Shanoa (she/her)

Ah yes, the Skill Issue Fallacy. 😤

I already heavily avoid buying from there, but now I have good reason to never set foot in one again. Thanks for the heads up!

Oh hey, another Ontarian here!

I’ve been doing my part Fedi shilling a bit in the TransOntario discord, but it would be nice if those from the Reddit can also learn about here too. 🤔

I never would’ve bought one myself but a trans sister I met at the trans march last month bought me mine (my first plushie lol), and I absolutely never would’ve thought I’d feel like a little girl with just how much I love hugging it in my sleep 🤍

Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉

I’m still waiting for mine to be scheduled, maybe within the year if I’m lucky.

I’m glad to hear you got that planned out already. I wasn’t really prepared and my endo started me super low for so long, so I only just got put on something I could handle with 4mg E pills last month. 💀

I absolutely love this simulator for estrogen intakes on transfemscience.org

Oh damn the tools there are really useful, thanks for the link!

I get a mix of intense gender envy, but also a ton of vicarious euphoria just enjoying how much happier people look/are in their timelines/stories. I can definitely relate though, and I’ll go into a bit of my situation to better explain how I observe it.

In my case I’ve been aware that I’m a girl for over like 16 years now, and I only mustered enough courage to go on hrt 4 years ago. In all that time I’ve been constantly thinking about transitioning, but I’ve still hardly been able to acquire any clothes or make enough gender affirming changes, so timelines for me often feel like a painful reminder that I’m unable to make the changes I want as fast as I’d like.

I mostly manage by appreciating all the small bits of progression I do get and knowing that I’m only going to look better from here in the future. And even with how much they sometimes hurt to see, hearing about other people’s success helps fill in some of the happiness I’m missing from my own transition, so I’m fortunate to get far more of a positive reaction from them.

It’s all so slow and rough (I’m still annoyed that my endo waitlist took over a year, so good call on starting DIY), but as someone also struggling to make progression I wish you the best of luck. 🙏🏻❤️