7 weeks on vs 2 years and 4 months on testosterone.
“I’m A Guy” - what it’s like to be transgender without transitioning
AFAB tips for handling shark week (tw: menstruation, dysphoria, blood)
I recently found a recommendation for trans guys to use O.B. tampons because of the small size and discrete packaging. As I am currently in the middle of shark week and just ran out of blood absorbers, I just picked up a package of these and 10/10 would recommend. they’re really cheap (I paid about $8 for a pack of 40 in Canada), come in different absorbancies, and they are TINY
40 super tampons in this little box!
3 super tampons in this little bag!
It should be noted that the reason they are so small is that they do not come with an applicator (a plastic or cardboard plunger mechanism) meaning that they have to be inserted using your fingers. I know many AFABs are too dysphoric to use tampons, but as someone who is AFAB and lives as male a lot of the time (presenting as masculine/using male restrooms) I find using tampons has been the easiest and most convenient way to deal with bleeding for a week straight, and if you can come to enough peace with your body to manage it I think it could greatly improve your monthly experience.
Disposing of sanitary wrappers in the mens room, being able to open them without making a lot of noise, and even just carrying them around without people seeing them or knowing what they are, have always presented challenges. I think these tampons solve those problems.They are about the size of a hard candy with a small clear plastic wrapper that is easy to stick back in your pocket and no messy applicator to dispose of, and they don’t really look “like a tampon” so if you have some in your pocket or something and you drop them people won’t be like “that’s a tampon” they’ll be like “that is.. a small white thing in a plastic wrapper idk could be a tissue could be a weird candy”
Idk just found this helpful so I thought I’d share
-Newt
