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I am man, hear me roar....a nice side effect of HRT



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Hopefully you don't get too manly!!

I am gonna brush up on my transgender rights, just to be safe.

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Really good point ... I will never stand in line again. :)

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Really good point ... I will never stand in line again. :)

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Actually, I've been using "transgender" bathrooms since college. Never a line for the guy's john and when you gotta go, you gotta go! And surprisingly I've only been asked to leave once (but it was by a cop) :o

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@@Kindle - Congrats. Very good call. You will like testosterone. Scratching your crotch and not worrying about farting is fun. ;-)

Seriously, I have been reading about people who were basically without testosterone for a while, and then it gets supplemented and bamn, they are suddenly decisive, their sex drive rises, and clear thinking...it is GREAT stuff. (well in moderation, had an 'overdose' during puberty, don't want that much again).

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The spiro is suppose to help with that... When are you having surgery... I've been at the surgeon's office all day to meet some of my insurance's requirement... Met the nut, psych and surgeon.. Got some blood work done... If all goes well with the paperwork I could be having surgeon in July

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Regarding transgender bathroom access....I promise that if any one of you comes to my home state of North Carolina and wants to use the bathroom you feel comfortable with, I will lay down my life to protect you from the idiocy of my knuckle-dragging governor.

We're not all crazy in North Carolina, the rest of the country knows this, right? Pls say yes...

Especially here in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, the most wonderful progressive diverse bubble in all the South. Love my bubble, but not my Governor.

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