[-] Lumelore 53 points 13 hours ago

Too bad they're too weak to put Abolish ICE on that list.

[-] Lumelore 6 points 15 hours ago

The guy you are talking to has an account less than a day old and all he's done is suck orange nazi cock. If they are even a human then they are too stupid and arrogant to understand or accept any argument. No point in arguing or even talking to them.

[-] Lumelore 1 points 1 day ago

I used to use a chain one and then I switched to a local one and I pay half as much as I used to.

[-] Lumelore 36 points 1 day ago

Please use local drug stores. The chain stores are absolutely ripping you the fuck off.

[-] Lumelore 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I can confirm it does. It is a lot rarer now for me to experience anger and it is a lot easier for me to cry. I also had a change in taste as well. I used to hate blueberries, grapes, and asparagus but now I love them. I've also found that my tolerance and cravings for spicy food has increased as well. Those changes all occured within my first few months of taking HRT.

(PS, I hope you are able to get HRT soon)

[-] Lumelore 9 points 4 days ago

In my second language (I am still learning but it seems right): Allons-y les lesbiennes 🇫🇷

[-] Lumelore 26 points 5 days ago

Unfortunately that app is for an old version of Android and I can't actually download it on my phone. It has a lot of negative reviews saying it keeps crashing or freezing which sucks because I'd really like an app like that that works.

[-] Lumelore 6 points 5 days ago

Well, If you really want your voice roasted: You sound like a feminine Winnie the Pooh.

Genuinely the voice isn't that bad. You sound like a cartoon character, but a feminine one! I think you're not too far off from having a really nice sounding voice.

[-] Lumelore 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Thanks for your advice, though I actually have all my documents updated already except for my birth certificate. Sex is self determined here on driver's licenses and etc so all my other documents already have an F marker on it.

I changed my name when I was about 8 months on hrt so I didn't qualify for getting an ACT letter then. So I figured I'd just change it later, but yeah I agree it'd be easier to do both at once.

From what I have read my birth certificate changes will be private (only if done via court order) however my name change is public unfortunately. I don't think it's possible for that to be private here unless there's like a victim protection thing going on.

[-] Lumelore 5 points 6 days ago

That seems to be just for getting a copy of a birth certificate and I need to do an amendment which isn't as easy as that.

[-] Lumelore 9 points 6 days ago

Thanks

In Minnesota, afaik, getting a letter of ACT only requires a year of hormone therapy (there are exceptions for people who can't or don't want to afaik) and, for updating documents, is only necessary for amending the sex field on a birth certificate. I know many other states, primarily red states, have stricter requirements, or they just don't allow it period, so I consider myself lucky. I'm not aware of any states that let people amend their sex on their birth certificate without a letter of ACT though.

At this point in time all of my documents say I'm female except for my birth certificate and all I'm currently waiting for is my ACT letter and my other supporting document to come in the mail.

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submitted 6 days ago by Lumelore to c/trans

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Idk if that dogshit executive order applies to birth certificates or if it's just passports and other federal identity documents. As far as I'm aware birth certificates are managed by the state and I live in a blue state (Minnesota), so I'm thinking maybe I could but idk.

I'm planning on using my passport that I got a few months ago as one of my supporting documents but I'm worried that it might get confiscated. (My passport has an F on it, my birth certificate currently has an M on it)

[-] Lumelore 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I had this at my highschool too. They even flew in a helicopter to take the "dead" students away. They also had a mock funeral and the "dead" students didn't have to attend school for the rest of the week and I'm pretty sure that they weren't allowed to use social media or communicate with anyone at school either.

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submitted 1 month ago by Lumelore to c/trans

Sometimes I have days where I look in the mirror and think "damn I'm hot" and other days I think "damn I'm ugly" (because I think I look too much like my agab).

I'm trying to figure out what to do to feel better on those dysphoric days other than just caving in to food cravings or bed rotting.

I imagine other people here probably experience similar feelings. When you aren't feeling good it's easy to cave into unhealthy habits. I'm curious as to what others do if they are having a dysphoric day.

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submitted 2 months ago by Lumelore to c/mtf

I'm thinking of taking my dosage of 6mg a day down to 4mg a day so I can stockpile 2mg each day in case of an emergency. Or maybe every other day to stockpile 1mg each day.

I'm worried though about it negatively affecting me mentally, but I also know that if I do run out and don't have a stockpile, it'll be much worse.

Or maybe I could ask my doctor to prescribe me extra so I can stockpile without reducing my dosage?

Anyways, what are your thoughts on doing this? I know Erin Reed recently put out an article which mentioned it being done (which is what inspired me to make this post).

