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.
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.