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THE OWL HOUSE DISCORD

      The Owl House Discord! This is a place to discuss Disney’s The Owl House! In addition, it is also a place to roleplay it!

  The roleplay is placed before the episode 17! And is at a state of general peace, with Luz enrolled in Hexside alongside her friends whilst also still getting help from Eda the Owl Lady!       However, just because in the beginning of the roleplay it is rather peaceful, does not mean the plot won’t thicken to either follow the show’s route or go it’s own route!

  Both OCs and Canon Characters are allowed in this server! You can join to Rp, to Discuss, or both! Just a general safe space to talk about Disney’s The Owl House!

If you’d like to join, DM or send an ask to @namiflyon and an invite will be given!!

“assuming rats are gross is inherently wrong, as rats actually spend hours of their day grooming themselves throughly. the amount of time a rat takes to clean themselves rivals cats.”

“also, it is fair to assume that a wild rat has the potential to transmit diseases, but every feral animal has that potential. feral dogs and cats also have a huge chance of carrying diseases, but we view these animals differently because of our bias towards them.”

“i would like to add that fancy rats are different from wild norway rats. while both are the same species, fancy rats have been domesticated by humans for centuries for the purpose of being kept as pets. just because you don’t understand an animal doesn’t mean you should be rude towards people who are compassionate about that animal.”

Can’t beat the shit out of you without getting closer

Are you interested in JoJo RP?  How about JoJo RPs with canon characters AND OCs?  Well, you’ve come to the right place!  We are an open discord server dedicated to an Eyes of Heaven-esque roleplay featuring all parts of JoJo. 

Who are we? 

We are an all-inclusive JoJo’s Bizarre RP group server spread across all parts.  We accept both canon characters and OCs – with a limit maximum of three characters, and a limit of one OC.

How do I apply? 

1. Progesterone: not for everyone, but for many people it may increase sex drive and WILL make your boobs bigger. Also effects mood in ways that many find positive (but some find negative). Most doctors won’t prescribe this to you unless you ask. Most trans girls I know swear by it.

2. Injectible estrogen: is more effective than pill or patch form. Get on it if you can bear needles bc you will see more effects more quickly.

3. Estradiol Cypionate: There is currently a shortage of injectible estradiol valerate. There is no shortage of estradiol cypionate. Functionally they do the same shit.

The concerns surrounding venous thromboembolic events as a side-effect of hormone replacement therapy can mostly be traced back to one particular study known as the Women’s Health Initiative. This study was an enormous undertaking which, unfortunately, demonstrated significant adverse effects of the hormone therapies studied. As a result of this the use of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal cis women was dramatically reduced as the medical community began to question whether or not the therapy caused more harm than good.

Naturally, trans women have been suffering from this fall-out ever since.

What physicians seem to fail to recognize is that the study examined a very specific hormone regimen which was, arguably, outmoded at the time the study was conducted: It examined the use of conjugated equine estrogen (Premarin) with or without the use of medroxyprogesterone acetate. Neither of these drugs is regularly used for the treatment of transgender women.

The estrogen most commonly used to treat transgender women nowadays is 17β-estradiol either in pill form or in the form of a sticky patch that you apply to your skin. Esters of estrogen (e.g. estradiol valerate) are also sometimes used either in a pill form or as an intramuscular injection.

Transdermal estradiol patches are the gold standard when it comes to treating women who are at high risk of a venous thromboembolic event. It simply does not increase the risk of developing a venous thromboembolism. The only thing you should keep in mind is that patches are not always well tolerated because of the lifestyle changes required to keep them from falling off and the fact that they tend to irritate the skin.

Fortunately, oral 17β-estradiol appears to be safe, regardless of the increased risk. At least one large study has shown that the use of oral estradiol in trans women is not associated with venous thromboembolic events. An individual woman’s risk would need to be substantial in order to contraindicate the use of oral estradiol.

For those who have significant risk of venous thromboembolism because they have had a previous thromboembolic event, because they are paralyzed, or because of some other factor it is good to know the relative risk between oral and transdermal estrogen. The latest research indicates that the use of transdermal estrogen lowers your risk of a thromboembolism to 80% of what your risk would be using oral estrogens.

It’s difficult to find hard numbers regarding the relative risk of venous thromboembolic events with regards to hypertension. The best I could find after an hour or so of searching was this study regarding VTE in lung cancer patients. Hypertension increased the risk by a factor of 1.8.

However, to put that into perspective being of African descent increases your relative risk for deep vein thrombosis by a factor of 1.3 when compared to Europeans. Europeans are, themselves, at increased risk when compared to Asians and Pacific Islanders by a considerable margin: a four-fold increase.

I should point out that being ‘male’ is also a risk factor for developing a thromboembolism and hormones are likely to be a contributing factor. Also, menopause is another serious risk factor. Given this information it is likely that the use of transdermal estradiol will lower your risk of thromboembolic events significantly.

As far as the anti-androgen is concerned: The primary use for spironolactone for cisgender people is as an antihypertensive.