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titty rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 months ago by Lumelore to c/196

[Image Transcription]: Snoopy wearing a wizard hat making potions. Top text says "HOW TITTY SKITTLES IS MADE." Bottom text says "BOTTOM TEXT." In smaller font beneath bottom text it says in parentheses "i'm a bottom colon three."

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Lumelore to c/mtf

So I'm wondering if I might have klinefelter's (XXY chromosomes) or if I'm just very receptive to estrogen because the effects of HRT happened to me way faster than I've heard other people say it happened to them.

I've seen charts like these and I am a bit dubious of them because my timeline doesn't match up at all.

image of chart

I don't know if my experience is actually normal or not, but when I started estrogen about a little over a year ago, it only took a few days for me to notice my skin being softer, and then literally the next day I woke up with breast buds and about 2 to 3 weeks later I had noticeable breasts that were big enough that it was difficult for me to boymode at work. I'm pretty sure I got to Tanner stage 3 in like half the time that's expected.

From what I've heard from others is that they didn't get breast buds until at least 3 months in and that made me question why mine happened so quickly.

I've also always been pathetically weak and it's also always been difficult for me to gain muscle. Which makes me think I had low testosterone even before I started spiro. I remember when I had my 3 month follow up, my t was at 89 ng/dL and I remember my doctor commenting that that was lower than he expected, although I have zero idea if that is actually lower than normal for 3 months on 100mg spiro.

I'm curious if any of you also experienced a similar timeline to me, or if your timeline fits the charts that I've seen. I know my timeline is quite fast and that it might be hard to believe (idk if my experience is normal or not), but I swear it is my genuine experience with HRT.

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1 Year on HRT! (self.mtf)
submitted 6 months ago by Lumelore to c/mtf

As of a few days ago, I am now 1 year on HRT! I typically don't like posting pictures of myself, but I also wanted to make a transition timeline and share my progress, so here it is lol.

transition-timeline-image

Estrogen is amazing. I finally feel like my body is mine and something that I need and want to take care of. Sometimes, I randomly think about my gender and being a woman and it makes me so happy, but overall I don't really think about my gender as frequently as I used to years ago.

I also started progesterone last month and luckily I am one of the people that respond well to it. My overall mood has significantly improved since I started it, and it also helps me sleep a lot better. I am now waking up early in the morning feeling energized which is something I have not experienced in a very long time lol.

I've also been working on my voice as well. I did make a post here about 6 months ago where I asked for feedback on my voice (which was really breathy and did not sound good). I think I have improved quite a bit since then. I'd really appreciate your feedback on it if you would like to critique it.

My voice training progress (youtube link)

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Lumelore to c/blahaj

First one was in a marching band, second one was in an IKEA float.

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submitted 9 months ago by Lumelore to c/196

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submitted 9 months ago by Lumelore to c/lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca

This is easiest done by sorting by Top of 1 hour, so there are only a few posts to scroll past.

When you get all the way to the bottom where there are no more posts to load, try scrolling down.

While you do that, any NSFW image that currently has a blur over it will have the blur squished vertically towards the center, allowing you to see the top and bottom of the image unblurred.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Lumelore to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev

I am using kubuntu and recently my .desktop files no longer launch from my desktop. If I go to ~/desktop in dolphin I can double click the same files and they launch just fine from there.

When I do try to launch from desktop it just shows a blank file icon very briefly.

Only new thing I've done since they stopped working is install virt-manager and QEMU to set up a Windows vm.

I also tried creating a new user and the problem still persisted, which means it is not anything in my home directory.

I've tried googling but haven't found anyone with the same problem as me.

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Getting an Internship? (self.cs_career_questions)

I'm currently studying CS and I'll get my bachelor's degree next year. I've been searching for remote SWE internships for months now and have not had any luck. I even made a project to put on my resume and it's still just rejection email after rejection email. Maybe I need more projects? What tips do you have for getting an Internship?

I really don't want to go back to my previous job cause working with old people in rural America as a minority is literally hell. I think I might just go into omega debt instead lol.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Lumelore to c/trans

I'm working on a website that compiles a bunch of trans resources into one place.

I made an "Am I trans?" page which has a link to the article on the gender dysphoria bible of the same name.

I also remember some other websites, but I can't find them. I think they were called something along the lines of Am I a girl? and there were other variants of it for transmascs and nonbinary people. I think I remember seeing the link on the transfem community, but I'd have to scroll through months of comments to find it. I thought I would check here first in case anyone has the link saved so I don't have to sift through all those comments.

Edit: I just found it! It's called "Turn me into a girl" and not "Am I a girl?". Here's a link to it: https://turn-me-into-a-girl.com/

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