I know transphobia is scary and humiliating and so complex but it is so dangerous to tell other trans people that the only ones who will ever love and understand you are other trans people of your gender. its the quickest way to isolate yourself and radicalize yourself against everybody and just feel bitter and miserable all the fucking time

Hi, I think I'm trans. I've always behaved very masculinely, I like short hair, and I feel uncomfortable being a girl. What do I do? Am I trans, or is it just me going crazy?

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That is ultimately up to you to decide, I can't do that for you. You're not "crazy" though. You might be trans, you might be a masculine "not-like-other-girls" girl. Both are fine. You have to figure out for yourself what you feel more comfortable with, which label feel more like "you". It's a journey of self discovery :)

I do have some posts about questioning here, but there are many more resources out there if you do some searching:

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hey so Ive been wanting to get top surgery for a long time now but I also dont want nipples.

I know thats usually called Mastectomy but do you think doctors can just remove the nipple anyway?

Idk if this has already talked about before somewhere but I tried looking and I couldnt find anything really about it

For the double incision bilateral mastectomy, which is probably the most common type of top surgery, they have to remove and replace the nipple. You can just ask them to not put it back. That's what I did and it turned out fine:

My scars are a bit higher up than "normal" for a double incision; they usually try to put them along the underside of the pec muscle so they don't stand out so much. That's not related to the no-nipple thing though, I just had a weird surgeon.

But if you have very small breasts they might very well recommend a keyhole top surgery, which doesn't normaly include the removal of the nipple. So in that case your scars will probably end up where mine did if you ask for no nipple, since your skin might not be enough to stretch to under the pec muscle.

trans people would kill themselves less often if people were nicer to us btw. i could put it in more scientific terms but that’s what it boils down to. just be nice to each other

Fact #1070: Statistically speaking, you are more likely to regret not doing something than you are to regret doing something. So wear that outfit, try that new name, experiment with makeup, express yourself however you want to. No matter if it "matches" you gender or not.

My tattoo artist told me his teenage son came out to him as trans by giving him a bunch of blue cupcakes and a greeting card that said "it's a boy!"

"That's cute," I said.

"It was NOT cute!" he snapped. "I thought he was pregnant."

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