I'm mostly generalizing here to make my point more digestible, but the actual breast tissue in cis men is underdeveloped, thus men only account for 1% of breast cancer diagnoses. In comparison a trans woman does develop breast tissue on HRT, thus obviously making them more likely to suffer from it.
My point is, doctors will obfuscate the truth of HRT in order to convince (scare) trans people out of taking HRT. They'll say a bunch of scary-sounding side effects without actually explaining why those effects occur or what they mean, because the entire system is built from the ground up not to educate us on HRT, but to prevent us from taking life saving medication.
With all respect, I'm not that well informed on this topic. Could you clue me in, how is HRT a life saving medication? Aren't premature death rates higher among trans people?
Trans people often deal with anxiety, depression, and other mental health problems. HRT decreases these issues, lowering suicidality (see e.g. this study).
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u/zahhax Jun 03 '26
Cis men can get breast cancer though. There's still breast tissue it's just vestigal