Intro

Femme-cat is a set of services run by a trans woman and stands for trans liberation for all. Control of our healthcare, bodies, and lives is necessary for our survival and happiness. In this spirit, femme-cat provides resource links and downloads to aid other trans people in their transition, care, and questions. This list of resources will be updated as needed, or more information is acquired. Please feel free to send any other useful resources to sjk@femme.cat for inclusion in this list.

Initial update 2026-03-16

Dysphoria and General Information

• The Magic Button Test - Essay on the ‘Magic Button’

• Turn me into a Girl | Guy

• The Gender Dysphoria Bible - Introduction & information about dysphoria

• Transgender Map - General resource site for those in need or questioning

• Nonbinary Wiki - General Non-binary information

Hormones and HRT

• DIY HRT Wiki - Guides to DIY HRT

• DIY HRT Directory 2.0 - Updated DIY HRT Directory

• A practical guide to feminizing HRT - THE DIY reference guide for feminization

• Transfeminine Science - FHT science and research papers

• estrannaise - Estradiol simulation modeling for FHT

• Hormone Guide for FTMs - Masculinizing Hormone information

• Hudson’s FTM Resource Guide - General information hormones and advice for masculine trans folx.

• DIYHRT Market - DIY Market and Information

• HRT.mom - Homebrew Recipes and information

• MtF HRT Wiki - Homebrew guides and general information

• HRTCafe archive site - Archived site for HRTCafe - not updated

• Secret Girl’s Guide - old trans fem site with some useful visuals

Medical Treatment and Surgery

• WPATH8 Guidlines - WPATH Version 8 guidelines for trans care ¹

• TransHeathCare - Directory of gender affirming surgeons

• MTF Surgery MtF Surgery guide and directory

• QueerDoc - US teleheath and medical information

• Gender Confirmation Center - US, CA Gender Clinic and information

• Trans Voice - Voice training resources

• Surgical Tourism - Where to travel for gender surgeries

Communities

• Reddit²

  • r/trans - General trans community

  • r/asktransgender - Trans questions

  • r/m2f and r/MtF - Trans feminine subs

  • r/ftm - Trans masculine sub

  • r/TransLater - sub for older trans folx

  • r/TransDIY - DIY HRT sub

  • r/Egg_irl - Trans Humour sub

• Matrix³

  • MatrixRooms.info - Discover Matrix Rooms

  • Femme.cat Space - Matrix space hosted be femme.cat

  • Apothecary Space - Matrix space for trans and queer people

  • #DIYHRT - DIYHRT Room hosted by femme.cat

• Fediverse⁴

  • Mastodon Servers - Search for a fediverse instance

  • Instances.social - Instance wizard picker

  • soc.femme.cat - femme.cat fediverse instance

Misc

• Transgender Report - Trans news

• Assigned Media - Trans news and investigations

• Trans Harm Reduction - UK Advocacy group which offers HRT testing and supply information

• Trans Lifeline - US support organization and resource library

• Global Transgender Resources Registry EU Resources Site

• Transgender online safety guide - Safety guide for trans people online.

• TorGate - Introduction to Tor and privacy / .onion networks

Archive Docs

• Gender Dysphoria Bible - Archive copy should source disappear

• Practical guide to feminizing HRT - Archive copy should source disappear

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Notes:

1. WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) publishes the general medical global treatment standards for all trans people. WPATH guidelines have been highly conservative in the past, but are improving. ↩︎

2. Reddit subs can be very mercurial and capricious in their temperament and moderation. Read and understand subreddit rules before posting. Additionally, reddit provides subreddit content (including comments and posts) to several AI companies for direct ingestion and training data. Do not rely on privacy or anonymity within reddit. ↩︎

3. Matrix is a globally federated end-to-end encrypted chat system. Matrix operators may host rooms or spaces for specific or general topics. While fairly recent, it remains the sole federated, independent, chat application focused on security and privacy. ↩︎

4. The Fediverse is a distributed social media platform made of of individual instances. Many instances are owned or run by trans and queer people. While instances share posts and comments among one another, they are very much local communities. Always read the instance rules and requirements before joining, and keep in mind it is not uncommon for people to move instances once or twice before finding a comfortable home. Note: for safety reasons, many queer instances require you ask for an account; rather than haven ‘open enrolment’ - do not fear this! ↩︎