Phenomenal article! I work with a number of transgender people in my department. A few of them are on HRT and they experience a number of horrific side effects, mood swings, anger, depression, confusion, headaches, body aches, nausea, paranoia. The list goes on and on. These youngsters are half my age. They call out sick at least few times a month because of their health problems. Mentally, physically psychologically they are in a world of hurt.
Do your colleagues recognize those symptoms as side effects of their treatment? Do they seem happy with their choices? Everything is a trade-off… I just wonder if they really got all of the information before they made these big decisions.
Yes, but they’re in denial about it. They seem to have this preconceived notion that if you don’t agree with them on decisions, then you aren’t being supportive or you’re transphobic
If you play close attention, you will see that this conversation is about getting “unsupportive” family members out of the way.
Phenomenal article! I work with a number of transgender people in my department. A few of them are on HRT and they experience a number of horrific side effects, mood swings, anger, depression, confusion, headaches, body aches, nausea, paranoia. The list goes on and on. These youngsters are half my age. They call out sick at least few times a month because of their health problems. Mentally, physically psychologically they are in a world of hurt.
Do your colleagues recognize those symptoms as side effects of their treatment? Do they seem happy with their choices? Everything is a trade-off… I just wonder if they really got all of the information before they made these big decisions.
Yes, but they’re in denial about it. They seem to have this preconceived notion that if you don’t agree with them on decisions, then you aren’t being supportive or you’re transphobic