Post #1236484

2026-03-27 10:52 UTC

I tried painting my nails. It brought me happiness. I tried feminine accessories. They brought comfort. I tried shaving my body hair. It felt calming. I started dressing in femme clothes, around the house. It felt exciting at first, then just... right. And then I went on hormones. And everything accelerated. My body itself began to feel like a home, like a friend. I hadn't realised how much or how long I had been suffering, because it had just felt normal. 5/

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@Tattie@eldritch.cafe 2026-03-27 10:57

This is fact: transitioning to be more female in body, more feminine in presentation, and taking on a female-coded social role, made me feel vastly better in myself. I know this is true of me, and many like me. And the experiences of transmasculine people in the other direction inform me that it's not as simple as womanhood just being better for everyone. It was something about me. 6/

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@airwhale@beige.party 2026-03-28 20:04

@Tattie I'm also a CIS man, and I was on hormone therapy as part of cancer treatment. I got meds that reduced my natural testosterone to close to zero. Had to get radiation in order not to develop breasts at 55 yo. My mental state changed considerably, enhancing all the traits generally associated as female. Physically, I went through menopause - hot flashes, joint pains, the works. A most interesting experience. After the treatment ended, I drifted back as my own hormones picked up again and had many experiences I recognized from puberty. All this to say that I certainly can't explain this either, but I know from experience that gender is fluid. I lived it, if only for a very short time. Being stuck at the wrong end of that spectrum must be super hard, and I'm happy to hear you seem to have found your way "home" now.

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