It's Time to Talk About Gay Steroid Use

Contents:

• DO GAY MEN HAVE LOWER TTOSTERONE?
• 9 MYTHS YOU MIGHT HAVE BELIEVED ABOUT TTOSTERONE HRTWH SO MANY MISNCEPTNS ABOUT HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND TRANSNG, ’S HARD TO GET RELIABLE RMATN. IF YOU ARE NSIRG TAKG TTOSTERONE HRT, HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.TRANS MASCULEMAY 10, 2022 . 4 MIN READTHIS ARTICLE WAS REVIEWED BY JS, DNP.GETTG TO THE PLACE WHEN YOU ARE FALLY READY TO START HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT) N BE AN EXCG AND SOMETIM DNTG EXPERIENCE FOR MANY TRANSGENR AND NON-BARY PEOPLE. MOST OF WERE RAISED A CULTURAL NTEXT FILLED WH FEAR-MONGERG ANTI-TRANS NARRATIV ABOUT THE IRREVERSIBLE BLOGIL EFFECTS OF HORMON SUCH AS TTOSTERONE. THIS, PAIRED WH THE LACK OF REARCH AND TRANS-PETENCY THE MEDIL FIELD N MAKE THE PROCS OF CIDG TO GO ON HORMON NFG AND SRY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT’S WHY WE PILED A LIST OF THE TOP NE MYTHS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT GOG ON TTOSTERONE HRT. OBVLY, EVERYONE’S EXPERIENCE OF GOG ON HORMON IS UNIQUE AND ENTIRELY THEIR OWN. THE MYTHS SURROUNDG TTOSTERONE ARE OFTEN WISPREAD MISNCEPTNS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE ARE GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY START TAKG HRT. WHILE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE TO A CERTA GREE, THE ARE BY NO MEANS TOMATIC OUT OF GOG ON HORMON. MANY PEOPLE HAVE VARYG AND NUANCED EXPERIENC WH THE EMOTNAL, PSYCHOLOGIL, AND PHYSIL CHANG OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY. WE’VE PILED A LIST OF THE 9 TOP MYTHS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT TTOSTERONE HRT AND WORKED WH OUR TSTED CLICIANS TO ADDRS EACH ONE OF THEM. HERE IS EVERYTHG THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS TE AND NOT TE FOR TRANSGENR AND GENR-EXPANSIVE PEOPLE TAKG TTOSTERONE HRT. ‍1. TAKG TTOSTERONE WILL MAKE YOU ANGRY OR VLENT.THIS IS ONE OF THE MYTHS THAT OUR CLICIANS HEAR MOST OFTEN. THE MISNCEPTN THAT TAKG TTOSTERONE WILL SOMEHOW MAKE SOMEONE ANGRY, VLENT, OR EMOTNALLY UNSTABLE IS WISPREAD. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NSIRG TAKG T MIGHT FEAR THIS, EVEN IF THEY HAVE THOUGHT CRILLY ABOUT GENR BEFORE. SO WHERE DO THIS MYTH E OM? WHEN TO TTOSTERONE, THERE IS THIS IA THAT MASCULY IS NATELY VLENT. EVEN THOUGH ’S BEEN PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGA THAT THE BLOGIL LK BETWEEN HIGHER LEVELS OF TTOSTERONE AND AGGRSN OR VLENCE IS WEAK, IF NOT PLETELY NONEXISTENT, MANY PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE THIS RRELATN. IT IS EASIER TO RCE TOXIC MASCULY DOWN TO BLOGY RATHER THAN UNPACKG WHY SOME MEN AND MASCULE PEOPLE ACT OUT OF ANGER OR AGGRSN AND TRYG TO HELP THOSE DIVIDUALS HEAL, UNRSTAND, AND ULTIMATELY BE ACUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTNS.