Buck Angel - a story of the dangers of trans medication

FFS if you’re going to voluntarily administer an unnatural substance into your body for years, of course it’s going to do severe damage. There’s a total lack of taking responsibility in that article and personally I have zero sympathy with them.

Human beings cannot change sex.

Also what isn't mentioned here is the fact that trans men look incredibly old for their age. Bald and wrinkled in mid forties. I thought buck angel was about 60 when I saw a recent photo then Googled and is only 46.

bloody hell

Bloody help that is an eye opener.

Despite Buck's reckless waving of rights and use of an experimental drug I can still see why he is upset.

I do think that the full extent of possible implications of trans medication is not understood.

I think those happily talking about unicorns and rainbows should read this chilling account.

I'm confused - wouldn't an oestrogen cream counter the effects of the testosterone in other ways? Diminishing the effectiveness of the testosterone and leading to the return of unwanted, female features?

I'd forgotten that Buck is an "adult film maker". Funny just how many prominent TRAs are involved in stuff like that, hey

Interesting. I don't think this is the only risk of long term testosterone therapy either.

Yes agree Purple

Purple Yes that is true

Not having abdominal pain properly investigated is completely normal for women. I’ve talked to so many women who have had their concerns dismissed. My personal worst was when the gynecologist told me I needed to stop complaining about my pain or no man was ever going to want me.

Buck Angel got treated exactly like other people who share that anatomy.

I am confused by the comment "he atrophy fused my uterus and my cervix together" as I thought that the cervix was part of the uterus.

I think Buck Angel has a right to be annoyed if presenting with lower abdominal/pelvic pain and just having repeated pap smears without a full pelvic examination to check the state of the ovaries etc. Unless the gynaecologist stated upfront that ordinarily there would be a pelvic exam but it would be infeasible to check the ovaries etc. because of the anticipated atrophy. In which case, I don't understand why a scan wasn't ordered to investigate the pain.

This article really infuriates me. Buck throws physicians under the bus after clearly stating an awareness that long-term testosterone use in a female was not medically understood. If a person voluntarily chooses to be a living medical experiment, then her or she must be willing to accept the consequences that might follow.

Furthermore, Buck chooses not to mention that most health professionals who specialize in transgender care recommend a hysterectomy and oophorectomy after about five years on testosterone, specifically for this reason. Instead, Buck is promoting a product to sell...suspicious.

No, most physicians are not educated in "trans health," because until recently, they constituted a very, very small percentage of the population. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect them to seek out specialists. Also, despite my concerns about the social and cultural consequences of the trans movement, I absolutely support more research into the use of cross sex hormones. We MUST have a better sense of the lifelong risks before recommending this "treatment" to children and adolescents with gender dysphoria.

Astonishing how most of the blame is put on the medical professionals for not having knowledge of a situation they presumably wouldn’t have encountered before/would not be in textbooks etc., even after acknowledging at the start they were in effect a guinea pig and signing a disclaimer.

It does highlight the need for good health care for transmen. But also responsibility for one's own wellbeing.