r/transgenderau

My trans boyfriend just called Kennedy's Pharmacy in Botany NSW. He's got a prescription for DHT cream 10% and he heard they could compound it. He's got the pharmacist on the phone, Dr. Vitaly Pertsis, with AHPRA PHA0001051213, who threatened to call the police after stating that this compound is illegal in Australia (which it is definitely not). We wanted to let you know to avoid this pharmacy!

Also apparently there's a world wide shortage now according to the nice person at Dartnells in Surrey Hills VIC.

I'm just wondering if anyone else does not have specific dysphoria attached to their birth name? Curious to hear experiences as I find a lot of trans discourse online seems to focus on name changes.

I (MtF) feel kind of attached to my birth name for a few reasons:

• It's easy enough to use a nickname that's more feminine and/or "cutsey" even if it is a masculine name.
• I find it instinctual to respond to and the idea of having to re-learn a new name in my 30's feels exhausting.
• There is less likelihood for well-meaning people to unintentionally cause dysphoria by using my birth name simply out of habit.
• It prevents intentionally transphobic people using my birth name against me, in other words I'm owning it.

Also curious to hear from people that may have thought along my lines initially but later changed their mind.

Hi all. My trans femme daughter is going to Melbourne on a holiday and I need to find her accommodation on the edge of the city. But I haven't been to Melbourne since the 90s and I'm not trans, so I don't know where would be safe for her. Can anyone pls advise nice suburbs to stay? Also, bonus points if you can recommend accommodation!

Thank you.

Hi, i guess I'm new to this I've struggled a lot over my life with mental health and body issues

I'm still really unsure about a number of things and how I feel about myself

Sorry...I'm not sure how to put it all into words

I guess this is just a post seeking any advice people are willing to give to someone in a rural community

Or if anyone has suggestions for online communities

Thank you for any help.

Has anyone else noticed that, online, there seems to be quite a lot more of hostility specifically from cis women toward trans women? Or am I just getting sucked into an algorithm rabbit hole? 😂

I'm curious whether other people have noticed the same thing.

So summer is coming around and I would like to wear a swim wear top that isn't a rashie for some of the time that I'm out in the water with friends. I do have broad shoulders, a small chest size and am 6 foot so its difficult for me to find something that I think I look good in. (I mention my height because I did try a one piece with some bottoms and that didn't look too great for me [dysphoric]).

Looking to pair it with some black, booty short swim bottoms that I'd wear with some tucking swim briefs.

And yeah, where would I source your suggestion?

Thank you!

TL;DR: old habits die hard, and we need to learn that all change (even mental changes) take time to become normal

I have had a bunch of time lately to sit with my own thoughts and emotions due to some health issues that I’ve posted about before. As a consequence, I was going through some mental conversational scripts that I use as an person with Autism, and happened to notice that I was referring to myself as “he/him” while I was doing this.

At first it triggered a bunch of Dysphoria and Imposter syndrome, so I decided to let those thoughts go and do a bit of mindfulness meditation on this as I was starting to get into a bit of a negative thought loop. While I let these thoughts go and watched them flow through their natural progression, an idea came up that kinda resolved the whole thing in one go. That idea, in essence was:

“Thirty-odd years of thinking one way cannot easily be undone by a few months of effort. Keep putting in the work, and eventually it will become as natural as breathing”

It’s not an entirely profound thought, but when it came up, it reset my whole paradigm on the subject. I was talking to someone last night, and they suggested that I should share it, in the event that it might help someone in a similar situation.

Regardless of how long you’ve been transitioning, it’s more than probably going to be a shorter period of time than you have been living under a bunch of erroneous assumptions about yourself. Just because you feel like you’re not progressing in whatever way you’re focusing on, doesn’t mean that you’re not trans or not valid or that change isn’t happening. We live in our bodies every day, so all we see is the infinitesimal slice of the curve that we are standing on. There’s an entire geometric curve behind and in front of us, and just because it looks locally flat, doesn’t mean the rest of it isn’t there.

Love and hugs to all of you,
-P

I'm kinda stuck in a rut where I can't move forward with even the most minor of my transition goals due to financial situations (like can't even join a gym)

Anyone know of any jobs (preferably remote/online/wfh) that would be trans friendly or don't even involve any direct interaction where my gender would matter? I'm stuck middle of nowhere with family who I'm in the closet to cause they are not the types to be supportive 😔

Hi, I have a top surgery consult with Dr Webster this week and I’m really nervous and was wondering if anyone has experience with her or knows anyone that does?

I was referred by my GP, and it’s hard to find much online. Thanks!

I'm based in South Australia and I'm 14. I hit puberty at like 10 so I think I'm past the stage of puberty blockers being useful(?). I have a somewhat supportive mum but a somewhat absent dad I'm not out to (and I don't feel the need to tell him)—he is pretty transphobic. So I'm wondering if it's possible to be able to get testosterone?

Also I've brought this up to my gp before and he wasn't very helpful, he only spoke about how in our culture it's unusual for people to be trans and that I'm pretty young, etc. (this was during an unrelated appointment however so I guess circumstances weren't ideal for that sort of discussion).

I'm thinking about asking my mum to schedule an appointment so I can talk about this more with my GP, but I'm pretty worried she'll keep on putting it off