As someone who is queer and woke for the most part, this is one queer/woke talking point that I do not understand at all... Like I get that trans men and afab nonbinary people can have periods of course because they have a uterus, that's common sense. And I also get that trans women can experience some period-like symptoms from estrogen. But since they don't bleed, I think calling it a period with no asterisk is very subjective and misleading. And it's just a weird thing to focus on.

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LIKE YES YOURE A WOMAN, BUT YOU DO NOTTTT HAVE THE ANATOMY TO MENSTRUATE. YOU NEED A UTERUS AND A UTERAL LINING THAT SHEDS EVERY MONTH. YOU HAVE A DICK AND BALLS GET OUT OF MY FACE!!

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It’s weird. I’ll never understand wanting cramps to be acknowledged as periods lol. They’re extremely painful. So when I do see trans women claiming to experience menses, it’s almost like a slap in the face. There’s already so much miseducation surrounding women’s health-especially periods. Like come on now

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This feels like bait lol. Hormones change many things in the body but you need a uterus to have a period. But there are actually some unexpected results of hormones, I heard that trans men on T can develop prostate tissue

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