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Does she think testosterone is a steroid? It is a steroid hormone. Perhaps she thinks only the illegal steroid products that bodybuilders use are steroids. Or, her doctors have misadvised her.

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Ex thanks for addressing the issue of using "top" and "bottom." It is a way of discouraging people from associating with the reality that we are physical complicated bodies, not plastic "Barbie" or "Ken" dolls. The unnecessary surgical/Rx nightmares need to stop being seen as solutions.

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The use of "top" and "bottom" surgery has bothered me since I first heard it. It's so obviously intended to minimize these extremely serious surgeries.

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excellent point. perhaps initially devised as abbreviations, but increasingly functioning as euphemisms for all sorts of gruesomenesses that most non-surgeons would be very uncomfortable with if they were confronted with them as opposed to 'gender affirming care,' a brilliant neologism worthy of a top branding firm.

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I always got the impression they were using cutesy terms to specifically appeal to children.

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Thank you for reaching out to Issac. I’m very worried about him and know how he respects you.

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Do you think she has searched out or knows of any stories of the surgery not going as she expects it? She seems blissfully unaware of how difficult it could be.

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I never thought of testosterone as a psychiatric medication. I really only considered the physical changes it causes, but it clearly messes with people's minds too.

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Can't recall the name, but a TW told Jazz Jennings that they had seen "trans girls go crazy after the surgery" on the show and Jazz reacted like someone who had never heard it before.

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I think that was TJ Madison?

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I think you're right.

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Yes, TY

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She does not really pass tho

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I actually thought she did pass really well in the talking/walking/wearing a hat clips, but as soon as I saw the one where she was standing up and we could see her whole head and body, I was like "oh...yeah, no.."

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That's it she does not pass

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You are so compassionate and open-hearted for a hateful bigot, Ex. Glad to see you're enjoying the trip, trains are great for touring the country.

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Thank you for reaching out to Isaac. I really hope he is okay.

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The arm degloving makes me sick. Some women lose all function in that arm. Fucking criminal.

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Thank you, Exulansic. You're looking really well. The travels and people are agreeing with you.

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I thought the same thing! Exulansic looks really good ❤️

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You are in PA? Where? I live there. Welcome!

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ugh, bottom surgery should only be a euphemism for hemorrhoids removal. I got bottom surgery, my anus feels much better now

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is she talking to girls at the bar who are thinking she is a man? WTF

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Lucky for her, women aren't likely to beat the c--p out of her in a bar. Unlucky for trans "women", men are quite likely to beat the c--p out of them in a bar -- or on the street. It's not nice (try) to fool Mother Nature...

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the latter--men beating the c**p out of T-id'd-M--it's not about fooling mother nature. It is about how men are violent.

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she is absolutely delusional she thinks she will get a franken penis that can get hard and penetrate!!

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This was very informative. Thank you

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this poor woman needs to be saved from herself!!

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