TiM Young Adult author,"i wish i lived in a world where i didn't have to have sensitive zoom meetings during my period because i'm crying at the drop of a hat *and* incredibly irritable.the next time someone tells me trans women don't have periods im gonna dump a whole tub of period diarrhea on them

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[–]censorshipment 6 insightful - 6 fun6 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 6 fun -  (4 children)

https://www.womansday.com/health-fitness/womens-health/a27611578/diarrhea-during-period/

Stool changes during your period could be the result of progesterone levels and uterus contractions.

According to one theory, changes in stool during your period might have something to do with levels of progesterone, one of the sex hormones involved in menstruation and pregnancy. “In the luteal phase of the period, or second half of your menstrual cycle, which is just before you menstruate, the progesterone levels go up,” McGuire said. “And progesterone, we think, slows down the motility of the GI tract and might have some impact on why people have constipation first, and then frequent stooling or diarrhea as soon as that progesterone drops.” Levels of progesterone dropping is what also causes you to have a period, she said.

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Hm. Do they even take progesterone? I could see any hormone levels raising or dropping causing some sort of digestive distress, and I can't imagine they're eating all that great-- but who knows.

[–]MarkTwainiac 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No, they don't usually take it. Though they are pushing to make it part of the standard regimen. Problem is, exogenous progesterone a) has very little bioavailability & thus they'd have to take a ton of it to get to the levels ovaries produce; and b) is dangerous, increasing the risk of breast some other cancers & heart problems.

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Initially, when I became more aware of all of this I had assumed they took both. They prescribe us both to decrease the same risks with hormonal contraceptives, so I thought it was weird that they wouldn't have an arsenal. I would have thought the whole process would have been more intricate, honestly. Since it's a cycle involving estrogen, progesterone, FSH and LH too, it would have made sense to me to try to replicate all of that (assuming testes have gone to ball heaven). Since physiology is still male though, I guess that all the other shit going on surrounding those hormones won't work the way they would in women anyway though.

[–]MarkTwainiac 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

(assuming testes have gone to ball heaven)

That's a mistake. Hardly any TIMs nowadays have their testicles removed. 90-95% have intact, functioning dicks & balls. It's why they have invented the terms "feminine penis," "lady dick" & "girl cock."

These figures are from trans advocacy orgs and trans medicine specialists. One study by doctors where they actually saw the people IRL & reviewed their complete medical histories showed that only 4.7% of US TIMs had undergone genital surgery. That's more reliable data than the typical "research" put forward, which usually relies on what trans people say in anonymous online surveys.

Lots of these guys lie about having had genital surgery. Gigi Gorgeous publicly pretended for years that he'd had genital surgery, then one day he made a video revealing he had misled everyone. Jenner did the same thing. Claimed publicly that he'd said goodbye to the dick & balls, then several years later he said he didn't actually get rid of them, just retired them.