Samantha 🏳️⚧️ (Exploratory Arc)
@reborn-cat-mom.bsky.social
Early 40s 🏳️⚧️ woman who is modding her endocrine system and anatomy with the power of science! 💉
Parent. Geek. Cat herder. Video gamer in rare free time. Knows a dash of IT 😬
Pretty boring otherwise 🤣. Probably posting cat pictures.
Parent. Geek. Cat herder. Video gamer in rare free time. Knows a dash of IT 😬
Pretty boring otherwise 🤣. Probably posting cat pictures.
Seems fitting that I’m closing out 2025 with it being shot morning.
A fresh dose of estradiol valerate is now sitting in my leg, ready to carry me into the new year.
A fresh dose of estradiol valerate is now sitting in my leg, ready to carry me into the new year.
December 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Seems fitting that I’m closing out 2025 with it being shot morning.
A fresh dose of estradiol valerate is now sitting in my leg, ready to carry me into the new year.
A fresh dose of estradiol valerate is now sitting in my leg, ready to carry me into the new year.
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The best advice I ever got about fear: run towards the things that scare you. Running will only ever tire you out.
I was *fucking terrified* before every gender affirming surgery I got. 10/10 decisions, each and every one.
I was *fucking terrified* before every gender affirming surgery I got. 10/10 decisions, each and every one.
literally every single good decision was gut-wrenchingly terrifying
i need to remind myself of this lesson frequently and embrace the fear
i need to remind myself of this lesson frequently and embrace the fear
transition has been an exercise in learning that the more scared i am of doing something the more important it usually is for me to do it
December 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The best advice I ever got about fear: run towards the things that scare you. Running will only ever tire you out.
I was *fucking terrified* before every gender affirming surgery I got. 10/10 decisions, each and every one.
I was *fucking terrified* before every gender affirming surgery I got. 10/10 decisions, each and every one.
Creepy dude at the gym decided to take the elliptical next to me despite plenty of open ellipticals.
Oh and I’m the only woman in this row of ellipticals 🤢
Oh and I’m the only woman in this row of ellipticals 🤢
December 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Creepy dude at the gym decided to take the elliptical next to me despite plenty of open ellipticals.
Oh and I’m the only woman in this row of ellipticals 🤢
Oh and I’m the only woman in this row of ellipticals 🤢
I have a cat on me snuggling… but I need to use the bathroom.
The eternal dilemma.
The eternal dilemma.
December 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I have a cat on me snuggling… but I need to use the bathroom.
The eternal dilemma.
The eternal dilemma.
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It’s the last Trans Joy Tuesday of 2025!
This has been a hard year in so many ways. But that doesn’t mean joy didn’t exist.
If you’re trans, please help by sharing the things that made you happy this year, the things that got you through, the things that helped you thrive.
Please share your joy.
This has been a hard year in so many ways. But that doesn’t mean joy didn’t exist.
If you’re trans, please help by sharing the things that made you happy this year, the things that got you through, the things that helped you thrive.
Please share your joy.
December 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It’s the last Trans Joy Tuesday of 2025!
This has been a hard year in so many ways. But that doesn’t mean joy didn’t exist.
If you’re trans, please help by sharing the things that made you happy this year, the things that got you through, the things that helped you thrive.
Please share your joy.
This has been a hard year in so many ways. But that doesn’t mean joy didn’t exist.
If you’re trans, please help by sharing the things that made you happy this year, the things that got you through, the things that helped you thrive.
Please share your joy.
It snowed overnight…
So pretty. I love how it looks.
Sadly it also means today I need to put on my dysphoria inducing snow gear from the before times and shovel the snow 😩
Maybe this will motivate me to finally buy new snow gear.
So pretty. I love how it looks.
Sadly it also means today I need to put on my dysphoria inducing snow gear from the before times and shovel the snow 😩
Maybe this will motivate me to finally buy new snow gear.
December 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It snowed overnight…
So pretty. I love how it looks.
Sadly it also means today I need to put on my dysphoria inducing snow gear from the before times and shovel the snow 😩
Maybe this will motivate me to finally buy new snow gear.
So pretty. I love how it looks.
Sadly it also means today I need to put on my dysphoria inducing snow gear from the before times and shovel the snow 😩
Maybe this will motivate me to finally buy new snow gear.
