Style Points

Trans Rentboys: Love Don’t Pay the Rent (2019)

gender nonconformity

a profile in which the nose features prominently

striking and unusual voice

sexually repressed but in a way that I can work with

notable height (in either direction)

glasses

other unusual physical features (red hair, freckles, protruding ears, vitiligo, etc.)

visibly haunted

condemned by god to an eternity of suffering

Pope Leo is letting American bishops entirely ban trans healthcare for both minors and adults in all Catholic-owned hospitals and clinics, and stop coverage for trans healthcare through Catholic-affiliated health insurance plans!!

People are having surgeries, for which they were on waitlists for years, suddenly cancelled. Hormones no longer covered, their clinicians no longer able to prescribe them. Considering in some states Catholic-owned healthcare organizations make up to a third of the market, as it were, this is a HUGE issue.

Super disappointing to finally see artwork accurately representing my body and realize it’s being reposted on subreddits like “awful taste but great execution” and “diwhy” :( Like this is so cool

I took it inconsistently since may after losing my insurance last year, and then completely stopped in September. Last year was TERRIBLE. Sex drive was a mess, I felt weak, constantly stressed and worried about if I should skip my dose to stretch it a few more weeks. And then after being off T for half a year, I felt so small. Pubescent. Like I did when I was 14 and scrawny shouldered.

But it’s only week 2 and I already kinda feel the umph that T gives you. I’m feeling that capable feeling that I used to feel, where regardless of my size, I can step in. I went drinking with a few friends, one of which was VERY drunk and a guy tried to insert himself into our group, aiming towards her. She couldn’t even stand. Maybe it was the alcohol, maybe it was the T, maybe it was both, but I immediately got in his space and told him to back up. Dude was at least a foot taller than me. I’ve just been feeling more protective again and less scared to be so than I did last year. And that feels amazing.

And on an nsfw note, I feel (somewhat) horny again! That seems silly but my sex drive has been dead for almost a YEAR. I was honestly sex neutral-repulsed for the better part of the year. And I honestly think it was because being off T, my orgasms were weird and not as good. But they feel normal again. I can’t describe it other than it feeling like a fist versus a loose hand. I think of having sex with people and it doesn’t disgust me but instead, I feel a little interested now.

Tennessean Charlotte McLeod, 28, was the 2nd US trans woman to obtain gender-affirming surgery in Denmark after Christine Jorgensen. I love this 1954 photo with her father. You clearly see the love and support in his eyes. He adored his daughter and celebrated her for who she was.

At first, Charlotte McLeod's father didn't support her medical transition. However, after her surgery, he explained, "now that it’s over, I’m ready to accept Charlotte as my daughter[...] It's a little hard to get used to after all these years, but I will, you can bet on that."

Transmasc Ironman team wins third place (2026)