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What is something you wish cis people knew? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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What is something you learned or experienced from being trans that you wish you knew pre-transition, or that you wish cis people knew?

I'll go first: the temperature differences when going from testosterone-dominance to estrogen-dominance is not just real but significant, my body just puts out less heat and I feel colder much easier now even when otherwise maintaining a high metabolism, eating in excess, etc.

It may have just been my trans denial before, but I really wanted to believe that the difference was not that great and I was wrong.

What's something you wish people knew?

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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Biology, such as how much the body responds to hormones and how that destroys the idea of binary sex.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    that's a good one, I like to send people the Nature article "Sex redefined", which talks about how binary sex is an outdated model.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I also love this diagram from Scientific American since even from a glance I think a lot of open-minded people will get an immediate understanding that it's at the very least complex, even if they aren't willing to spend a long time engaging with any discussion around it.

    Diagram

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    that is a great diagram, though I can find it confusing and hard to read - it does quickly show how complex the situation can be. I found it helpful to have an expert walking through this diagram and showing its meaning, that's when it finally clicked for me.

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