“SOMETIM NEW EMOTNS E UP AS WE START TO BEE MORE FORTABLE WH OURSELV, AND THIS ULD CLU ANY EMOTN, EVEN ANGER."NATHAN LEVT, ONE OF OUR CLICIANS AT FOLX, PUTS THIS WAY. “SOMETIM NEW EMOTNS E UP AS WE START TO BEE MORE FORTABLE WH OURSELV, AND THIS ULD CLU ANY EMOTN, EVEN ANGER. EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. I’VE BEEN ON TTOSTERONE FOR 15 YEARS AND THIS HASN’T BEEN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, NOR AN EXPERIENCE I’VE HEARD OFTEN OM PATIENTS. HORMON DO AFFECT MOOD THOUGH, SO SOMETIM YOU MIGHT FEEL IRRABLE WHEN YOU’VE MISSED A SHOT OR YOUR LEVELS CHANGE.” OR PERHAPS WHEN YOU ARE FEELG #HANGRY. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT TAKG TTOSTERONE HRT WON’T CHANGE WHO YOU ARE OR MEAN THAT YOU SUDNLY VELOP PERSONALY TRAS THAT WEREN’T ALREADY PRENT. ‍2. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR ABILY TO CRY.ANOTHER MON MYTH IS THAT GOG ON TTOSTERONE WILL PREVENT YOU OM BEG ABLE TO CRY EVER AGA. WHILE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FD MORE DIFFICULT TO CRY, THERE ARE MANY FACTORS AT PLAY. ROC KAYIATOS SPOKE WH ABOUT THE CHANG HE EXPERIENCED AFTER GOG ON TTOSTERONE. “I HAD TWO EMOTNAL EXPERIENC BEFORE I STARTED TTOSTERONE: ANGER AND TRATN. AFTER I STARTED HORMON AND MY BODY AND FACE STARTED TO MATCH MY MD'S EYE VERSN OF MYSELF, I STARTED TO FEEL A FULL RANGE OF EMOTNS AND FOUND MYSELF ABLE TO ACCS TEARS MORE OFTEN AND MORE EASILY.” IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT FOR EVERYONE, THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT AND NUANCED. WE ALL HAVE A WI VARIETY OF EMOTNS AND PROCSG STYL THAT MAY OR MAY NOT TERSECT WH OUR GENR EXPRSN. YOU MIGHT FD EASIER OR HARR TO CRY AT VAR MOMENTS YOUR LIFE PENDG ON YOUR EMOTNAL CIRCUMSTANC, YOUR HEALG JOURNEY, OR THE WORLD WE LIVE . SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FD MORE DIFFICULT TO CRY AFTER STARTG TTOSTERONE WHILE OTHERS WILL FD EASIER OR EXPERIENCE NO DIFFERENCE THIS AREA OF THEIR LIFE. REMEMBER TO ACCEPT YOURSELF WHERE YOU ARE AT AND KNOW THAT THGS N CHANGE.‍3. TTOSTERONE MAK YOUR MONTHLY BLEEDG STOP, FOREVER.WHILE TAKG TTOSTERONE OFTEN HALTS THE PROCS OF MENSTATN (PENDG ON THE DOSAGE)  YOU MIGHT FD THAT MONTHLY BLEEDG BACK PERDILLY, PECIALLY IF YOUR LEVELS CREASE. WHILE SOME TRANSGENR PEOPLE FD THEY STOP BLEEDG BETWEEN TWO TO SIX MONTHS WHEN FIRST TAKG T, OTHERS NTUE TO SPOT OR NTUE MENSTATG, PECIALLY IF ON A LOWER DOSE. BEG ON TTOSTERONE HRT DO NOT PLETELY GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL STOP OVULATG OR MENSTATG FOREVER. IF STOPPG MONTHLY BLEEDG IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL OF YOURS, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS THIS N BE MANAGED WH YOUR PROVIR HERE AT FOLX.4. TTOSTERONE MAK YOU FERTILE OR UNABLE TO GET PREGNANT.MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT TTOSTERONE HRT MAK YOU TOMATILLY FERTILE. THE LONG-TERM RULTS OF TTOSTERONE HRT ON FERTILY ARE UNKNOWN, BUT MANY TRANSGENR MEN AND NON-BARY PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PSE HRT AND GET PREGNANT. