T+9: Are We Male Yet?

Reflections on nine years of testosterone therapy

Selfies of Pax on January 1, 2014 and January 1, 2023.

(Content note: Discussion of health, weight, and body image.)

This week marks nine years since I began testosterone therapy to address the gender dysphoria I experience living in a female-assigned body. That date — January 3, 2014 — is the second of three major milestones in my early gender transition, both in…