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So, if any trans men are being told about this, it’s not true!! Smoking will not change your voice, at least not until you’re about forty years down the line and you’ve already irreparably destroyed your lungs and throat and mouth and pretty much every other organ in your body. When you hear heavy smokers with deeper, scratchier voices it is literally because their vocal cords have been ruined. This is not a passive effect of smoking, it is a very very damaging one!

It’s simply not worth it! There will be no meaningful changes except terrible ones. Voice training will do a lot more for you than cigarettes will, I promise that the people urging you to start smoking as a voice training method do not have your best interests at heart!

(And you know what, this also goes for not eating due to the idea that starving yourself will decrease your chest size. Like with smoking, there will be no meaningful changes except terrible ones. Your body is worth so much more than that and there will always be healthier alternatives!)

(Btw, afaik smoking only has this effect on estrogen from HRT. Estrogen that AFAB bodies produce naturally is not affected, so smoking is still bad for trans men)

You are offered a one-time opportunity to make a deal that would transform you into your ideal body over a period of time during which you would be entirely comatose. This transformation would include elements that would otherwise not be possible such as biological animal ears, tails, robotics, et cetera.

While comatose you will be cared for free of charge by your mysterious benefactor, and upon awakening you will not experience any real-world side effects of prolonged coma, although this only applies to medical side effects - any social or other effects on your life will still occur.

My question is:

This one hurt, her work had such a profound effect on my life, thoughts, and politics.

May her memory be a blessing