• Hellfire103 ( hellfire103@lemmy.ca ) English
    68·
    2 years ago

    I swear, if I hear about another openly queer (and also non-TERF) person opposing DIY HRT in the current sociopolitical climate, I am going to owe my landlord for minor property damages.

    i.e. I am going to bang my head against a wall until I break through to the other side.

    • Catoblepas ( Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
      66·
      2 years ago

      I don’t oppose DIY HRT in the slightest, I just wish that when people are talking about it there was a little more acknowledgment that DIY is a LOT more dangerous (legally) for people using testosterone.

      There’s a lot of ‘just buy it online!’ which makes sense for estrogen, because as far as I know the only risk of importing that for personal use in the US is it getting confiscated by customs. In comparison testosterone is a schedule III drug, in the same class as ketamine and opium. Just possessing it without a prescription is a crime, and if someone even has more than a 30 day supply in some states they can end up in prison.

      Tl;dr: DIY good, testosterone laws bad, please keep us trans men and trans mascs in your thoughts 😔

  • Alice ( Alice@beehaw.org ) 
    22·
    2 years ago

    Then you have the opposite end of the spectrum, people who don’t want you to talk about the legal risks because they think you’re trying to discourage them.

    Fight the power, but know what you’re doing. That’s how you minimize risk.