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family is the people who will always protect you
December 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
family is the people who will always protect you
My one cat won’t stop licking me cause I slept in and she wants the bed to herself for her post-breakfast nap…
December 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My one cat won’t stop licking me cause I slept in and she wants the bed to herself for her post-breakfast nap…
Happy holidays everyone.
Gave myself this morning one of the best gifts I have been giving to myself for the past few years, a shot of estrogen into my leg.
I hope you have all family/found-family/friends/loved ones today.
And to my fellow parents, good luck and hope you all have fun.
Gave myself this morning one of the best gifts I have been giving to myself for the past few years, a shot of estrogen into my leg.
I hope you have all family/found-family/friends/loved ones today.
And to my fellow parents, good luck and hope you all have fun.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy holidays everyone.
Gave myself this morning one of the best gifts I have been giving to myself for the past few years, a shot of estrogen into my leg.
I hope you have all family/found-family/friends/loved ones today.
And to my fellow parents, good luck and hope you all have fun.
Gave myself this morning one of the best gifts I have been giving to myself for the past few years, a shot of estrogen into my leg.
I hope you have all family/found-family/friends/loved ones today.
And to my fellow parents, good luck and hope you all have fun.
Mildly amused at catching partnered men with their partners at a children’s museum clearly checking me out 🤷♀️ 🤣
Yeah…. You all are not getting anywhere here 🤭
Yeah…. You all are not getting anywhere here 🤭
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Mildly amused at catching partnered men with their partners at a children’s museum clearly checking me out 🤷♀️ 🤣
Yeah…. You all are not getting anywhere here 🤭
Yeah…. You all are not getting anywhere here 🤭
Why did you transition, wrong answers only.
I needed an excuse to dye my hair 🤷♀️
I needed an excuse to dye my hair 🤷♀️
Why did you transition, wrong answers only.
My research had come to a dead end, so I needed a new area to work in.
My research had come to a dead end, so I needed a new area to work in.
Why did you transition, wrong answers only.
I just really wanted underwire to be a part of my life.
I just really wanted underwire to be a part of my life.
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Why did you transition, wrong answers only.
I needed an excuse to dye my hair 🤷♀️
I needed an excuse to dye my hair 🤷♀️
- Shot morning.
- 90-days milestone at new job.
- 4(Insert second digit here) anniversary of going around the sun as well.
Kind of an interesting day here today.
Have a lovely morning everyone.
- 90-days milestone at new job.
- 4(Insert second digit here) anniversary of going around the sun as well.
Kind of an interesting day here today.
Have a lovely morning everyone.
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
- Shot morning.
- 90-days milestone at new job.
- 4(Insert second digit here) anniversary of going around the sun as well.
Kind of an interesting day here today.
Have a lovely morning everyone.
- 90-days milestone at new job.
- 4(Insert second digit here) anniversary of going around the sun as well.
Kind of an interesting day here today.
Have a lovely morning everyone.
Waking up early to get an early AM flight only to find the hotel hot water system failed.
That was a cold shower 🥶
Keeping warming seeing how I continue to look like this these days 😊
That was a cold shower 🥶
Keeping warming seeing how I continue to look like this these days 😊
December 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Waking up early to get an early AM flight only to find the hotel hot water system failed.
That was a cold shower 🥶
Keeping warming seeing how I continue to look like this these days 😊
That was a cold shower 🥶
Keeping warming seeing how I continue to look like this these days 😊
Warning: Scary trans woman spotted in the wilds of a airport drinking coffee at 5am 😱
December 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Warning: Scary trans woman spotted in the wilds of a airport drinking coffee at 5am 😱
There is a special feeling these days when you breeze through airport security with zero issues as a trans woman.
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
There is a special feeling these days when you breeze through airport security with zero issues as a trans woman.
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let's go girls we're dissociating Chandrilan style
December 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
let's go girls we're dissociating Chandrilan style
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“Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).”
Y’KNOW WHAT-
Y’KNOW WHAT-
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).”
Y’KNOW WHAT-
Y’KNOW WHAT-
Sat next to an older lady (late 70s) at the airport bar while killing time for my flight.
Had my first ever espresso martini.
We got to chatting. She mentioned her spouse using she/her pronouns. I mentioned my spouse also using she/her pronouns.
She then mentioned her spouse is trans.
(1/3)
Had my first ever espresso martini.
