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I got a merino wool sweater for $10 at the thrift shop and I felt like a god.

I use it for work moodboards because I'm a designer working with non designers who only use the Google suite. Feels like I'm one of the few people who will actually miss Jamboard. Guess I'll need to make them all learn Figjam.

I hate upvoting this kind of shit because in my brain upvote = like. Hate the news, but love Erin’s reporting.

If this means I never see the homepage again that's a win.

Seconding tape! I have what’s considered to be a larger chest but mine are not very dense. I’ve noticed that helps me a lot with getting my chest to look right with trans tape. From what I’ve heard/seen online, tape is harder to use if you have denser chest tissue.

The other thing I do in hot weather is wear a moisture wicking under shirt under my binder. It helps a lot with general sweat and making sure things aren’t too swampy under there. I like the Uniqlo Airism shirts, but anything moisture wicking and thin will work great.

Not the same level of rare, but my main condition is diagnosed as "connective tissue disease - unspecified". I've only ever met one other person with this diagnosis.

Oops that's my bad. Sorry for the assumption!

I'm transmasc, but I came out as enby at my previous job (a call center). This involved a new name and they/them pronouns. I felt safe doing it after conversations with the department head about trans stuff. I'd definitely try to get a vibe on the general company culture towards trans people before coming out. I'd also definitely try to get a pulse on how supportive your boss will be if there are any issues, especially if you're in a customer facing role.

Pros: all of my coworkers were chill with it, or if they had problems with it they kept it outside of work. I did have to spend a while correcting people on my name/pronouns, but that just comes with the territory. I think it took about two weeks to a month for the name/pronouns situation to settle.

Cons: The job I worked was the type where we had "frequent flyer" customers we'd support. No one was directly transphobic to my face. But a few of these customers would ask to speak to Deadname instead of my actual name... months after the switch. They never did this to my face. They always somehow managed to remember my name when talking to me. But when they got any of my coworkers on the line, they magically only remembered my deadname. The co-workers on my team were fantastic about forcing the customers to actually use my name. I talked to my boss about this, but unfortunately there really wasn't much we could do besides correcting them. The last incident of this was about six months after the name change. Not a problem I have anymore because I got laid off in the tech layoffs lmao.

Thanks! I'll check it out

Welcome! We're glad to have you.

Whoa I'd never seen this one before. Found out there's a PFLAG group near me which I didn't know about. Thanks!

I was trying to find some of them but since r/ftm went dark, they’re harder to find. I think most of them were in the wiki, which I haven’t been able to pull up on the Wayback machine. I’ll definetly check out the ones on r/transmascdics. Definetly feel free to post other websites once you dig them up.