I'm a bit over two years on testosterone and have had almost zero facial hair growth. I am barely able to grow the thinnest, patchiest, teenage boy stache and nothing else. My levels have been hovering the 800 ng/dL range since I started so I know it's not a dosage issue.

I started college this year, particularly one near a major city if that helps. I’ve done my best to join clubs and meet people and have made friends, however I still have no idea where to meet girls. Nobody really speaks to one another in my classes, people usually go to school events with a group of friends so there aren’t many chances to meet new people, and none of the clubs I’m in where I have made friends have many girls in them. I’ve also tried Taimi, however nobody really replies to messages on there. Not sure what to do

In quotes because it is a phrase, not me declaring a side. I'm uncertain myself.

I never hear trans guys perspectives on this.

It sucks. It hurts a lot. I am an individual who struggles a lot. I have bpd. It sucks really bad to have my feelings dismissed just because I look like a guy now. Its all I wanted, I feel more comfortable in my skin now being on t for a year and a half. But I hate that other queer people would hate me or dismiss my feelings just because of how I look and sound.

I feel a lack of support from the queer community, but I don't fit in with cishet guys either. It feels so isolating

I've had this ongoing issue since coming out where there's a range of men (both trans and cis) who act like I have to be misogynistic now that I'm openly living as a man. It can be exhausting. It also disgusts me that this is an expected thing for some people/something that they seem to view as a defining feature of masculinity.

I've come across some trans men with an "us vs them" type mentality who've vocalized judgement about trans men who don't hold negative feelings towards women as a whole. A lot of that quickly goes downhill into the "you're not a real man if-" you're being a decent person or kept some friendships with women apparently.

The cis men have mostly been family members of mine who seem to do it as a test. There's been so many times where someone will say something around me and then stare at me specifically, as if trying to check if I'll fall in line with dude-bro locker room talk or if I'll have the "woman" response.

It's been one of my biggest frustrations lately with being out. I have a lot of guy friends who are chill too, but there's this ongoing background messaging from others of "this is how men are and how they act with men" that both feeds into dysphoric frustration and just makes me angry that men are associated with being terrible from so many different categories of people. I don't care what the statistics might be around the behavior. I'm a man *and* I want to be a decent one.

Just been on my mind a lot lately. I'm very tired.

(Just a disclaimer, my mum has autism and a few other disorders so she probably didn't intend anything bad by saying this. Also NSFW warning)

Yesterday I was making a bit of coffee in the evening and my mum came in to take her medication, said hi to her and all was normal. Finished making it and before I went to leave she said to me "Wow, smells like you masterbated! Fishy." Just... Wtf? First of all, generally a weird thing to say to anyone especially your kid especially considering I'm 18 so it's not exactly uncommon anyways?... Second, holy the dysphoria. Worst part is I did NOT do anything beforehand.

Now I'm hyperaware that I don't have a dick whereas before I'd kinda get on with my day. Just great, another thing to be constantly dysphoric about. Luckily I have a few packers already to calm it down but doesn't help honestly.

This is weird right? She definitely didn't have intent behind it, she just speaks her mind. She did similar things to my brothers too, whenever she walks in on them accidentally she'll announce it to the whole house. She needs to learn to control herself honestly.

Long story short: getting a prescription from a dictor is a tedious process I don't have the time of going through (working 2jobs, no time to take days off and stand in lines to my GP to them stand. in lines to a dermatologist etc etc) so I'm looking for treatment suggestions that worked for others in my position.

I'm on mo 4 of my transition, my T levels are just a bit above the norm (switched to longer intervals between my shots, getting my bloodwork dobe in 3 weeks from now) and E is well suppressed. Acne is starting to get really bad. It was TERRIBLE during my natal puberty, I have acne scars all over my face, chest and back, and while more scars won't change much for me, I kinda wanna keep tgem to a minimum if possible. So basically the question is - what treatment worked for you, personally? Most curious about the experience of other men from Ukraine since some medications that can be accessible abroad might be hard to find here and vice versa, but any asvice is appreciated!