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO OVULATE WHILE ON TTOSTERONE HRT (EVEN IF YOU AREN’T BLEEDG) AND, THEREFORE, GET PREGNANT—UNLS YOU HAVE HAD A HYSTERECTOMY. IF YOU ARE ON TTOSTERONE HRT, IS IMPORTANT TO E BIRTH NTROL OR NDOMS WHEN HAVG THE TYP OF SEX THAT MIGHT RULT PREGNANCY. 5. GEL DON’T WORK “AS WELL” AS SHOTS.TTOSTERONE GEL IS JT AS EFFECTIVE AS JECTABLE T, PENDG ON THE DOSE. T GEL IS JT A DIFFERENT ROUTE OF TAKG T, AS IS A TOPIL GEL THAT IS ABSORBED TO THE BODY AND ALLOWS FOR MORE GRADUAL CHANG.‍6. YOUR SEXUALY AND SEXUAL PREFERENC WILL CHANGE.YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE SAY THAT TAKG TTOSTERONE MAK YOU GAY. SOME PEOPLE DO FD THAT ONCE THEY TAKE TTOSTERONE, THE EXPERIENCE OF BEG SEEN AS MORE MASCULE AND/OR A MAN N CHANGE WHO THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO. BUT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY OUR SEXUALI MIGHT CHANGE OVER THE URSE OF OUR LIV, SOME RELATED TO GENR AND EXPERIENC, AND OTHERS NOT. MANY PEOPLE FD LTLE TO NO CHANG THEIR SEXUAL PREFERENC AFTER TAKG HORMON. REMEMBER THAT GENR AND SEXUALY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THGS— WHILE THEY MIGHT BE NNECTED OR FLUENCED BY EACH OTHER FOR SOME, THEY ARE FULLY DISTCT AND SEPARATE FOR OTHERS.7. TTOSTERONE CREAS RISK OF NCER.TAKG TTOSTERONE WILL NOT OUTRIGHT GIVE YOU NCER. THERE IS LIMED DATA AND STUDI AVAILABLE ON THE CINCE OF AGE-RELATED EFFECTS OF HRT, CLUDG NCER, BEE OF THE LACK OF VTMENT MORE BROADLY TRANS HEALTHRE. TRANSGENR PEOPLE ON HRT SHOULD KEEP UP WH ROUTE NCER SCREENG PROTOLS, THE SAME AS CISGENR PEOPLE. POOR HEALTH OUT TRANS AND NON-BARY POPULATNS ARE LIKELY LKED TO AQUATE ACCS TO AFFIRMG HEALTHRE PROVIRS AND LAYED ROUTE SCREENGS, RATHER THAN THE E OF GENR-AFFIRMG HORMONE THERAPY. 8. GOG ON TTOSTERONE WILL MAKE YOU UNATTRACTIVE AND YOU’LL HAVE A HARD TIME FDG ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE WH YOU.WHILE ’S NOT PLETELY SCIENTIFILLY BACKED, ’S A WELL-KNOWN FACT THAT TRANSNG (SOCIALLY, MEDILLY, OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS) MAK YOU HOTTER. WHAT ULD BE HOTTER THAN SOMEONE BREAKG THROUGH STIGMATIZED SOCIAL BARRIERS TO REALIZE YOUR TE THENTIC SELF? OFTEN, THE BETY STANDARDS THAT WE TERNALIZE OM A YOUNG AGE ARE BASED ON CIS-CENTRIC NOTNS OF THE GENR BARY. IT N BE HARD TO WORK THROUGH AND UNLEARN THE NARRATIV THAT WE HAVE LEARNED OM AN EARLY AGE ABOUT TRANSGENR AND GENR-EXPANSIVE PEOPLE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE FEAR THAT THEY WON’T BE ATTRACTIVE OR THAT BY TRANSNG, OTHER PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER FD THEM ATTRACTIVE OR WORTHY. WE ARE HERE TO TELL YOU THAT TRANSGENR AND NON-BARY PEOPLE ARE SOME OF THE HOTTT PEOPLE WE KNOW.