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May 11

Transgender woman reveals how HRT transformed their face – msnNOW

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A transgender woman has documented the physical changes they underwent while undergoing eight months of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in a mesmerizing timelapse video.

Brendan McCann, from Fort Myers, Florida, took a selfie every day since starting treatment in August last year.

The 23-year-old, who uses non-binary they/them pronouns,decided to document their journey to give other trans people the 'confidence to start HRT.'

Brendan, a video journalist, said: 'The most rewarding part of my transition has been being able to share it with people and make a little piece of art out of it.'

The timelapse clip features a total of 226 images that showcase how Brendan's physical appearance noticeably changed over a period of eight months.

Speaking of the project, theysaid: 'I've done video production and timelapse photography for a while, so I've had a lot of fun putting these time lapses together and seeing people enjoy them.

'The main reason trans people share timelines of their changes with HRT online is that people who are considering starting often go looking to see "what will it do to me? I want to find someone who looked like me when they started."

'Many timelines don't start with a person who looks fairly masculine and still has a beard, so I felt it was important to have it start from the beginning.

'I've gotten messages from people telling me that my video gave them the confidence to start HRT and that's very special.

'I wish I had had a video like this while I was figuring stuff out.'

Brendan, who is originally from the UK but moved to America when they were two, has not socially transitioned yet, which is one of the reasons they are using their birth name.

Due to medical costs related to physically transitioning, Brendan will not be undergoing any surgery in the foreseeable future but plans on getting laser hair removal.

Feminizing hormone therapy is typically used by transgender women and nonbinary people to produce physical changes in the body that are caused by female hormones during puberty.

This hormone therapy, also called gender-affirming hormone therapy, helps better align the body with a person's gender identity.

Feminizing hormone therapy involves taking medicine to block the action of the hormone testosterone.

It also includes taking estrogen which lowersthe amount of testosterone the body makes.

Feminizing hormone therapy can be done alone or along with feminizing surgery.

Not everybody chooses to have feminizing hormone therapy.

It can affect fertility and sexual function, and it might lead to health problems.

Source:Mayo Clinic

Brendan said: 'Physical changes take a few months to really show up and they're very minor at first.

'They are also contingent on having decent levels of estrogen and suppressed testosterone, among other things.'

The keen photographer said it took about four months before their bloodwork came back with good levels that mimic female puberty, adding: 'My medical transition is basically just HRT, which is more common than you would think for trans people.'

Brendan has said that their experience as a trans person has been mainly positive.

'The most surprising thing has been how supportive people have been, both online and in person.

'Most of my friends and immediate family know and no one has really taken it badly.

'Being in a somewhat conservative part of Florida I was expecting more negativity.

'Even online, the TikTok algorithm has been very good at not showing my videos to too many transphobes.

'My comments sections are overwhelmingly positive and that surprised me,' they explained.

However, Brendan does have concerns over the local government passing bills and legislation that could limit access to medicine and physical resources for trans people.

They said: 'Desantis, the governor of Florida, has been ramping up attacks on transgender people in the medical board of Florida and with bills that aim to limit access to gender-affirming care.

'Minors already have a lot of barriers in the way of getting gender-affirming care even in states where the legislation is kind to them. So here it is almost impossible.

'DeSantis already got all trans healthcare taken off of Medicaid in the state of Florida, essentially banning it for the poor.

'He is looking to get private insurance to stop covering it and to put restrictions on who can prescribe treatment.

'They're also about to pass a 'bathroom bill' which will ban trans people from using bathrooms in buildings that receive state funding.

'I didn't expect these changes to come so quickly and at some point in the near future it might make it necessary for me to leave the state.

'For me personally, as a transfeminine person, transitioning using estradiol and testosterone blockers my medications are not scheduled substances, so it would be fairly easy for me to order them from reputable pharmacies overseas and import them.

'If an all-out ban went into place, a lot of people would have to jump to that while they try to leave the state.'

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