Maybe I’m missing the vibe here, but are you guys still talking about the subject of this post? If so, just a heads-up: all three apps mentioned in the title have been banned in China for well over a decade.

Thank you for sharing the link; I think it will be very useful in many situations. At the moment, I’m not familiar with the stance of professional labs in China or the relevant procedures, and I don’t seem to have come across any cases where people have sought their assistance for testing. Since I’ve noticed that more and more people are choosing to make their own gels, perhaps trying to arrange for testing is a good suggestion.

Chinese transwoman here, and I share similar concerns.

On the black market in China, the main hormone medications available to transgender women are Progynova from Thailand, Androcur from Turkey, and Progynon from Japan. Due to the deterioration of China-Japanese relations following Takaichi Sanae’s appointment, the price of Progynon skyrocketed a while back; and because of the Turkish government’s recent anti-LGBTQ+ policies, I’ve heard that transgender people in Turkey are also having a hard time getting Androcur—though it’s still available on the black market here, I’m not sure how the situation will develop in the future; Although the military conflict between Thailand and Cambodia a while back ultimately did not escalate, it still caused me great concern. I do not want anyone to die in war anywhere, at the same time, due to China’s strict gatekeeping policies regarding bottom surgery, Thai hospitals remain the only option for many Chinese transgender individuals who lack parental support to undergo surgery and change the gender on their IDs. Some people are also worried that if war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, China might adopt even harsher anti-LGBT policies like Russia’s. However, in such a scenario, medication probably wouldn’t be the top priority anyway.

Regarding homemade medications, after China issued a ban on the online sale of hormonal drugs in late 2022, some transgender individuals, fearing further restrictions, began purchasing industrial-grade estradiol to experiment with. Due to safety concerns, homemade injections and oral medications have been met with resistance within the community. However, some people still produce estradiol gel, believing that hormones absorbed through the skin allow for more impurities to be filtered out.

Lmao, I’ve lived here for 28 years, yet a foreigner who knows nothing about this place and only speculates has made me come here to see for myself.

Everything I’ve experienced becomes misinformation when reported by the media, and unsourced when ignored. That’s how you privileged Western leftists erase the existence of China’s marginalized communities.

If we’re talking about legal statutes, the 1994 Labor Law established an 8-hour workday. But in all my years in China, I’ve rarely seen companies actually adhere to an 8-hour workday—except for government agencies and foreign enterprises. As we say, it’s LaborLaw.txt, not LaborLaw.exe. The same applies to the Supreme Court guidelines you mentioned.

As for the trade union issue, you should look into the Jasic incident — it almost shattered the illusions held by most of China’s establishment leftists.Jasic Incident

What you’re saying about Chinese schools teaching Marxism and prohibiting students from forming Marxist clubs isn’t contradictory. Students are required to memorize and then take exams, but beyond that, they must forget what’s in the books.Peking University Marxist Sosiety At that time, it wasn’t just Peking University—my friends at Nanjing University and Renmin University of China witnessed the same thing.

There are multiple sources of information regarding the conditions of Chinese laborers, though even Western media outlets are reluctant to cover the topic. But you claim my comments are unsourced—it seems you’ve never cared about information related to Chinese laborers, only being interested in high-speed rail? https://chuangcn.org/ https://feed.laborinfocn7.com/ https://yesterdayprotests.com/

Though I’m unsure where you’ve seen “working classes wielding state authority against capitalists” come to pass, we’re discussing China—a place where the 996 work schedule is the norm (even more severe in manufacturing), where capitalists maliciously withholding wages is commonplace, where even establishing a union is treated as a crime, where those aiding workers in defending their rights are arrested, where Marxist clubs in schools are disbanded, and where students participating in labor movements face expulsion—in what sense is this “against capitalists”?