‍9. HRT IS AN IRREVERSIBLE PROCS AND LEAR EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ON FOR LIFE.IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT HRT IS JT ONE PONENT OF GENR EXPRSN AND TRANSNG. SOME PEOPLE FD THAT STAYG ON HORMON AT A STEADY DOSE WORKS BT FOR THEM, WHILE OTHERS GO THROUGH PERDS OF PSG AND RTARTG HORMON. SOME CHANG ARE PERMANENT (SUCH AS BOTTOM GROWTH, HAIR GROWTH, AND EPENG OF THE VOICE) BUT OTHERS ARE REVERSIBLE. FOR MANY PEOPLE, THEIR EXPERIENCE ON TTOSTERONE HRT IS NOT A ONE-DIRECTNAL JOURNEY OM POT A TO POT B. ONCE YOU START, YOU N ALWAYS RCE YOUR DOSE OR E OFF HRT PLETELY. WHETHER YOU ARE ALREADY ON T OR NSIRG TAKG , YOU SHOULD FEEL EMPOWERED TO HAVE ALL THE RMATN YOU NEED TO MAKE THE BT CISN FOR YOU. REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE’S BODI AND TIMEL ARE DIFFERENT, AND PARG YOURSELF TO OTHER PEOPLE IS NOT HELPFUL. WE ALL HAVE PLEX LIV AND EXPERIENC WH OUR GENRS, BODI, AND TRANSNS. TAKE THE PRSURE OFF, BE PATIENT WH YOURSELF, BE GENERO, AND GIVE YOURSELF AS MUCH TIME AND SPACE AS YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT.FOR THOSE READY TO GET STARTED WH FOLX FOR TTOSTERONE, THE PROCS BEGS HERE. FOR EXISTG FOLX MEMBERS WH QUTNS ABOUT TTOSTERONE, DON'T HATE TO SCHLE TIME WH A CLICIAN. AND FOR THOSE WHO’VE JT GOT SOME MORE QUTNS, READ UP ON TTOSTERONE HERE OR VIS THE FOLX HELP CENTER.__FOLX HEALTH IS THE FIRST DIGAL HEALTHRE PANY SIGNED BY AND FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY. OUR SERVIC CLU VIRTUAL PRIMARY RE, GENR-AFFIRMG HORMONE THERAPY CLUDG TROGEN AND TTOSTERONE (HRT), MENTAL HEALTH RE, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RE, PREVENTIVE RE, AND FERTILY NSULTATNS. FOLX MEMBERSHIPS GIVE YOU ACCS TO LGBTQIA+ EXPERT CLICIANS, PEER SUPPORT, THOANDS OF LGBTQIA+ ROURC, AND MORE. WHETHER YOU’RE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, GENR NON-NFORMG, OR NONBARY, YOU N FD LGBTQIA+-SPECIALIZED HEALTH RE THAT HELPS YOU MEET YOUR WELLNS GOALS. FOLX HEALTH IS HEALTH RE THAT'S QUEER ALL YEAR. GET ALL THE BENEFS OF BEG A FOLX MEMBER AND SIGN UP TODAY!‍RELATED ARTICLVIEW ALL POSTSTRANS MASCULEHOW MUCH DO TTOSTERONE HRT COST AT FOLX?AUGT 1, 2023 . 5 MIN READTRANS MASCULEASK A CLICIAN: CAN BDG CSE HEARTBURN?MARCH 23, 2023 .  MIN READTRANS MASCULEHOW TO MAXIMIZE BOTTOM GROWTH (ON OR OFF TTOSTERONE HRT)MARCH 1, 2023 . 2 MIN READSIGN UP TO STAY UP TO DATE ON LGBTQIA+ HEALTHRE

DO GAY MEN HAVE LOWER TTOSTERONE?

