We all have them and many of them are silly but annoying.
One of mine is when trans people call the hormones they are taking HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) instead of the correct name Cross Gender Hormones.
Why does this bother me? It is because of the dosage, with HRT the normal dosage for Transdermal 17β-estradiol patches is 0.05 mg while the dosage for CGH is 0.20 mg that is a big difference and HRT may also contain Progesterone.
Say you are in the emergency room and the doctors are trying to figure out what is wrong with you and they ask you what meds you are on and you reply “HRT” and the doctors could start looking in the wrong place for the problem and it could cost you your life.
I have my theories why trans people say HRT instead of Cross Gender Hormones, one of them is that they do not know any better because they hear other trans people say it all the time. While others think it sounds more womanly to say HRT.
I know it sound trivial but just think about the next time you are being wheeled into an emergency room on a gurney with IVs in your arms and the EMTs are shouting at you “What meds are you on?”
One of mine is when trans people call the hormones they are taking HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) instead of the correct name Cross Gender Hormones.
Why does this bother me? It is because of the dosage, with HRT the normal dosage for Transdermal 17β-estradiol patches is 0.05 mg while the dosage for CGH is 0.20 mg that is a big difference and HRT may also contain Progesterone.
Say you are in the emergency room and the doctors are trying to figure out what is wrong with you and they ask you what meds you are on and you reply “HRT” and the doctors could start looking in the wrong place for the problem and it could cost you your life.
I have my theories why trans people say HRT instead of Cross Gender Hormones, one of them is that they do not know any better because they hear other trans people say it all the time. While others think it sounds more womanly to say HRT.
I know it sound trivial but just think about the next time you are being wheeled into an emergency room on a gurney with IVs in your arms and the EMTs are shouting at you “What meds are you on?”
Excellent. You are correct. Being born male the administration of female hormones is not 'replacing' something that was not there in the first place. I always wondered about the use of the ther HRT but did not know a better term. Now, thanks to you, I do.
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