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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by oftheair to c/vegan@vegantheoryclub.org

Hi, so we might have need of vegan condoms and/or dams that aren't made from latex. Problem is we can find no vegan brands or versions that either use polyurethene or polyisoprene instead of latex anywhere online, or at least none that are explicitly listed as such.

Do y'all know of any? Thank you.

Edit: Seems like the best options so far are Pasante Unique or any of the Skyn brand condoms. Thanks to all who helped!

[-] oftheair 19 points 1 month ago

shocked pikachu face

Tech obsessives, tech obsessing

Captitalists capitalising.

[-] oftheair 56 points 1 month ago

Yes, however, it's the other chemicals they mix it with that make it not biodegradable. Thankfully there are some companies not using those chemicals now which is lovely.

Also, for those who are allergic to latex, unfortunatley the only option is polyurethene which is plastic, and as such not at all biodegradable.

[-] oftheair 9 points 1 month ago

Fashion tip 1: Don't care about fashion as dictated by others and just enjoy what you enjoy.

[-] oftheair 14 points 2 months ago

Haha, they wish we were servile.

grins in switch

[-] oftheair 12 points 2 months ago

[sarcasm] Mhm, 'shocking', yes, totally. [/sarcasm]

Hey Louis, have you ever heard of J.K. Rowling? Think you might want to look closer to 'home'.

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submitted 2 months ago by oftheair to c/trans

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15864432

Hello, we were wondering if there were any Peritoneal Pull Through Vaginoplasty surgeons in the UK, or if not or they're not good where would y'all recommend going?

Not currently seeing the GIC because of long waiting lists, so don't know if that's a concern. We are on hormones though.

Also, haven't had any other surgeries yet, should we do before consulting them?

Thanks!

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submitted 2 months ago by oftheair to c/mtf

Hello, we were wondering if there were any Peritoneal Pull Through Vaginoplasty surgeons in the UK, or if not or they're not good where would y'all recommend going?

Not currently seeing the GIC because of long waiting lists, so don't know if that's a concern. We are on hormones though.

Also, haven't had any other surgeries yet, should we do before consulting them?

Thanks!

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by oftheair to c/main

We are trying to create posts in our new community !kink@lemmy.blahaj.zone and for some reason they aren't appearing or if they are we can't see them from this account.

Is this a blahaj problem (possibly due to the upgrades) or are new communities not allowed to have posts in them until they've been vetted or some such or is it some other problem we don't yet understand?

Edit: Figured it out, we had "Show NSFW content" off in our settings even though those posts are not marked NSFW themselves it must inherent the 'NSFW'ness from the community, strange but makes sense.

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submitted 2 months ago by oftheair to c/transgender

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15724322

So because getting to see the GIC is seemingly impossible, we are currently being prescribed three things by gender G.P (who have become decreasingly helpful over time):

  • Finasteride (started 2-ish years ago)
  • Estrogen patches (started 2-ish years ago)
  • Progesterone (started a year in)

Current prescription states:

  • Finasteride - 5mg taken in the morning, once daily
  • Estrogen patches - 150mcg released over 24 hours, changed twice weekly.
  • Progesterone suppository - 200mg taken once daily in the evening

We were watching a video debunking sci-show's video about HRT and it said that finasteride is a not an AA and effectively only stops hair loss (which we don't think we had before starting).

We have some problems as our chest seems to have either stopped developing or ran into problems and seems to have developed tubular breasts syndrome (they're an okay size but a bit triangular and don't look quite 'right' to us) but we aren't sure if this is because we did something wrong or not?

So our questions are:

  • Should we stop our current regimen of finasteride?
  • Did we start taking progesterone too early?
  • Will our chest continue to grow and work its way out of this shape/problem?
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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by oftheair to c/mtf

So because getting to see the GIC is seemingly impossible, we are currently being prescribed three things by gender G.P (who have become decreasingly helpful over time):

  • Finasteride (started 2-ish years ago)
  • Estrogen patches (started 2-ish years ago)
  • Progesterone (started a year in)

Current prescription states:

  • Finasteride - 5mg taken in the morning, once daily
  • Estrogen patches - 150mcg released over 24 hours, changed twice weekly.
  • Progesterone suppository - 200mg taken once daily in the evening

We were watching a video debunking sci-show's video about HRT and it said that finasteride is a not an AA and effectively only stops hair loss (which we don't think we had before starting).

