most trans women don't start estrogen until our 20's or older, way past puberty. i would have developed *identically* to cis girls (apart from genitals) if i started injection hormones at my puberty. but society and family discourages and punishes transness, so we wait :/

the result is that almost every single trans woman on estrogen wishes with her entire being that she "started sooner" and has to live with that regret forever. we see girls starting before puberty passing effortlessly and think Wow, that could have been me

do cis people really not recognize their moral obligation to use their financial and social privilege over us to help us pay for feminization surgeries that undo the damage and violence they are complicit in and continuously benefit from? is it really that controversial?