Testosterone causes a large number of physical changes to your body that you may wish for, including significant changes to body fat distribution, hair growth, pitch of voice. Many effects of testosterone, such as changes to your voice or body hair, are permanent or not easily reversed. You might want some of the effects of testosterone, but not all of them, which may mean testosterone is not the right option for you.
Testosterone may cause acne. You can read more about acne and how to reduce it on the NHS website. This means that a medical professional is currently helping or has helped you manage the condition. In a small proportion of people menstruation periods is not stopped by testosterone therapy, and either GnRH agonists 6, p. In the UK, some clinicians recommend that people taking testosterone long-term should have a hysterectomy.
They theorise that as testosterone suppresses menstruation periods , which could lead to endometrial hyperplasia thickening of the lining of the womb , this might increase the risk of cancer 1, p. However, subsequent studies have not shown any evidence of an increased risk of reproductive cancers from testosterone use, and they do not suggest any need for hysterectomy 8.
Hysterectomy for people taking testosterone is optional and you may feel the risks involved in a major operation are unnecessary. If you decide not to undergo hysterectomy it has been suggested that scans to check for thickening of the endometrium every two years could reduce any potential risks 1, p. The virtual consultation will be billed to your insurance company.
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I try to hide it, pretend that I don't get one, and that I don't even have a uterus. It's so stressful because so many people refuse to see me as the gender I am already. If they knew I menstruated I would never be able to gain their acknowledgement and respect.
I experience dysphoria related to my reproductive organs more than anything else except my face. It is what hurts me the worst—physically and emotionally—when it comes to my body. What do I like about being a trans person who menstruates? Next to nothing. I do like making jokes about removing my uterus for an experiment though. I dislike how my period makes me feel, and how it makes society see me.
The first day of my period I need to lay down as much as possible, because the cramps are so bad. Sometimes I also get really bad headaches and backaches. I feel weak and listless for the whole week. I also get cysts, which cause stabbing pain. I wonder, does anyone—regardless of gender—enjoy menstruating?
I do enjoy searching period tags on social media for memes and other people to commiserate with —a symphony of people who come together to bitch about bleeding, cramps, aches, mood swings, and chocolate, for some reason. I usually crave sushi, or whatever I can get into my mouth fast enough. I don't like people using menstruation as a way to draw a line for womanhood. It doesn't work like that, like, even if you're cis or whatever.
Not every cis woman has a period. Even at its most base logic, it's flawed. My aunt had both her breasts removed, and just had her uterus and ovaries removed, and is afraid she won't be a woman anymore.
It hurts everyone to use organs and parts and whatever arbitrary measurement to define a person. My period makes everyday activities harder. The extent to which these contracts are legally enforceable, however, continues to be a source of debate. And I kept coming back to the idea that because Mitch was legally male, and we were legally married, we were protected, so why stir the pot? The four of us had grown up witnessing a legal system that often felt more threatening than supportive of the LGBT community.
In New York, second parent adoption requires a home study, and the prospect of allowing the government into our home to judge our acceptability felt unfair and frightening. What would some stranger think of a cis-gender woman, a transgender man, and two gays who had made a baby with the help of a syringe? But I would never do that.
Nine months later our son was born. I became a mother, and Mitch became a father. Mitch is on the birth certificate as the father. We also have a daughter who was conceived shortly after our son turned 1. But I hope that laws will continue to evolve to create room for an even greater ranger of families, to carve out a space for a child to belong to a mom, a dad, a Pippy and a Poppy, where no one has to give up something for someone else to gain.
For now, we have two, beautiful children who think they have the best father in the world. Contact us at letters time.
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