No matter what you figure out about yourself, be it that you're cis, gender non-conforming, trans, or something else entirely it's all valid as fuck. Even if you take baby steps exploring who you are or you change your mind later on, it's still valid.

There's no need to apologize. This space exists for you and sometimes people need to vent or crash out a bit.

I don't know the details of your situation but I would like to echo what jessica is saying, but I understand that sometimes economically and logistically it is difficult to get away from our abusers :(

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    Hello! I keep a comprehensive list of resources on DIY here: https://lem.lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/19393848

    This includes guides on HRT that describe dosages for gel with and without a blocker. Since you only have gel there are some things to know. Gel may or may not be sufficient to block testosterone and you will need a higher dosage than normal. You might have to apply the gel to your scrotum to get more out of the gel, but this can give you a big spike in E which can be uncomfortable for some. Your gel might be an ideal strength for this usage actually.

    I urge you to read this guide at the very least: https://diyhrt.info/ and then read these articles:

    Some tips for gel:

    • Dont get gel on other people or animals. Especially not on children or animals.
    • Wash the area you apply to beforehand.

    Edit: As someone mentioned you have a rather limited supply, so while this is a neat little test it will only achieve so much. In any case, this is a great opportunity to read up on and experience HRT. After reading about what specifically HRT does I was fairly certain it was for me, but to finally remove all doubt I realized I needed to try it, so thats what I did. I can say in my case I did not regret it. However you end up feeling about HRT I wish you the best of luck :3

    We will be here if you need any assistance or support <3

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    We've seen a lot of spam come from lemmy.org and we have therefore defederated from their instance. For the moment they have open registrations which only require filling out a simple captcha to create an account which many people abuse.

    The admin is active but rarely takes moderation actions, but I've sent a DM to them with our concerns. We'll see how permanent this is.

    submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [M] to c/main@lemmy.blahaj.zone
     

    We’ve been seeing frequent spam waves of targeted harassment from accounts made on programming.dev over the course of several weeks, which has among other unacceptable things contained transphobia, obscene pictures of animals, calling for the victim to commit suicide, and other hateful rhetoric.

    For these reasons we are defederating from programming.dev. We may refederate in the future if we have reason to believe there will be no further problems like these from their instance.

    Edit: I've spoken with the admins there and I may refederate once I have more details on their application system. To be clear they don't support anything posted by these accounts and are deleting them as they are detected.

    Edit: We've refedereted.

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