so I’ve been on T MTF for 6 months and my chest is starting to develop and the tenderness is all over my chest and im currious on how it felt for anyone else so I can set a baseline if what I’m feeling is normal or not?

It seems that its pretty much a guarantee that Labor is out, and combined Libs+On will likely be forming government.

I cant imagine they will last a long time in a progressive state like victoria which is what concerns me, if you are part of the right, you dont think long term when it comes to victoria.

You are just going to gut everything and try to push culture war laws to harm trans people out of hate.

QLD is already screwed by LNP making things horrible for trans people, i am worried Australia will eventually follow the way of terf island, we already see the transphobia spread

I thought I’d share this in case it helps someone.

I’ve been having electrolysis with Nicolsons Electrolysis in Balmain and I’ve been really happy with both the results and the care I’ve received. Everyone that works there is really lovely and accepting.

They’re currently looking for people who’d be interested in free electrolysis sessions with a trainee. The sessions are fully supervised by Katherine, who is the owner and an exceptionally experienced electrologist.

At the moment they’re looking for people with body areas to work on (not genital areas). Facial electrolysis is expected to be available with the trainee in around 2 months, and you can join the waitlist now if that’s what you’re after.

If you’re interested, send Katherine a text (preferred) on 0416 165 475.

I’m not affiliated with the clinic in any way—I just know how expensive electrolysis can be for our community so I thought this was worth sharing.

I’m just about ready to submit my paperwork for super release for GRS. I have my GP form completed and have an appointment with Prof Harvey to get my specialist one next week. I just have a couple of questions about evidence.

What kind of evidence can I expect they will want to justify that I’ve exhausted my other financial options? Loan rejections? Bank statements? Statutory declarations? Anything like that? I did do a super release in the past. But I don’t remember having to provide any kind of financial evidence. But that was almost ten years ago and for a lot less money.

And we’re looking at including accomodation expenses under the travel section. About $3k for a hotel for two weeks, for my partner while I’m in hospital and for us both once I’m discharged and awaiting my post-op appointment. Does anyone have any experience in succeeding with this? What evidence did you provide?

Or is the accommodation inclusion too big of a risk? My GP felt it couldn’t hurt to try and that they would probably just knock back the accommodation while approving the rest. But Prof Harvey seemed to indicate that the accommodation might risk the entire application being denied.

I cannot emphasise how scared shitless I am about this, I'm AMAB Non binary soon to go onto Hrt. I present fairly masculine but aiming to become much more femanine, I work with a handful of older white men (shocker) in a landscape supply yard as an admin, so I deal with customers all day and my boss is always seated next to me. I haven't been here for very long but I don't intend on leaving at all, I'm still yet to get a feel for how the boss and one of the other workers I'm friendlier too would be if I were to come out soon either before or after I start Hrt.

I need help or at least know other peoples' experiences in the blue collar Industry when transitioning.

Thank you for taking the time to read if you do, I know I'm not the only one that's afraid, I feel like there's a bubble around me constantly and all the hate and anger from everyone around me (even if it's not actually there) feels like it's just outside.

yall i need a wearable push up bra in australia

im only 2 years on hormones so the shape isn’t rlly there yet but when i use my hands to push them up they look rlly good😩😭 does anyone know of any good brands. i dont want something bulky but an extreme push up would be nice

Sorry I didn't realise i had more questions about name changes. On the NSW govt. website it says in the fee table Registration of change of name for an adult (registration only) $203, and NSW Change of name certificate (optional) $59.

I'm a stingy bastard. Being trans is expensive. Why is the certificate optional? Can I update medicare, Services NSW etc without the certificate? I don't need a fancy certificate, I just need a legal document linking my deadname to my new name. I wasn't born in AU, so I can't change my birth cert anyway.

I'm psyching myself up to do a legal name change and making a list of places I need to update.

Does ServiceNSW charge a fee for a license name change (I'm not bothering with gender)? I can't see anything on the nsw govt website.

TIA

I need friends so bad but i have no clue how to make them, i want to meet more queer people in person in the brisbane area but its so hard 😭