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9 MYTHS YOU MIGHT HAVE BELIEVED ABOUT TTOSTERONE HRTWH SO MANY MISNCEPTNS ABOUT HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND TRANSNG, ’S HARD TO GET RELIABLE RMATN. IF YOU ARE NSIRG TAKG TTOSTERONE HRT, HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.TRANS MASCULEMAY 10, 2022 . 4 MIN READTHIS ARTICLE WAS REVIEWED BY JS, DNP.GETTG TO THE PLACE WHEN YOU ARE FALLY READY TO START HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT) N BE AN EXCG AND SOMETIM DNTG EXPERIENCE FOR MANY TRANSGENR AND NON-BARY PEOPLE. MOST OF WERE RAISED A CULTURAL NTEXT FILLED WH FEAR-MONGERG ANTI-TRANS NARRATIV ABOUT THE IRREVERSIBLE BLOGIL EFFECTS OF HORMON SUCH AS TTOSTERONE. THIS, PAIRED WH THE LACK OF REARCH AND TRANS-PETENCY THE MEDIL FIELD N MAKE THE PROCS OF CIDG TO GO ON HORMON NFG AND SRY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. THAT’S WHY WE PILED A LIST OF THE TOP NE MYTHS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT GOG ON TTOSTERONE HRT. OBVLY, EVERYONE’S EXPERIENCE OF GOG ON HORMON IS UNIQUE AND ENTIRELY THEIR OWN. THE MYTHS SURROUNDG TTOSTERONE ARE OFTEN WISPREAD MISNCEPTNS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE ARE GUARANTEED TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY START TAKG HRT. WHILE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE TO A CERTA GREE, THE ARE BY NO MEANS TOMATIC OUT OF GOG ON HORMON. MANY PEOPLE HAVE VARYG AND NUANCED EXPERIENC WH THE EMOTNAL, PSYCHOLOGIL, AND PHYSIL CHANG OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY. WE’VE PILED A LIST OF THE 9 TOP MYTHS YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT TTOSTERONE HRT AND WORKED WH OUR TSTED CLICIANS TO ADDRS EACH ONE OF THEM. HERE IS EVERYTHG THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IS TE AND NOT TE FOR TRANSGENR AND GENR-EXPANSIVE PEOPLE TAKG TTOSTERONE HRT. ‍1. TAKG TTOSTERONE WILL MAKE YOU ANGRY OR VLENT.THIS IS ONE OF THE MYTHS THAT OUR CLICIANS HEAR MOST OFTEN. THE MISNCEPTN THAT TAKG TTOSTERONE WILL SOMEHOW MAKE SOMEONE ANGRY, VLENT, OR EMOTNALLY UNSTABLE IS WISPREAD. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NSIRG TAKG T MIGHT FEAR THIS, EVEN IF THEY HAVE THOUGHT CRILLY ABOUT GENR BEFORE. SO WHERE DO THIS MYTH E OM? WHEN TO TTOSTERONE, THERE IS THIS IA THAT MASCULY IS NATELY VLENT. EVEN THOUGH ’S BEEN PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGA THAT THE BLOGIL LK BETWEEN HIGHER LEVELS OF TTOSTERONE AND AGGRSN OR VLENCE IS WEAK, IF NOT PLETELY NONEXISTENT, MANY PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE THIS RRELATN. IT IS EASIER TO RCE TOXIC MASCULY DOWN TO BLOGY RATHER THAN UNPACKG WHY SOME MEN AND MASCULE PEOPLE ACT OUT OF ANGER OR AGGRSN AND TRYG TO HELP THOSE DIVIDUALS HEAL, UNRSTAND, AND ULTIMATELY BE ACUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTNS.