Comment by MusicalWitchMachine on 13/12/2020 at 19:05 UTC

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Some more terms you may come across!

*Clocked**: to be outed as trans when trying to blend in particularly with cis-gender people as your presented gender. Usually, you are passing and then someone notices something incongruent with their binary perception and calls you out on it. : /

*AA** = antiandrogens, a medication that blocks testosterone or limits production. Common ones are Spironolactone (sprio), Cyproterone, and Finasteride.

*E** = Estrogen, while we all have both for MTF on HRT will take estrogen to run their body on estrogen as their dominate hormone.

*BA** = Breast augmentation. Usually associated with trans femme people, BA is a surgery that enlarges one's breasts with implants.

*FFS** = Facial Feminization surgery. This is a collection of facial and neck surgeries to help a face look more traditionally female. Could include anything like your nose, brow bones, adams apple, chin, jaw, and more.

*Orichectomy** = Surgical removal of the testicles. This can be helpful if you are on HRT since it will lessen the dosage or even eliminate the need for anti-androgens (blockers) and let you take a lessened amount of estrogen for the same effect. It's also the first step in having full gender reassignment surgery but a lot of transwomen and trans femme people might never have any surgeries or consider an Orichetomy their final confirmation surgery.

Naturally, there are AFAB comparative terms like *mastectomy,* *masculization* *facial,* and *hysterectomy* surgeries.

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Thank you! 😆 The list is really coming together now! 😁