That’s... heartbreaking. Were they working for a major publisher? Which discipline? I’ve heard of people transitioning at Ubi, Square-Enix and Warner relatively smoothly.

This is such a huge issue - a friend of mine lost their job after transitioning (yay sexist and bigoted mainstream gaming culture) and has had huge difficulty in finding work because of the refusal to update the name they previously worked under. While their deadname has a high level of recognition, their actual name…

I’m not saying there isn’t a link, but just about every upper-40s/perimenopausal woman I know has had a period like you’re describing.

Agreed!

I don’t get a period anymore due to my IUD, but I still get hormone fluctuations and occasionally ovulate, because of how IUDs work, even hormonal ones. I have a cycle, it’s just kind of weird and long and doesn’t involve bleeding.

I’m at a full month. Like I want the drug company to reimburse me for how many tampons I had to buy. I’m getting my second shot tomorrow and I’m afraid my period is just going to like restart. 

Changing a trans journalist’s byline would allow them to be able to search their name and find their own work, be correctly identified by readers, future jobs, even and to include past work in their own archives.

It is actually possible both to get vaccinated AND to study the effects of the leading vaccines on menstrual cycles! Possibly even with the goal of improving vaccine recommendations, such as suggesting that a particular vaccine is safer or better-suited to menstruating people than a different one!

This is very interesting because my period was over a week late after my first shot. I can’t remember the last time it was that late.

PREACH!! Perimenopause, plus increased stress, lack of exercise, and increased drinking (lock down coping mechanism of choice) have made my cycle unpredictable and cramps like I haven’t had since I was a teenager. 

After Pfizer #1, my morning hot flash stopped. I had no reaction to shot #2, except I had 10-12 hot flashes daily for about three weeks. Now I am back to a good morning hot flash and all is well. Perimenopause is a bizarre journey. 

On the one hand, yes, there is irritation that looking into the side effects (which are still better than getting Covid) didn’t consider specific issues of women/people who menstruate. And it’s not uncommon. And this hacks me off.

After my first shot my period came unusually early. Second shot early but not as early.

So I hadn’t had a period in 2 months when I got the first shot. About 3 weeks later I got a period so bad I was bleeding through a pad every hour and it wouldn't stop.  Went to the doctor was put on a weeks supply of progesterone. Got the 2nd shot a couple of days later.  After I went off the progesterone, the…

That sucks. Take the fucking vaccine.

I had an 11 day period after my shot. It’s usually like 5 at most. I was...not a fan.

Yes; that is what I meant. Which is the reason I mentioned that the virus causes blood clots. This was not anti-vaccination; I have had both doses, and will take every booster available. I am also for oral contraceptives. Which doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be apprised of all information pertaining to safety and…

Yeah, medicine has a long history of excluding women from research trials out of convenience (even female animals were excluded through the early aughts due to concerns that menstruation would interfere with research data).

You mean how Covid itself causes weird and deadly blood clots? Along with 1/3rd of survivors being diagnosed with a neurological or psychiatric condition months later? Yes, I’ll still take my chances with the vaccine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/04/22/coronavirus-blood-clots/

They are starting to study the issue, here is a link to a survey. Even if you DIDN’T notice menstrual changes, the data is still really important, so please take it. https://redcap.healthinstitute.illinois.edu/surveys/index.php?s=LL8TKKC8DP