Anonymous #1 1d

also trans men might want someone of the same sex and that’s okay!

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Anonymous #12 1d

Ideally their sex shouldn’t matter so long as the medical school they went to and the gyno office they work for did a good job making sure that they are a well educated, empathetic and compassionate, and responsible individual.

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Anonymous #7 1d

My mom’s OB/GYN who delivered me was a man! She said he was her best OB/GYN ever, nobody ever listened to her before him

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sex and gender are dif

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mb i wrote it wrong but you know what i meant 😭

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Anonymous #17 1d

yes! but after medically transitioning, you have changed your body’s sex! hormone therapy changes how each cell in your body behaves. if a trans man is taking testosterone, every cell performs “male sex” functions. everyone has the genetic code for both sexes. hormones just regulate which genes are flipped on or off! then the only difference is which physical structures have grown from previous epigenetic circumstances, which doesn’t really indicate sex. e.g. a cis man can grow breasts (gyno).

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Anonymous #19 1d

rant! whoops. long story short, “sex” is often an accurate also! some trans people even prefer the term “transsexual” because it communicates that info:)

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Anonymous #19 1d

sex is biological

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Anonymous #21 1d

yes! and biologically, the sex of someone who has medically transitioned has been changed:) correct!! sticker for you ⭐️

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Anonymous #19 1d

but not everyone medically transitions…?

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Anonymous #19 1d

you can change your sex but you can’t change your biological gender

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Anonymous #16 1d

yep so was mine, he was my moms, aunts, grandmas, and sisters before he retired or he’d be mine too

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Anonymous #21 1d

they’re not fully correct since there’s more nuance but sex is based on several traits and is bimodal, not binary. “male” and “female”are boxes which encapsulate the majority of the population, yet those boxes are ultimately arbitrary and ASAB is ultimately a guess based on natal genital length. medically transitioning trans people can fall anywhere in the range. their primary and secondary sex characteristics often fall outside the binary, or they may even in the opposite box from their ASAB

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Anonymous #24 1d

ASAB stands for assigned sex at birth btw. and since ik someone will comment this: no, ASAB isn’t and has never been determined by chromosomes. 99% of the US population has never been karyotyped. and chromosomes have never fully encapsulated sex, they’re simply a part of the whole.

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Anonymous #21 1d

pretty sure sex IS biological gender fam

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Anonymous #24 1d

back on topic though, people may be more comfortable with a male gyno for whatever reason, and they should be accommodated. having more gynecologists also means more competition among them, meaning you’re more likely to have a better gyno if men can be gynos than if it’s exclusively women.

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Anonymous #3 1d

sex and gender are different

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Anonymous #24 1d

yeah sex is biological gender is social

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Anonymous #3 1d

oh, thanks for clarifying. your other comment confused me that’s mb

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Anonymous #24 1d

you are VERY misleading “sex is based on several traits and bimodal, not binary” the "based on several traits" part is broadly accepted and the "bimodal, not binary" part is debated and not a universally accepted scientific conclusion unless you find me an actual study

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Anonymous #24 1d

“male and female are boxes which encapsulate the majrojty of the population, yet those boxes are ultimately abitrary” so most biologists would not describe male and female as "ultimately arbitrary” these categories are generally understood to reflect the real biological patterns, even if edge cases do exist.

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Anonymous #24 1d

“ASAB is ultimately a guess based on natal genital length” this is the most misleading thing u said btw. sex assignment at birth is usually based on visible anatomy, but for the overwhelming majority of infants it is not merely a "guess" in the ordinary sense of the word… and they rarely ever do testing

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Anonymous #24 1d

“medically transitioning trans people can fall anywhere in the range” this rlly depends on what "range" means it’s rlly broad and which sex traits are being discussed lol hormone therapy can change many sex characteristics, but not all biological sex characteristics like periods☺️ hope this helps pls stop misleading information❤️❤️

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Anonymous #24 1d

and the fact 6 ppl liked what u said😂 im not transphobic i just think u guys r delusional

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Anonymous #21 23h

i’m sorry but you’re just wrong here. biologists do agree that sex is bimodal. things can develop in “male typical” and “female typical” ways, but they can also develop in different ways or in a combination of the two modes (an obvious example being intersex people). in order for sex to be a binary, these other cases would have to not exist at all.

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Anonymous #21 23h

a range can have multiple axes, meaning we can discuss all sex characteristics because hormone replacement therapy *can* affect all sex characteristics. of course, there are exceptions like androgen insensitivity, bone structure, and periods which often (but not always) go unaffected by hormone therapy. nobody is saying things are 100% this way or that. we’re recognizing that because each characteristic can change in many different ways for different people, it is highly individual.

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Anonymous #21 23h

talking about natal genital length is not misleading?? this is what happens when intersex people need to be classified in either the “M” or “F” box for their birth certificate. some states have an “X” for intersex, but many don’t or the option just isn’t used. and intersex traits won’t necessarily be obvious or visible, so they’ll be put into one or the other box anyway, still following the differentiating rule of genital length.

