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T-Gauge - Trans Megathread for the week 12/10/26-18/10/26

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t gauge model trains are tiny as fuck and i love them. they're 1:450 scale and have a track gauge of only 3mm. sadly they don't have a lot of support so you're very limited for choice of models unless you're willing to kitbash. but it's good for people like me who enjoy making the surrounding scenery

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  1. Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them]

    Up with trans!

  2. soyaEnjoyer [they/them, she/her]

    ::: spoiler hrt, homebrew i've procrastinated for so long about getting more prog that i'm nearly out. i have too many options, not much money, and a brain that just wants to grill:

    • buy cheap from rupills who are no longer listed on any of the marketplaces, presumably because liberal brainworms. they've always been fine in the past. plus russian medicines with cyrillic text look cool as hell.
    • buy less cheap from united. i have a discount with them which expires in the next couple of weeks and they accept card payments.
    • buy raw powder and make suppositories. i found suppliers for moulds and suppository base. it uses a lot of prog though (at least compared to estradiol injections), so a minimum order of 100g less 10% wastage would make 450 days supply. i don't feel good about getting a 100g bag of white powder sent to my house, even if it is legal.
    • buy raw powder and make a spray. some of the homebrewers offer it and suggest that transdermal prog has much better bioavailability than rectal and that the dosage should be much lower. there is seemingly no good literature on the subject. 100g could make multiple years supply. or it could be garbage that doesn't work at all. :::
    1. SuperZutsuki [they/them, she/her]

      ::: spoiler spoiler Yo, rupills has injectable prog?? But it's only available in ampules maddened. My dream is to have a vial that has EEn + Prog so I only need to do a once weekly shot for everything. :::

      1. Alisu [she/her, they/them]

        Unlikely, because the progesterone elimination half life is ~5 hours. If you go synthetic prog it's possible, they're used as injectable birth control and there are documented effects and side effects. Many Latin American trans girls use perlutan (Een + algestone acetophenide) so estradiol + progestin, there aren't enough studies about this, but it seems to work fine, I read one about this before, there were reports of better breast development and all, but they only compared it to oral estradiol and didn't especify anti-androgens, so not too much evidence of anything.

      2. soyaEnjoyer [they/them, she/her]

        sorry i wasn't clear - i was talking about 200mg suppositories from rupills and united. united (uk) have hydroxyprogesterone caproate, which is an injection. i've tried it before and found the physical effects AMAZING but the mood swings unbearable. and the elimination half-life is pretty short so you need to redose regularly.

        i seem to remember lena once saying that she'll mix up exactly what you're asking for, but that was probably 7 years ago. she doesn't advertise anything on her website anymore but she still accepts orders over email. i have no idea if that was with plain progesterone (very very short elimination half-life i think) or some ester. should i dm you her info?

        1. SuperZutsuki [they/them, she/her]

          I would love to have a chat with her!

          1. soyaEnjoyer [they/them, she/her]

            inbox

  3. RION [she/her]

    Shoes I ordered online did not work out :/ it's free returns tho so I guess I'm just going back to the well...

  4. sodium_nitride [she/her, any]

    ::: spoiler cw

    ::: spoiler sh mention

    How it feels like to have such a severe panic attack on the train that I nearly puked and self harmed

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  5. SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]

  6. BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her]

    ::: spoiler my dad, transphobia Was talking with my dad last night and he deadnamed/misgendered my trans cousin repeatedly and made it clear he thinks she is living "completely counter to god".

    I'm going to be working with him and probably having him drive me to work as well. Unless I want to take the 1 hour bus there. Fuck my life. Why. :::

    Also I'm going clothes and shoe shopping this week :) :) :) :) obviously boy shit. I'm a size fucking 12 and a half (so 14 women's) so it's not like there's any women's that fit anyway. And clothes :/. So depressing.

  7. SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] [M]

    Omg train mega yay!

  8. Eco [she/her] [OP]

    i am looking forward to having a job again

  9. Sierra [she/her, they/them]

    Going to take my recent trans thoughts to my very queer therapist tomorrow morning. Wish me luck

  10. userse31 [she/her, it/its]

    Alright I'm not screaming in pure agony like a few hours ago. Is the kidney stone bullshit finally over am I just dead now and the afterlife is exactly the same as the real one?

    Edit: Oh my god sis if this is just the painkillers talking I'm going to be so FUCKING MAD!

    Update: FUCK YOU WHY WON'T YOU JUST LEAVE MY LEFT PISS TUBE ALREADY!?

  11. peanutbuttercupola [she/her]

    Trainsgender megathread is BACK!

  12. EatMoreMacroplastics [she/her]

    trains pink-peace-happy