Living in a trans body

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Often when cis people ask what is it like being trans they seem to think that trans folk are going to give them exhaustive details of hormones, surgeries, and other treatments for gender dysphoria. The reality is that being trans is both completely normal and in some respects exceptional. None of the treatments trans folk undergo are unique to trans healthcare, they were all devised for cis folk, so the reality is that trans people who transition…