“SOMETIM NEW EMOTNS E UP AS WE START TO BEE MORE FORTABLE WH OURSELV, AND THIS ULD CLU ANY EMOTN, EVEN ANGER."NATHAN LEVT, ONE OF OUR CLICIANS AT FOLX, PUTS THIS WAY. “SOMETIM NEW EMOTNS E UP AS WE START TO BEE MORE FORTABLE WH OURSELV, AND THIS ULD CLU ANY EMOTN, EVEN ANGER. EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. I’VE BEEN ON TTOSTERONE FOR 15 YEARS AND THIS HASN’T BEEN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, NOR AN EXPERIENCE I’VE HEARD OFTEN OM PATIENTS. HORMON DO AFFECT MOOD THOUGH, SO SOMETIM YOU MIGHT FEEL IRRABLE WHEN YOU’VE MISSED A SHOT OR YOUR LEVELS CHANGE.” OR PERHAPS WHEN YOU ARE FEELG #HANGRY. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT TAKG TTOSTERONE HRT WON’T CHANGE WHO YOU ARE OR MEAN THAT YOU SUDNLY VELOP PERSONALY TRAS THAT WEREN’T ALREADY PRENT. ‍2. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR ABILY TO CRY.ANOTHER MON MYTH IS THAT GOG ON TTOSTERONE WILL PREVENT YOU OM BEG ABLE TO CRY EVER AGA. WHILE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FD MORE DIFFICULT TO CRY, THERE ARE MANY FACTORS AT PLAY. ROC KAYIATOS SPOKE WH ABOUT THE CHANG HE EXPERIENCED AFTER GOG ON TTOSTERONE. “I HAD TWO EMOTNAL EXPERIENC BEFORE I STARTED TTOSTERONE: ANGER AND TRATN. AFTER I STARTED HORMON AND MY BODY AND FACE STARTED TO MATCH MY MD'S EYE VERSN OF MYSELF, I STARTED TO FEEL A FULL RANGE OF EMOTNS AND FOUND MYSELF ABLE TO ACCS TEARS MORE OFTEN AND MORE EASILY.” IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT FOR EVERYONE, THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT AND NUANCED. WE ALL HAVE A WI VARIETY OF EMOTNS AND PROCSG STYL THAT MAY OR MAY NOT TERSECT WH OUR GENR EXPRSN. YOU MIGHT FD EASIER OR HARR TO CRY AT VAR MOMENTS YOUR LIFE PENDG ON YOUR EMOTNAL CIRCUMSTANC, YOUR HEALG JOURNEY, OR THE WORLD WE LIVE . SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FD MORE DIFFICULT TO CRY AFTER STARTG TTOSTERONE WHILE OTHERS WILL FD EASIER OR EXPERIENCE NO DIFFERENCE THIS AREA OF THEIR LIFE. REMEMBER TO ACCEPT YOURSELF WHERE YOU ARE AT AND KNOW THAT THGS N CHANGE.‍3. TTOSTERONE MAK YOUR MONTHLY BLEEDG STOP, FOREVER.WHILE TAKG TTOSTERONE OFTEN HALTS THE PROCS OF MENSTATN (PENDG ON THE DOSAGE)  YOU MIGHT FD THAT MONTHLY BLEEDG BACK PERDILLY, PECIALLY IF YOUR LEVELS CREASE. WHILE SOME TRANSGENR PEOPLE FD THEY STOP BLEEDG BETWEEN TWO TO SIX MONTHS WHEN FIRST TAKG T, OTHERS NTUE TO SPOT OR NTUE MENSTATG, PECIALLY IF ON A LOWER DOSE. BEG ON TTOSTERONE HRT DO NOT PLETELY GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL STOP OVULATG OR MENSTATG FOREVER. IF STOPPG MONTHLY BLEEDG IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL OF YOURS, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS THIS N BE MANAGED WH YOUR PROVIR HERE AT FOLX.4. TTOSTERONE MAK YOU FERTILE OR UNABLE TO GET PREGNANT.MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT