I grew up in a family where everyone sat by default, so to me peeing while standing up is less gendered than it is for most people, I think. I'd still choose the ability to do everything your average cis guy can do if I could, of course. I don't yet know if I'll be able to sexually penetrate my partner, but I expect to not be able to and that is a thing I will feel a little sad about. Ejaculating and standing to pee are more "nice to haves" but that doesn't mean I won't occasionally wish I could do them.

My experience of just this last few days, though... looking in the mirror and seeing a tiny but definite penis for the first time was a huge euphoric moment. I've tried prosthetics and they sometimes make the dysphoria worse, making me more aware of what I don't have basically. This is like the opposite, where sure, I don't have all those abilities, but I have a penis! It's familiar and a real organic part of me!

So far it's not too bad. It was an outpatient procedure; I could dress myself pretty much when I woke up and walk pretty comfortably later that day. I'm a little stiff and sore, and the bleeding took a while to slow down — there's still spotting, which is apparently very normal — but unless I get an infection I think I'll be pretty much functioning normally soon.

Very interesting links, thank you!

I did intramuscular cypionate at varying levels for most of my time on T, every two weeks, so not a lot of experimentation except for the dosage. Sounds like I should definitely talk to my prescribing doctor about options, whether I end up switching back from gel or not....

My therapist is actually a nonbinary trans woman, so I'm in good shape there; obviously her personal experience doesn't include T delivery methods, but they also work with a bunch of other trans folks of all types, so there's some tribal knowledge being filtered through there. I still learn more from the community than from medical professionals, though. Many thanks for the information and advice today!

If I'd seen this in the original I would have been very attempted to troll them all by claiming to prove it by induction.

I take voice acting classes and am in a number of voice acting Discords and... I doubt it. Voice acting's fun, and there's aspects of it that might help, but the focus is pretty different.

That said, to OP's question: I've never seen masculinizing voice training offered, anywhere. It's all the other way, because there's an assumption that people will do HRT and that for most transmascs the resulting change will be enough. I've contemplated it myself, because my voice is still pretty high and my speech patterns get me ma'amed on the phone, but it seems to be pretty rarely offered.