We have some problems as our chest seems to have either stopped developing or ran into problems and seems to have developed tubular breasts syndrome (they're an okay size but a bit triangular and don't look quite 'right' to us) but we aren't sure if this is because we did something wrong or not?

So our questions are:

  • Should we stop our current regimen of finasteride?
  • Did we start taking progesterone too early?
  • Will our chest continue to grow and work its way out of this shape/problem?
[-] oftheair 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is true. Cats need to eat meat as there is taurine in it without which they go blind.

Whilst we are vegan personally we don't think cats or any animals that live with us should be forced to forgo their natural diets for our ideals. If they could consent to it then yeah, but forgoing their natural diets because we have a problem with it is in our opinion bad.

We suggest any vegans that want animals that don't need to eat meat don't bring animals in their lives that need to eat meat. We suggest having something like a rabbit etc.

We don't, however, agree with this person's behaviour over such comments.

[-] oftheair 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We've 0 interest in marriage, but dating them would be nice.

[-] oftheair 18 points 2 months ago

Sadly there are a bunch of instances that are known for unhelpful behaviour and unfriendly users. Whenever we see a comment that's nasty etc we check and 9/10 it's one of those instances. .world is one of them.

We're guessing this also promotes that kind of behaviour from mods and admins too, sadly.

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submitted 2 months ago by oftheair to c/trans

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15424151

So today we finally got around to reading the instructions for some of our patches (Estradot) and realised they say not to put them in the fridge (or freezer but we wouldn't put patches in the freezer anyway). We took them out but they have been in there for months.

Are they ruined or less effective?

We started doing it because our other patches (Evorel) denatured once a while ago, and wanted to avoid the same fate with these ones since it's been a hot summer and have nowhere really cool to store them since we are on the top floor of a building and thus it gets very hot up here, even in our drawers.

So we are wondering what exactly is the problem with them being in the fridge and are they ineffective now or will they be okay now that they're in the a drawer and hopefully stay cool for the rest of the month?

We have left our other patches (Evorel) in the fridge as they don't say not to.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by oftheair to c/mtf

So today we finally got around to reading the instructions for some of our patches (Estradot) and realised they say not to put them in the fridge (or freezer but we wouldn't put patches in the freezer anyway). We took them out but they have been in there for months.

Are they ruined or less effective?

We started doing it because our other patches (Evorel) denatured once a while ago, and wanted to avoid the same fate with these ones since it's been a hot summer and have nowhere really cool to store them since we are on the top floor of a building and thus it gets very hot up here, even in our drawers.

So we are wondering what exactly is the problem with them being in the fridge and are they ineffective now or will they be okay now that they're in the a drawer and hopefully stay cool for the rest of the month?

We have left our other patches (Evorel) in the fridge as they don't say not to.

[-] oftheair 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We remember the time our patches denatured due to getting too hot. We had really bad hot flashes until we could get some more. It was hell.

We keep them in the fridge now.

[-] oftheair 26 points 2 months ago

You require more vespene gas!

[-] oftheair 14 points 2 months ago

We think the primary problem is that transmasc people are not often encouraged to get into tech and it feels unsafe for them because it is.

Tech is dominated mostly by cis men and trans femmes. Cis women and trans masc people are excluded and not encouraged towards such spaces or interests most of the time, partially because the structures are not built for them, partially because of the rampant misogyny that exists and partially because people who tend to run tech but especially open source tend to be very ideological and don't like to consider alternative views.

Basically what we are saying is that in order to have more transmasc people here, a lot of stuff in these spaces and society needs to change.

[-] oftheair 12 points 2 months ago

We completely agree, Mozilla should not be run like it is i.e. a Tech Startup and should allow donations to Firefox directly.

It should become a worker owned co-op as that would make a lot of things better in the long run.

It's been clear for a while now, their current way of operating just isn't going to work and hasn't been, especially since they're adding rubbish no-one wants or needs e.g. the private adverts thing.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by oftheair to c/mtf

Hi there, we are interested in specific types of skirts (or dresses), namely those that go up at the front and down at the back (especially if there's a significant difference i.e. shorter at the front and longer at the back so the back going down is obvious) and was wondering if any of y'all knew their name or where to get them.

We would especially love it if they could have multiple layers but a single layer would be okay if that's not possible.

Oh and a request, if possible, since we don't use amazon since they do not treat their workers well we would prefer no links to them, thank you!

Extra bonus points if any of them have pockets, but that's a big ask, we know.

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