this has nothing to do with my other post.
I just got currious.

I really wish I could donate sperm, when I see these posters about it.
simple jerk off, donate some sperm make money and make someone ells happy seams good to me.

but I know I cant so thats why I thought of being the next best and donate blood. (if posible)

I wonder if other transfolks had this felling, or if your rather indiffrence about it.

I think it would be incredibly awesome, but I think that's more related to the fact that I'd actually be able to jerk off and produce sperm. That's something I really wish could happen.

im not sure what part of sperm donation I adore?

maybe its the whole father thing, even if I might not be in the famely it might still be something that I could reproduce and make some happy famelys out there..and then at the same time getting money for it.

i think its awesome. you get payed to masturbate and you also help someone make a baby. also being of a reasonably high iq, reasonably attractive, with relatives in prestigious fields i would have expensive sperm.

I wish I could actually create sperm but I would never donate it even if I could. I never want to help create a child with anyone but my significant other. I would be uncomfortable with donating sperm to a woman I would never know to create a child I would also never know. It would make me feel as if I had been used in a way even if I was paid for it.

It doesn't seem like such a big deal to masturbate and dispose of your sperm since guys do that all the time and nothing ever happens with the sperm but when you think of it being used to make a child and realize that child is a part of you, then it becomes a big deal.

That's just my personal preference though, I know a lot of people think differently about donating sperm.

I'd do it for the fact that I could do it if given the opportunity to. Hopefully any potential kids would gain all the intelligence my genetics seem to hold and none of the health issues. Or maybe I wouldn't do it. Who knows. It'd be awesome to have the opportunity either way.

I read an article that donating sperm is hard and most cismen probably won't be considered. There are several things that people look for when deciding a genetic father, looks, height, build, smarts, etc. and they're going to carefully screen for the best. The donor also must go through careful genetic screening, give a detailed report of their medical history, and then finally they have to have a high count or they'll be disqualified. It's basicly like survival of the fittest, lol.

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on March 24, 2013, 03:39:19 PM
I read an article that donating sperm is hard and most cismen probably won't be considered. There are several things that people look for when deciding a genetic father, looks, height, build, smarts, etc. and they're going to carefully screen for the best. The donor also must go through careful genetic screening, and then finally they have to have a high count or they'll be disqualified. It's basicly like survival of the fittest, lol.

Aww, dammit. I've got boatloads of issues in my family from cleft palate to anxiety to brachydactyly and generalized insanity. Cancer, heart disease, hypoglycemia, alcoholism, and the like. Not sure if homosexuality would be considered "bad genetics"; if it is, I wouldn't want to donate anyway. So there, even if I were to keep growing and could give sperm cells, I probably wouldn't be eligible.

its the same for blood donating, I want to donate blood as the second best, but they got pretty high standards and your not allowed to be homo/bisexual man or have had sex with a homo/bisexual man.

Quote from: Liminal Stranger on March 24, 2013, 03:49:01 PM
Not sure if homosexuality would be considered "bad genetics"

No, they don't ask and they leave you in a room that has both gay and straight porn.

I don't think I would donate.  I don't know whether being trans is genetic or not, part of me thinks that it might be because I know/have heard of a few trans people who have trans children/parents, and while I don't think there is anything wrong with being trans, I would rather not be trans, and wouldn't want to be the cause of anyone else having to deal with the pain and all the rest of the jazz that comes with it.  Until someone proves that it's not genetic, and nor is my depression and the rest of my mess, I wouldn't want to risk passing it on.  I wouldn't even want a child to be from one of my eggs if that ever became a possibility.  My feeling is that my genes should stop here.

But, if I didn't have those reservations I would do it.  I'm on the organ donor register for when I die, and I'm planning on giving blood, and probably going on the bone marrow/stem cell register, when I'm old enough.  If I can help people and do some good with this body then I will, it's not done me any good, but it might help others out.  That's assuming that once I get my gender marker changed I'm no longer classed as a woman who has sex with women, but I can't see how they can actually enforce that rule to be honest.  Do they stalk people to make sure they're in a heterosexual partnership or is it just trust that you tell the truth?

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on March 24, 2013, 03:39:19 PM
I read an article that donating sperm is hard and most cismen probably won't be considered. There are several things that people look for when deciding a genetic father, looks, height, build, smarts, etc. and they're going to carefully screen for the best. The donor also must go through careful genetic screening, give a detailed report of their medical history, and then finally they have to have a high count or they'll be disqualified. It's basicly like survival of the fittest, lol.

This is true.  According to a study done on MANswers there are some places that only accept sperm from men who are STD-free,  and 5'9 with a 4 year college degree.  I admit I do get jealous of cisguys who can wank off and make cash doing it. To be honest, I could care less about helping couples have a child and I think the world is overpopulated as it is already.  I would just want the money.  That means I could buy video games right when they come out and not have to wait for a price drop or trading in other games.  Lol it would be awesome to play with my joystick to get actual video games.  Those would be my two favorite hobbies going together perfectly.  I guess I could donate eggs.  It would net me much more but pumping estrogren in me and getting shots just isn't worth it.  ARRG I wish I was a cisman.

Yeah, I'm jealous.

Then again, even if I were a cismale, my genes would probably still be crappy, thus making me not elegible.

I'm going to go emotionally cry now.

Quote from: AlexanderC on March 24, 2013, 04:33:55 PM
I don't think I would donate.  I don't know whether being trans is genetic or not, part of me thinks that it might be because I know/have heard of a few trans people who have trans children/parents, and while I don't think there is anything wrong with being trans, I would rather not be trans, and wouldn't want to be the cause of anyone else having to deal with the pain and all the rest of the jazz that comes with it.  Until someone proves that it's not genetic, and nor is my depression and the rest of my mess, I wouldn't want to risk passing it on.  I wouldn't even want a child to be from one of my eggs if that ever became a possibility.  My feeling is that my genes should stop here.

But, if I didn't have those reservations I would do it.  I'm on the organ donor register for when I die, and I'm planning on giving blood, and probably going on the bone marrow/stem cell register, when I'm old enough.  If I can help people and do some good with this body then I will, it's not done me any good, but it might help others out.  That's assuming that once I get my gender marker changed I'm no longer classed as a woman who has sex with women, but I can't see how they can actually enforce that rule to be honest.  Do they stalk people to make sure they're in a heterosexual partnership or is it just trust that you tell the truth?

as for what I heard of others they just belive them, so you can be bi/gay whatever if you dont tell them and still donate.
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for whatever trans or depression is genetic I dont know about depression but I really doubt trans is as pretty much all the transpeople I know where born by straight cisgender people, and those people I know who got children have only got cisgender kids so far of what I know.

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on March 24, 2013, 04:11:30 PM
No, they don't ask and they leave you in a room that has both gay and straight porn.

That's good. I'm not 5'9 though, and my family history isn't so great. We produce tall intelligent people with stalk legs and frail bodies. Yes I admit it, my entire family is made up of aliens and we're taking over 

The extensive history of mental illness in my family would be an immediate disqualifier, but it would be pretty sweet to help someone make a baby. I'd rather be around the kid and watch it grow up, but helping a family who couldn't become parents on their own would be rewarding in and of itself. Not to mention actually having sperm and the ability to be a father