Fertility being affected in trans men and trans women isn't a surprise. I'm curious though -- do you, as a trans woman, still intend to "father" a child? Do trans men still intend to become pregnant when it is the most female thing a person could do?
Why might a loss of fertility particularly matter to a trans person?
> Do trans men still intend to become pregnant when it is the most female thing a person could do?
The things that the broad society considers most central to gender stereotypes are not necessarily most central to (or even compatible with) individual gender identity. That’s true for cisgender individuals, and its also (perhaps even moreso) true for transgender individuals.
I was interested in the context of longevity - of it being a "happy side effect" of dropping fertility. Trans men and women take hormones that make them infertile, does that enhance longevity?
Trans people often do desire to have biological children. I wish I had ovaries and a uterus and all of that, but I can't with the current state of medicine, so biologically, I'm limited to playing the male role. Hormones do nuke fertility, but I froze sperm beforehand.
I don't think the desire to have biological children is any different in trans people than it is in cis ones. I find the idea of being a mother much more appealing but that's not the hand I got dealt.
Trans men do become pregnant (look up the man who got pregnant, it was a bit of a news sensation)
Everyone experiences gender in their own way - "the most female thing a person could do" is not a fair way to describe it. Although I desire it, as a trans woman, I don't think of it as the holy grail of femininity. Perhaps biologically it is; but as a social creature how I am received socially matters more.
I also can nurse, it turns out, and if I ever did have children with my cis partner, that duty would probably fall to me.
Plenty of trans people, like cis people, have no interest in having children; still others are not invested in them being biological. It's a personal thing that varies with each individual.
Why might a loss of fertility particularly matter to a trans person?