What are the options for a trans person (MtF) who wants to ordain?
I apologize if this is too off-topic for this sub, but it's the only subreddit I know of that is explicitly oriented around the gradual training and which arrives at monasticism as the optimal path to achieving this.
I am currently in the midst of medically transitioning (on HRT, pursuing various surgeries to alleviate chronic and debilitating gender dysphoria, chiefly somatic), but I also want to live as a monastic and pursue the completion of the gradual training. Unfortunately, however, it seems like my options--especially for an environment suitable for the kind of development needed--are rather limited.
I don't like the idea that further transitioning forecloses my options in terms of what kind of lifestyle is feasible, but I also can't stop HRT (as it would cause things to worsen greatly) or leave my dysphoria untreated by opting to not pursue surgeries in order to preserve my monastic eligibility. This would seemingly be a form of self-mortification given the kind of suffering it would cause as a result. Yes, the goal of the practice is to uproot suffering, but that doesn't happen immediately, and the misery in the interim is not erased.
I have (not unsurprisingly) not seen much discussion about this, but I did come across one or two posts here from people (one of whom was considering detransitioning to become a monk, and another who was advised to become a samanera if the preceptor/abbot would permit it; though I am unsure how they would then procure HRT assuming they took that) in similar-ish situations, but I was kind of hoping to get input from others who are in the same boat.