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Anonymous #21 23h

you’re just making shit up to get mad at and repeating info I said like it’s new information. “sex assignment at birth is usually based on visible anatomy” yes I literally said that, ASAB is a guess based on that. natal genitalia is a primary sex characteristic & in most cases will indicate secondary sex characteristics during development. that said, doctors acknowledge they’re guessing at the finished puzzle based on a single piece.

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Anonymous #21 23h

you're claiming IM spreading misinformation after being consistently and blatantly wrong, then have the audacity to call me delusional. it's frankly impressive. I beg you to read any literature on this instead of acting like a pundit based on pure assumption. I'll just address your last point about periods: trans guys will straight-up stop having periods when on T for long enough & trans women on HRT have cyclical bloodless periods. hope this helps ❤️ stop spreading misinformation

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Anonymous #24 23h

i did i told you everything that was wrong😂😂 are you going to prove me wrong or…

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Anonymous #24 23h

it’s not a period if the uterine line isn’t shedding blood😂😂

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Anonymous #21 23h

it’s a bloodless period idk what to tell you. that’s just what it is. I’m not sure how this is hard to understand.

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Anonymous #24 23h

there’s no such thing as a bloodless period… a period is your UTERINE LINE SHEDDING BLOOD….

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Anonymous #21 23h

Do you not know how hormonal cycles work in women or what

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Anonymous #21 23h

ykw you clearly don’t want to have a discussion, for half the shit you said I could point to a trans person I know irl and theyd prove you’re wrong by existing. I’m not falling for your ragebait.

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Anonymous #16 23h

hormonal cycles and periods are different

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Anonymous #16 23h

hormonal cycles run on 24 hours

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Anonymous #16 23h

without a uterus u can’t have a period biologically why do u guys keep denying science

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Anonymous #16 23h

no fr she’s acting like there’s only one symptom for periods like 😭 cis women with certain conditions (or just bc their bodies decided) can get period symptoms without bleeding too. it’s just weaponized incompetence on her part if she can’t get smth this basic

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Anonymous #21 23h

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Anonymous #21 22h

People whose bodies are dominated by estrogen run on monthly hormonal cycles, being the menstrual cycle. People whose bodies are dominated by testosterone run on a 24 hour hormonal cycle. I don’t think you know what you’re talking about

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Anonymous #16 22h

nope… a menstrual cycle only works if you have a uterus shedding blood u don’t know what ur talking about😂😂

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Anonymous #21 22h

The entire cycle is called the menstrual cycle. The menstrual phase is your period phase, but the entire cycle itself is referred to as the menstrual cycle. You are an idiot

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Anonymous #21 22h

Also do you realize what produces your hormones are your ovaries not your uterus? You can definitely definitely experience a monthly hormonal cycle without a uterus

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Anonymous #16 22h

yeah there’s a different between a HORMONAL cycle and a MENSTRUAL cycle 😂😂

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Anonymous #16 22h

yeah that’s a menstrual cycle… again TWO DIFFERENT THINGS PERIOD = bleeding

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Anonymous #16 22h

look up is menstrual cycle and a hormone cycle different 😂😂

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Anonymous #21 22h

Menstrual cycle is literally the term for the hormonal cycle in people whose bodies are dominated by estrogen. Not all hormonal cycles are menstrual cycles, but all menstrual cycles are hormonal cycles.

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Anonymous #16 22h

because hormones effects everyone…. they have a HORMONE PERIOD which is not a menstrual cycle… a menstrual cycle IS the SHEDDING of a uterus bc of the EGGS… did u pass basic biology

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Anonymous #21 22h

I’m actually a biology major thank you. I’m on birth control, and I don’t get periods. I don’t bleed. But I still experience a menstrual cycle considering I’m a person whose body is dominated by estrogen. I still experience a monthly cycle, the menstrual cycle, unlike the daily one males typically have.

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Anonymous #21 22h

Oh I don’t pass an egg either. But I still experience a monthly cycle

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Anonymous #21 22h

if you check out the diagram i commented earlier, you’ll see that the menstrual cycle is in fact a hormonal cycle. it’s a cycle of fluctuating hormones that lasts around “28” days or so. the changes in hormone levels are what cause different things to happen during different stages of the menstrual hormone cycle. e.g. while estrogen is low, a big drop in progesterone causes the uterine lining to begin shedding. every step of the cycle has symptoms. your period is just the most obvious one.

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Anonymous #1 22h

Ur still correct. Trans women might want a biological sex provider when going to the GYN aswell

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Anonymous #26 8h

I mean you’re not wrong here there are trans woman who do need to see a GYN. But considering the person above didn’t even understand what a menstrual cycle was I highly doubt that people would understand this comment

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