Most people would probably find this weird but I want to try and sell cloth menstrual pads aimed at trans people as well as try and make people less scared about talking about periods
I've grown up surrounded by pads, periods and well just everything to do with the female reproductive system because of my mother who sells them. I've always been surprised how periods were seen to be something you could never talk about and it was almost seen to be disgusting. When we did sex-ed at school I was the only one that really knew anything much about both reproductive systems most people barley knew anything about their own and were extremely embarrassed to talk about it. The teacher talks to use about periods and showed us examples of products used. The things she showed us were disposable pads and tampons, having my mother make cloth pads and basically is the go to person for testing menstrual cups i was highly offended when the teacher didn't mention either of them so straight away I put up my hand and asked about them, i got a few strange looks as no one had dared ask any questions before hand and i was effectively telling the teacher she didn't know her stuff. She seemed a little flustered or at least thats how i remembered it and told the class that yes there are reusable products and then told me that she didn't think that they were that common or easy to get to i preceded to inform her about the internet and shamelessly promote my mother's site which has lots of pad makers in a thing kinda like ebay or esty but much smaller and just pads and stuff.
I even wrote a letter to the pad company U because in the period info pack they gave to the school they only advertised their own products and again didn't say anything about any of products. I didn't ever end up sending the letter which is a shame really because it was honestly disgraceful
As I got older I learnt more about the LGBTQ+ and started watching loads of video about trans people and reading loads of books (and a few comics). Recently i watched a video called "What if guys got their periods (some do)" as well as another which was a skit thingy done by a trans boy. That made me think. It had never really occurred to me that ftm people had periods, like i knew they did but i never thought about until then really and it made me think, I don't remember ever having seen or heard anything about any trans sellers or buyers and there has only been one person who didn't have a feminine name but I knew she was female so yeah. That made me think that mostly menstrual product makers always tend to always use colours and images that are commonly associated with femininity like pinks and pastels and flower/floral patterns and that most of them refer to their customers as women. I can understand why, most of their customers are women but i started wondering is this why there seems to be a lack of trans customers? Or is it maybe that people who are ftm and still have periods simply don't know and/or don't want to use cloth pads like plenty of women.
I don't know how the cloth pad community would think about me or my focus and id likely get hate but i want a place where ANYONE can buy pads without having to feel uncomfortable. If you're a guy wanting to buy floral pads I don't care, if your a lady wanting to buy pads with monster trucks on it I don't care. I know hate has been given to a male before because he tried to make menstrual cups and didn't know what people wanted but I've grown up around pads and I've helped my mum plenty of times making her's I know what I would be doing.
Basically I want to do as much as I can to do with making trans people more comfortable (both ftm and mtf and any non binary people) and teaching people about cloth pads.
I know that most peoples here have said things to do with art and this question was likely meant to be to do with art and stories and comic and stuff but I thought i would share what I am determined to do.
