I looked at the trap, Ray.

It’s not supposed to make sense. It’s supposed to hurt.

If you are covering the cost of estrogen for “biological females” but not for “biological males” (as my shitty insurance tells me), that is discrimination on the basis of sex. This is not difficult.

I have no faith in SCOTUS. I will not be surprised when they make contradictory rulings because reasons.

Nothing good. Wish us luck.

I fed it a pre-HRT pic and got “Woman, 56% confident”. Lol. I guess it’s kind of affirming to think a machine could see the real me back then?

That sounds like how my girlfriend describes her orgasms (1 year HRT). Long time to achieve, full body experience. I’m lucky if I can orgasm at all, and it’s closer to your ‘male’ description.

What do you mean by female orgasm? What experience are you expecting? I’ve been on HRT for a year and a half and my experience has been slowly, constantly shifting over time. The girls I’m close to also report slow changes, but in different ways. I suspect we’re all unique.

Makeup by itself isn’t going to make your face look more feminine. It’s going to make your face look like you have makeup on. The makeup expert videos you may have seen? Where they can seemingly transform a face into something completely different? That is a difficult artistic skill that takes a lot of study and practice.

Please don’t let that discourage you. Because it’s a skill, you should expect results that you think are disappointing at first, but the more time and effort you put into it the better you’ll get. Finding the right products for you is also important, so experiment away!

I cracked first to genderfluid and wanted a neutral name that leaned femme. I heard the name Ashley one day and thought it was perfect. There was a boy named Ashley in my highschool, and Evil Dead (with Bruce Campbell as Ashley “Ash” J. Williams) is one of my favorite movies. It still worked after I cracked some more and left the masc days behind, so I kept it.

They’re not fiction, but two that work for me are Great British Bake-Off and Taskmaster. The people on GBBO are so positive and helpful, it’s a welcome change from American cooking competitions. Taskmaster is creative and silly, always good for a laugh.

Second the recommendation of Ted Lasso. Ted is a wonderful example of a person who doesn’t understand something, knows he doesn’t understand, but his heart is in the right place and he wants to learn.