TTOSTERONE HRT MAK YOU TOMATILLY FERTILE. THE LONG-TERM RULTS OF TTOSTERONE HRT ON FERTILY ARE UNKNOWN, BUT MANY TRANSGENR MEN AND NON-BARY PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PSE HRT AND GET PREGNANT. IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO OVULATE WHILE ON TTOSTERONE HRT (EVEN IF YOU AREN’T BLEEDG) AND, THEREFORE, GET PREGNANT—UNLS YOU HAVE HAD A HYSTERECTOMY. IF YOU ARE ON TTOSTERONE HRT, IS IMPORTANT TO E BIRTH NTROL OR NDOMS WHEN HAVG THE TYP OF SEX THAT MIGHT RULT PREGNANCY. 5. GEL DON’T WORK “AS WELL” AS SHOTS.TTOSTERONE GEL IS JT AS EFFECTIVE AS JECTABLE T, PENDG ON THE DOSE. T GEL IS JT A DIFFERENT ROUTE OF TAKG T, AS IS A TOPIL GEL THAT IS ABSORBED TO THE BODY AND ALLOWS FOR MORE GRADUAL CHANG.‍6. YOUR SEXUALY AND SEXUAL PREFERENC WILL CHANGE.YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE SAY THAT TAKG TTOSTERONE MAK YOU GAY. SOME PEOPLE DO FD THAT ONCE THEY TAKE TTOSTERONE, THE EXPERIENCE OF BEG SEEN AS MORE MASCULE AND/OR A MAN N CHANGE WHO THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO. BUT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY OUR SEXUALI MIGHT CHANGE OVER THE URSE OF OUR LIV, SOME RELATED TO GENR AND EXPERIENC, AND OTHERS NOT. MANY PEOPLE FD LTLE TO NO CHANG THEIR SEXUAL PREFERENC AFTER TAKG HORMON. REMEMBER THAT GENR AND SEXUALY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THGS— WHILE THEY MIGHT BE NNECTED OR FLUENCED BY EACH OTHER FOR SOME, THEY ARE FULLY DISTCT AND SEPARATE FOR OTHERS.7. TTOSTERONE CREAS RISK OF NCER.TAKG TTOSTERONE WILL NOT OUTRIGHT GIVE YOU NCER. THERE IS LIMED DATA AND STUDI AVAILABLE ON THE CINCE OF AGE-RELATED EFFECTS OF HRT, CLUDG NCER, BEE OF THE LACK OF VTMENT MORE BROADLY TRANS HEALTHRE. TRANSGENR PEOPLE ON HRT SHOULD KEEP UP WH ROUTE NCER SCREENG PROTOLS, THE SAME AS CISGENR PEOPLE. POOR HEALTH OUT TRANS AND NON-BARY POPULATNS ARE LIKELY LKED TO AQUATE ACCS TO AFFIRMG HEALTHRE PROVIRS AND LAYED ROUTE SCREENGS, RATHER THAN THE E OF GENR-AFFIRMG HORMONE THERAPY. 8. GOG ON TTOSTERONE WILL MAKE YOU UNATTRACTIVE AND YOU’LL HAVE A HARD TIME FDG ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE WH YOU.WHILE ’S NOT PLETELY SCIENTIFILLY BACKED, ’S A WELL-KNOWN FACT THAT TRANSNG (SOCIALLY, MEDILLY, OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS) MAK YOU HOTTER. WHAT ULD BE HOTTER THAN SOMEONE BREAKG THROUGH STIGMATIZED SOCIAL BARRIERS TO REALIZE YOUR TE THENTIC SELF? OFTEN, THE BETY STANDARDS THAT WE TERNALIZE OM A YOUNG AGE ARE BASED ON CIS-CENTRIC NOTNS OF THE GENR BARY. IT N BE HARD TO WORK THROUGH AND UNLEARN THE NARRATIV THAT WE HAVE LEARNED OM AN EARLY AGE ABOUT TRANSGENR AND GENR-EXPANSIVE PEOPLE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE FEAR THAT THEY WON’T BE ATTRACTIVE OR THAT BY TRANSNG, OTHER PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER FD THEM ATTRACTIVE OR WORTHY. WE ARE HERE TO TELL YOU THAT TRANSGENR AND NON-BARY PEOPLE ARE SOME OF THE HOTTT PEOPLE WE KNOW.