Osteopenia” and that I should do the following things to prevent worsening:

Take Vitamin D3

Take Calcium (preferably with food, but supplements are okay too)

Do weight-bearing exercises (“In regard to weightbearing exercises, we think the best is walking and/or running, hiking, and yoga. Swimming or biking is not recommended as a weightbearing exercise.”)

While this looks like a simple “eat better, get more sunshine, exercise more!” bit, (which I guess it sort of is??) it’s also… a little scary? Research on trans bodies has never before led me to this possible conclusion, and I wanted to make sure other people knew about this possibility as well, so they can ask their doctors questions to stay healthy!!

If for no other reason than spite, trans bodies have to keep living!!! STRONG BONES, LACTOSE INTOLERANCE BE DAMNED!!

this is really important so i’m posting it here because it’ll probably get removed and the original poster may be banned, but this is literal documentation and proof of what we already suspected, which is that terfs and transphobes are directly connected to the far-right and have roots in racism, homophobia, misogyny, and antisemitism. it really is all part of the same oppressive system, so there is no disconnecting transphobia from conservatism. there is no such thing as a progressive transphobe as much as they may want you to believe. it has nothing to do with biology or protecting women or children, none of it is founded in science or logic, it is purely hatred and saying otherwise is only an attempt to justify bigotry.

edit: anyone replying with stuff like “well actually you can’t prove that all terfs are racist/conservative” and “that’s not what the data means, it’s just tracking tiktok algorithms” is getting blocked automatically. i do not have the energy to debate human rights with terf apologists. and the point of my paragraph wasn’t to say “this 2 minute video documenting tiktok hate speech leading to other hateful content singe-handedly proves that transphobia is right-wing, racist and [insert other prejudices],” it was to say that it just confirms a trend we already knew existed. i’m not interested in debating whether or not terfs are actually racist. i know for a fact they are, their perceptions of gender are based on rigid white supremacist gender roles and expression, which automatically makes them racist but also easily homophobic and antisemitic, which leads to misogyny by forcing afabs into submissive female roles and ridiculing and harassing amabs for stepping outside of white masculinity. we already knew all of these connections existed, but documenting the direct pipeline of all of these ideologies connecting provides us statistical, tangible evidence that this is indeed what’s happening. i shared this to warn people about the implications and effects of associating with transphobes/other hate groups, not convince you that racism exists. stop sympathizing with bigots and doing their work for them.

I can separately post the clip of Alin slapping and grabbing Andrei’s face since y’all appreciated the still so much

happy PRIDE i’m here i’m queer and i believe the land should be given back to the proper indigenous stewards.