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The rationalist community has been discussing whether ‘AGP males’ should try hormones or not. Eneaz Brodsky says Transitioning Is Harmful To Most AGP Males. Ozy has a thoughtful, but paywalled, reply. Regardless of the benefits of transitioning you would think the main downside would be the costs incurred if you decide to detransition1. Given that I have actually detransitioned, and didn’t find it very difficult or costly, I feel like I should share my experiences. Trying hormones, even for years, wasn’t very scary for me. Given the subject matter I am not going to try to avoid TMI and in fact will be very candid even if the subject is more than a bit embarrassing.

I spent about three years on estrogen, during most of that period I identified as female and used she/her pronouns. I stopped estrogen for a few reason. Unlike hormones [...]

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First published:
January 14th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KznQLLpDprpwqcAKD/gender-exploration

Linkpost URL:
https://open.substack.com/pub/sapphirestar/p/gender-exploration

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[Linkpost] “Gender Exploration” by sapphire

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[Linkpost] “Gender Exploration” by sapphire