‍9. HRT IS AN IRREVERSIBLE PROCS AND LEAR EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ON FOR LIFE.IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT HRT IS JT ONE PONENT OF GENR EXPRSN AND TRANSNG. SOME PEOPLE FD THAT STAYG ON HORMON AT A STEADY DOSE WORKS BT FOR THEM, WHILE OTHERS GO THROUGH PERDS OF PSG AND RTARTG HORMON. SOME CHANG ARE PERMANENT (SUCH AS BOTTOM GROWTH, HAIR GROWTH, AND EPENG OF THE VOICE) BUT OTHERS ARE REVERSIBLE. FOR MANY PEOPLE, THEIR EXPERIENCE ON TTOSTERONE HRT IS NOT A ONE-DIRECTNAL JOURNEY OM POT A TO POT B. ONCE YOU START, YOU N ALWAYS RCE YOUR DOSE OR E OFF HRT PLETELY. WHETHER YOU ARE ALREADY ON T OR NSIRG TAKG , YOU SHOULD FEEL EMPOWERED TO HAVE ALL THE RMATN YOU NEED TO MAKE THE BT CISN FOR YOU. REMEMBER THAT EVERYONE’S BODI AND TIMEL ARE DIFFERENT, AND PARG YOURSELF TO OTHER PEOPLE IS NOT HELPFUL. WE ALL HAVE PLEX LIV AND EXPERIENC WH OUR GENRS, BODI, AND TRANSNS. TAKE THE PRSURE OFF, BE PATIENT WH YOURSELF, BE GENERO, AND GIVE YOURSELF AS MUCH TIME AND SPACE AS YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT.FOR THOSE READY TO GET STARTED WH FOLX FOR TTOSTERONE, THE PROCS BEGS HERE. FOR EXISTG FOLX MEMBERS WH QUTNS ABOUT TTOSTERONE, DON'T HATE TO SCHLE TIME WH A CLICIAN. AND FOR THOSE WHO’VE JT GOT SOME MORE QUTNS, READ UP ON TTOSTERONE HERE OR VIS THE FOLX HELP CENTER.__FOLX HEALTH IS THE FIRST DIGAL HEALTHRE PANY SIGNED BY AND FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY. OUR SERVIC CLU VIRTUAL PRIMARY RE, GENR-AFFIRMG HORMONE THERAPY CLUDG TROGEN AND TTOSTERONE (HRT), MENTAL HEALTH RE, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RE, PREVENTIVE RE, AND FERTILY NSULTATNS. FOLX MEMBERSHIPS GIVE YOU ACCS TO LGBTQIA+ EXPERT CLICIANS, PEER SUPPORT, THOANDS OF LGBTQIA+ ROURC, AND MORE. WHETHER YOU’RE LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, QUEER, GENR NON-NFORMG, OR NONBARY, YOU N FD LGBTQIA+-SPECIALIZED HEALTH RE THAT HELPS YOU MEET YOUR WELLNS GOALS. FOLX HEALTH IS HEALTH RE THAT'S QUEER ALL YEAR. GET ALL THE BENEFS OF BEG A FOLX MEMBER AND SIGN UP TODAY!‍RELATED ARTICLVIEW ALL POSTSTRANS MASCULEHOW MUCH DO TTOSTERONE HRT COST AT FOLX?AUGT 1, 2023 . 5 MIN READTRANS MASCULEASK A CLICIAN: CAN BDG CSE HEARTBURN?MARCH 23, 2023 .  MIN READTRANS MASCULEHOW TO MAXIMIZE BOTTOM GROWTH (ON OR OFF TTOSTERONE HRT)MARCH 1, 2023 . 2 MIN READSIGN UP TO STAY UP TO DATE ON LGBTQIA+ HEALTHRE

No one tend Bros to make ask bigger qutns about queer life -- was a charmg, heavy-hand box office flop that (hopefully) lnched gay heartthrob Le Macfarlane to leadg man terrory. But as a morn gay love story, rais a qutn: Are we owng our steroid e now?

In wrg this, I spoke to gay doctors, a dozen or more gay personal traers, and even a historian on queer culture.