We got to chatting. She mentioned her spouse using she/her pronouns. I mentioned my spouse also using she/her pronouns.
She then mentioned her spouse is trans.
(1/3)
December 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Sat next to an older lady (late 70s) at the airport bar while killing time for my flight.
Had my first ever espresso martini.
We got to chatting. She mentioned her spouse using she/her pronouns. I mentioned my spouse also using she/her pronouns.
She then mentioned her spouse is trans.
(1/3)
Had my first ever espresso martini.
We got to chatting. She mentioned her spouse using she/her pronouns. I mentioned my spouse also using she/her pronouns.
She then mentioned her spouse is trans.
(1/3)
Why are people staring at me at the airport at 5am?
December 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Why are people staring at me at the airport at 5am?
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This. THIIIIIIIS. For fuck's sake, THIIIIIIIS!!!
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This. THIIIIIIIS. For fuck's sake, THIIIIIIIS!!!
Thanksgiving, while low key here, has one major highlight.
It is a day where I unintentionally started a transition timeline collage. Came out as trans March 2021 at 38.
A lot has changed over the past 4.5 years of transition, and I am so excited to see what comes next.
Hope you all have a good day.
It is a day where I unintentionally started a transition timeline collage. Came out as trans March 2021 at 38.
A lot has changed over the past 4.5 years of transition, and I am so excited to see what comes next.
Hope you all have a good day.
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Thanksgiving, while low key here, has one major highlight.
It is a day where I unintentionally started a transition timeline collage. Came out as trans March 2021 at 38.
A lot has changed over the past 4.5 years of transition, and I am so excited to see what comes next.
Hope you all have a good day.
It is a day where I unintentionally started a transition timeline collage. Came out as trans March 2021 at 38.
A lot has changed over the past 4.5 years of transition, and I am so excited to see what comes next.
Hope you all have a good day.
It is a special feeling of victory when I get every dishwasher-safe dish loaded into the dishwasher after a thanksgiving lunch 🙌
All those years of playing Tetris have paid off.
All those years of playing Tetris have paid off.
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It is a special feeling of victory when I get every dishwasher-safe dish loaded into the dishwasher after a thanksgiving lunch 🙌
All those years of playing Tetris have paid off.
All those years of playing Tetris have paid off.
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hey so
if you’re going to a big family gathering today a little reminder
“keeping the peace” and ignoring hate is literally how it spreads
people ask me all the time what they can do to help trans people
and one of the biggest is legit to STOP LETTING TRANSPHOBIA SLIDE in your friends and family
if you’re going to a big family gathering today a little reminder
“keeping the peace” and ignoring hate is literally how it spreads
people ask me all the time what they can do to help trans people
and one of the biggest is legit to STOP LETTING TRANSPHOBIA SLIDE in your friends and family
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November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
hey so
if you’re going to a big family gathering today a little reminder
“keeping the peace” and ignoring hate is literally how it spreads
people ask me all the time what they can do to help trans people
and one of the biggest is legit to STOP LETTING TRANSPHOBIA SLIDE in your friends and family
if you’re going to a big family gathering today a little reminder
“keeping the peace” and ignoring hate is literally how it spreads
people ask me all the time what they can do to help trans people
and one of the biggest is legit to STOP LETTING TRANSPHOBIA SLIDE in your friends and family
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For Transgender Day of Remembrance this year, please remember why we grieve. Our sadness is one of the most important biological adaptations that humans have evolved.
Because it drives us to seek each other out.
We mourn so we can come together and become strong again in community.
Because it drives us to seek each other out.
We mourn so we can come together and become strong again in community.
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
For Transgender Day of Remembrance this year, please remember why we grieve. Our sadness is one of the most important biological adaptations that humans have evolved.
Because it drives us to seek each other out.
We mourn so we can come together and become strong again in community.
Because it drives us to seek each other out.
We mourn so we can come together and become strong again in community.
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I’m about halfway to what I need to get paid for this week, and I got kind of a nasty landlord text this morning. If there’s anything you can do to help, it would mean the absolute world to me and my family.
Hi Folks - we’re still digging out of our rent hole, and need to get another partial payment over to our landlord ASAP. You’ve all been incredibly generous helping us recently, and I don’t know what else to do but ask.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I’m about halfway to what I need to get paid for this week, and I got kind of a nasty landlord text this morning. If there’s anything you can do to help, it would mean the absolute world to me and my family.