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Cake day: November 15th, 2024

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  • The one thing I will add is that the soul searching isn’t always visible, which was what made it so hard for my family/friends to understand when I came out. To them, it seemed like a very sudden and “snap” decision, when the reality was that I had spent years at that point reflecting and doing soul searching, but was so terrified about what it meant and how they might see me, I never told anyone about it.

    I definitely think that this dad did a solid job overall, and even as an adult transitioning in their late 20s, I would have loved this response vs how my parents handled it…







  • They have this twisted idea that basically all transwomen are burly middle-aged dudes doing drag, solely to invade women’s spaces, so it will be no problem when they’re thrown into prison because then they’ll just behave like dudes again since there are no women to sexually assault. It’s even worse because it feels like all the progress we’ve made over the past decade almost makes things worse, with more younger trans women who were able get on puberty blockers and transition early, because they will have zero chance of “boymoding” in prison to try and protect themselves.





  • I’m also adding earrings, they were basically one of the very first things I did when I started transitioning. They’ve become relatively common on guys, and small studs won’t stand out much at all, but they’re something I notice every time I look in the mirror and make me feel very femme. Plus, you can very much up how much they stand out as you get more comfortable with presenting more femme. Plus, I work with my hands a lot and can’t wear anything dangly/metallic at work, and I just generally find a lot of jewelry annoying/uncomfortable to wear, but I don’t notice my earrings at all except when I see them