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(Because this is slightly a culture-war topic, this comment leans on my own experience a lot) Interesting if true. There is a lot of hedging, like (to paraphra
by ReactiveJelly 5y ago
(Because this is slightly a culture-war topic, this comment leans on my own experience a lot)
Interesting if true. There is a lot of hedging, like (to paraphrase) "This might be spurious", "This might be because we don't deny HRT to people who might have an increased risk of cardiovascular conditions on HRT."
I'm not going to do anything about it.
I think choice is an illusion. Until about 2018, I fully believed I was a cis crossdresser, so I still say that at the time, I really was cis.
So in a way I "chose" to transition in 2018. Some trans people feel an overwhelming urge to transition from birth, but I could have kept living as a cis man. But now in 2022, I don't think I can "choose" to go back to being cis. If the data comes back showing that I'm personally at a huge risk of death, maybe I would stop HRT, but I don't really want to be a man again. Somehow they are different kinds of "choice". One was "I have to try it, I can't keep wondering." The other is "I am happy where I am and I would need a lot of convincing to change it."
I don't have an exact boundary between "Being happy is worth losing 1 or 2 years off the end of my life" and "Being happy is not worth losing 20 years off the end of my life". Ceasing medical transition and living as a high-testosterone woman would be completely valid, but it's a judgment call, and I just don't feel like it right now.