Leaning way too hard into the King gimmick

I remember years ago, long enough ago that I was still using either Tiktok or Instagram regularly, because that's where I saw this, long enough ago that unfortunately I do not remember the username, I saw an older trans woman responding to a comment asking "how come we see trans women from your generation, but never trans men?" And her response was simple. "Unfortunately, it's because most of them are dead." Between lack of safe and legal abortions (which, hey, look what's an issue again), the HIV/AIDs crisis (which still is lacking in approved treatments for trans men, and they're still likely to be denied PrEP/PEP even when they should be eligible as sexually active queer men), and how many of them chose to take their own lives after being forced into marriages and other women's roles, a lot of the trans men that should be elderly right now did not make it.

I feel like a lot of conversations about the porn industry and how it abuses trans people generally neglects to mention trans men, which isn’t surprising but it’s disappointing nonetheless.

Hey so you know how people always talk about transmasc erasure? Coming across that paper on Tumblr discourse on transandrophobia reminded me of something.

My dose was kept at a level unsustainable for my long-term health, which also caused massive short-term health effects. My gynecologist told me that all I needed to do to stop the effects were to raise my dose, so I asked my provider and she refused. She performed my bloodwork, described a level of 336 ng/dl at peak as “looking good,” then refused to raise my dose. She then lied about this and claimed to be completely amenable to raising my dose when pressed by another doctor. I have paper evidence of this, and I am fighting as hard as I can to have her license revoked because she genuinely tried to kill me.

Update: my new provider is forcing me to reuse single-use vials, only giving me a one month supply for three months. Her reasoning is “it’s fine, I’ve never had a problem prescribing it.” She has upped my dose but not my prescription, so I do not have enough to make it through three months. She has openly told me that she will not remedy this.