Breast reductions are extremely popular among cis men & trans advocates can’t stand the hypocrisy

Sounds like gender affirming surgery to me

Reminds me of someone who pointed out that a prescription of Viagra is gender-affirming care XD
- Hard disagree as a transgirl with a prescription for viagra

Breast reductions are extremely popular among cis men

I doubt it. They never actually talk numbers, just that it's "the most common cosmetic surgery among cis men," which doesn't actually say much. Would you ever say "shooting yourself in the head is extremely popular"? After all, it's the most common form of suicide.

Of course, I still agree with the conclusion, regardless - breast reduction surgery by anyone anti-trans is ridiculously hypocritical. Shit, so is bald men using Rogaine or any man using steroids... I'd love to see someone try to argue that those aren't gender-affirming care 😂🤣

You make a good point, so I wanted to check the numbers
In 2019, 24,123 male patients underwent the procedure in the United States, accounting for a 19% increase since 2000
Just pulled from wikipedia.
I then found a more detailed listing from “American Society for Plastic Surgeons” that says 2024 had about 28.5k (~26.5k from gyno surgery performed exclusively on males, and another 2k from “breast reduction”, the latter of which was also performed on 75k females)
Interestingly, an additional 91 males had breast implants removed, while over 1800 received them. I believe this figure represents pectoral implants (fake chest muscles) and is not related to top surgery for trans women.
Some other notable cosmetic surgeries for males in 2024: Liposuction (21k), rhinoplasty (7k), facelift (6k), tummy tuck (4k), cheek implants (2.3k) and chin augmentation (1.2k). 79 males received butt implants!
All in, 99k males in the US received cosmetic surgery in 2024, along with 1.5 million females
- 99k vs 1.5 million is an insane difference!
  I assumed there would be more women than men, but 15x more kind of surprised me.
Why is Rogain gender-affirming? I'd say they are trying to look younger, not manlier. Baldness is very much associated with men. With that, you could argue that using Rogaine is an attempt at looking more feminine.

Calling this hypocrisy feels weird. Are the men getting these treatments transphobic? Aren't they getting called fat f-slurs and told to hit the gym?

Top surgery for adult trans men isn't illegal in any US state, and insurance generally doesn't cover it for anyone, including cis men. These are adults paying out-of-pocket.

It feels weird to me to attach anger at transphobes to people who are just living their best lives and have experienced some of the same bigotry.

The men aren’t necessarily the target here. The problem is the people who think this is OK while the other is not.
- But transphobes aren't against plastic surgery; they're against transgender people. They're okay with it in the sense that they want everyone conforming to their assigned gender. If they actually supported the men who need this kind of surgery they'd be pushing to have it covered by Medicare/Medicaid.
  I don't need to explain why this is an awful thing to say, do I?
It's gender-affirming treatment. Literally. That's the double standard.
- It's a double standard among anti-trans people, not hypocrisy by cis men.

Like, I'm glad these men don't have to have breasts they don't want, I just really wish my brothers were given the same broad courtesy.

Man if they have back problems that's one thing. Personally I love a beefy man boobs.

So ... You're saying I could grow my own breast if I get the right ormone (im)balance? Neat. There should be a guide for how to balance these ...

Be fat and sedentary and drink alcohol for lifestyle risk factors for gynecomastia. Or take risperdal and that can make you lactate too (but without mammary glands it’s more just that you discharge fluid, obviously not milk). Or if you just want breasts see an endocrinologist for spiro or whatever rather than fucking with bad habits or atypical antipsychotics that have other side effects
- (but without mammary glands it’s more just that you discharge fluid, obviously not milk)
  Cis men have mammary glands. They are undeveloped. Trans women also have mammary glands, which go through a puberty just like cis women's. With the right hormones, trans women can in fact lactate milk.
Well, if you're fat (like I was), adipose tissue aromatizes more testosterone to estrogen and you get gynocomastia (breast tissue growth). Also, because your body uses estrogen receptors to regulate testosterone levels, higher estrogen levels causes LH and FSH levels to drop, so you produce less testosterone.
- I am very fat. My moobs are absolutely my least favorite part of that (visually anyway). A decade or so ago, I read on Reddit that one can get fluid drained to reduce the size of man boobs, regardless of physical fitness.
  I want to get this done but feel stupid asking to be put under for a purely vanity matter.
The safest way is probably to just take estrogen, fin and/or spiro. The much less safe way is to abuse anabolic steriods
- Don't forget progesterone. Evidence supporting its efficacy for breast growth in combination with estrogen has been mostly anecdotal but there is some recent work substantiating it clinically.