Ohh yeah completely agree with the being better at empathizing with women's issues! My favourite quote about being trans is "Men think they understand women's issues and women think they understand men's issues. Neither are correct". That rings very true! I feel like even though I called myself a feminist before transition already, I didn't really "get" it.
And also completely forgot about voice stuff, thanks for reminding me! Someone once called my voice cute and said I couldn't even sound angry if I tried. That made me very happy especially because that person doesn't know my old voice. :)
Have heard of them but it makes me more dysphoric than anything else to have to wear "special" underwear that cis women just wouldn't wear :( But honestly it's the thought of it. I haven't bought any because they're expensive.
Thank you for the nice comment (and your comment on my older post as well!). I actually found out via my therapist who e-mailed me, I haven't even gotten the letter yet, tomorrow probably. She's offered to assist with the appeal which is nice of her. We'll schedule a call in the next few days and figure out the next few steps.
Hey, just wanna chime in with my experience, 6 months on HRT. I started at 183cm/61kg and HRT made it a lot easier for me to eat regularly, I didn't eat breakfast most days before. Now, I'm eating a hearty breakfast and lots of snacks inbetween (almost didn't snack at all before) and I LOST weight, last I checked was a month ago or so at 59kg. I figure most of that was muscle though, my thighs grew a bit. So eat away, I'd say. I'm eating a good 25% more than before HRT and am barely keeping my weight.
Could you describe the difference it made in more detail? Did you just experience the expected prog effect more intensely?