Re:Federal Study Links Testicular Cancer to ‘Forever Chemicals’
by begett on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @06:20AM
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In general, prior to using any hormone-altering drugs, they will have the usual range of hormonal levels in accordance with their sex.
This idea that the trans-identifying have the 'wrong hormones' and all that is essentially just a cult-like religious belief.
Looking at it from a perspective grounded in material biological reality: they desire to be the opposite sex, which isn't possible, so instead take hormone-altering drugs in an attempt to mimic some of the secondary sex characteristics that develop naturally on individuals of the opposite sex.
That's it, no magical thinking required.
As for whether preserving fertility (banking sperm or eggs) before starting hormones (as teens or adults) is a worthwhile tradeoff on an individual level, that's a choice for an individual to make. In no circumstances is it not abuse to force more of natal hormones into a trans person already harmed by them.