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arduinna wrote

Didn't MtF people used to just castrate themselves and use horse piss extract for HRT? Not really the top question, but its something that was on my mind for a 'no technology' perspective.

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GaldraChevaliere wrote

Premarin can be synthesised from mare's piss. The efficacy of herbs like kwao krua seem hit or miss. Some folk report it being effective for them either alone or in conjunction with other forms of HRT, others say it does shit all. Before I had access to HRT I had to be immaculate in personal grooming and use clothing in creative ways to create curves and conceal things, but I also had the luck of already looking like a girl to begin with. HRT's not something I want to lose, but I don't think we'd lose all the ways to create new means, and the quality of life for transfolk would still rise in a less rigidly binary society with actual places for us to safely exist.

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JoeMemo wrote

I don't know, the trans primitivists I've talked to said they've tried herbal alternatives and found them to be largely lacking.

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arduinna wrote

I tried herbal alternatives due to legal restrictions on medication-based HRT and it doesn't work for shit, I can tell you that much.

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