Even if the risk of thromboembolism was truly significant with modern hormone replacement therapy it wouldn’t justify what your doctor is doing to you. The fact is that mortality in the transgender community from suicide–caused in part due to the lack of access to hormone therapy–is substantial. The quality of life lost when a trans woman is denied hormone therapy is substantial. The fact that your doctor does not appear to be taking this into consideration when they weigh the risk of thromboembolism against not receiving necessary medical care is deeply concerning.

I strongly recommend that you seek a doctor who is more sensitive to your medical needs as a transgender woman.

LMAO DREAMWORKS IS TRASH. As an Asian violinist who was excited about seeing this movie before, I just wanna say FUCK YOU. FUCK WHOEVER ALLOWED FOR THIS TO BE IN THE FINAL CUT. Dreamworks finally got the galls to make a movie starring an Asian girl and they decided to put in this Chinese imperialistic agenda against my country!! GREAT //s

For those who didn’t know: that above is the nine-dash line, a controversial and wildly false statement by China, claiming that the Eastern Sea (which belongs to Vietnam alongside other SEAsian countries) was actually their territory according to some obscure history that only they seem to remember - I wonder why. The whole thing an entire mess and a half, but it did die down some time ago. I honestly didn’t expect to see it again, let alone be reminded of it in this seemingly lighthearted family movie of a WESTERN company.

A lot of Vietnamese people are calling to boycott Dreamworks and for this, I completely understand why. They should’ve known better, there’s no excuse to this.

And remember how China'a been making concentration camps for Muslims? They’ve intentionally removed Mindanao, an island with a predominantly Muslim population, from the maps in the movie.

Please do not support this film in anyway. Filipinos are also boycotting it.

Can’t beat the shit out of you without getting closer

Are you interested in JoJo RP?  How about JoJo RPs with canon characters AND OCs?  Well, you’ve come to the right place!  We are an open discord server dedicated to an Eyes of Heaven-esque roleplay featuring all parts of JoJo. 

Who are we? 

We are an all-inclusive JoJo’s Bizarre RP group server spread across all parts.  We accept both canon characters and OCs – with a limit maximum of three characters, and a limit of one OC.

How do I apply? 

You don’t need to participate in therapy or provide information from a mental health provider to receive hormone therapy. Planned parenthood runs on the informed consent model.

How to find the right one

1. You can call them! Try saying something like this if you dont know what to say: “Hi, I would like to set up a gender affirming hormone appointment. I live close to *insert town here* what’s the closest Planned Parenthood to me that offers it?”

2. If you can go online, then look up what Planned Parenthood is close to you and look for “LGBT Services” under the “Services Offered” or “Get Care” part of the site. Click that. If they have “Hormone Therapy for Transgender Clients”, congrats! They offer HRT!

3. You can also just go into your local planned parenthood and ask them. They’re super nice and helpful!

Phone call

1.  if you do call I suggest calling about a week before the appointment time you want, because they put your appointment about a week out after the call, so if there is a specific time you really need keep that in mind.

2.  The phone call is simple, and they just asked for basic needed information. They also ask for your preferred name and preferred pronouns :) Don’t worry if you can’t answer everything at the time though because all they’re doing is writing things down so there is less paperwork for you to do when you get there. So if you blank on all your insurance information and can’t even remember if you HAVE insurance when they ask, it’s okay, you can fill that out at your appointment.

3.  Once you’ve made the call and the appointment, they have a text reminder system. That remind you when your appointment is right away, the day before the appointment, and the day of.

4. You can cancel as close to ON the day of the appointment WITHOUT getting charged. Ask them to make sure if this is an option at your planned parenthood.

The appointment

1. After that, it’s just about getting to the appointment. I suggest trying to get there around 15 min earlier then your appointment as there will be paperwork to fill out.

2. The paperwork is simple, things like name, preferred name, preferred pronouns, any preexisting conditions, insurance information: the basics.  

3. At your first visit these are the things that will happen:

• They’ll do a urine sample.

• Review your medical history, including your sexual and surgical history and current health practices

• Measure your weight and blood pressure

• Discuss your transition goals

• Draw your blood to watch for potential side effects of hormones (just a finger prick)

• Explain how to take hormones with your preferred method and answer any questions you might have

1.  After that you have to simply sign off that you wish to start HRT and sign the information paper. So they give you the information, go over everything, answer questions, confirm you’re healthy enough to go on without complications, and then you sign and get the prescription for your HRT.

After the appointment

1.  You go back into the waiting room: you confirm where you want the prescription sent at the front desk, and choose how to pay. NOTE: some may have a thing called the Trans Help Fund where it’s basically “Pay as much as you feel comfortable and the money from this fund will pay for the rest.” ask if they have that!

2.  Once you have paid (you might not even have to pay) you’re gonna be told to come in 3 months later to see how you’re doing. You’re given a 3 month supply of hormones too so you’re gonna need to come in in 3 months anyway for that as planned parenthood doesnt allow you to refill your prescription over the phone, you have to do it in person.

3. Go pick up your prescription!