Ah yes, the 3 genders. Male, female, and “what the fuck are you, a cop?”
You may be good, but are you "fucked a man so hard he created genre re-defining art so incredible that it has reached across multiple mediums and impacted them for generations to come" good?
Hi there :)
Do you have any recommendations or sources on glasses that help your face look more masculine/feminine? Like shapes/models (sorry, English isn't my first language)
My sibling wears glasses and I want to help them find a pair that matches their gender identity. Also, most of my siblings and both of my parents wear glasses, so I think it's pretty safe to say that I'll need them in the future as well. I don't look as masc as I would like, so do you know which shapes can help with that? :)
What glasses look best on you / your sibling will depend on their face shape (and personality imo). Personally I have glasses kind of like these:
Thicker rim up top and smaller on the bottom. In my case I think they make me look pretty androgynous because it's a model worn by "both" genders. But for someone else it might make them look/feel feminine, or it might make them look/feel masculine.
There are a lot of different guides on glasses online that go into face shapes. So I would suggest starting off by googling up some of those. But ultimately you will find what glasses looks best on you / your sibling by trying on a bunch of different ones.
like 99% of "men and women are soooo different!!!" comedy is literally just describing the experience of not understanding other people. like it's not that women never say what they mean talking to other people is just like that. it can be hard to understand what other people are thinking. bioessentialism really rots the brain
"women will say I'm fine and then not mean it" yeah that's something literally everybody does. is this your first time interacting with another human being my guy
this is one of the only funny responses on this hell of a post
hi! i am not sure if im gnc or just enby and i have enough health related hormonal trouble so i don't want to add gender affirming hrt to the mix. do u know of exercises that can help to get an androgynous appearance for an afab? even when i dress in clothes that make me feel happy, once people comment on me/my body and how "womanly" it looks it goes away and dysphoria hits hard :( its really ruining my mental health and no amount of therapy helps so i figured i should take steps to change!
If it's the actual shape of your body that triggers your dysphoria, you could try wearing a chest binder and maybe even a hip binder. But I would, more than that, suggest considering getting some muscles. Something that triggers my own dysphoria a lot is my arms/shoulders, specifically how non-muscular they are compared to the average cis guy. And I know I feel a lot better when I am actively builing muscle and working out regularly. Not necessarily at a gym, even just using my dumbbells at home does a big difference for me. I tend to focus on bicep and tricep since they tend to be the most visible muscles, but I also work out my chest and shoulders as well since I feel that it helps with getting a more androgynous/masculine apperance both to my silhouette and to my posture.
What work-out programme and diet works best for you will be very individual, so I don't feel like I can recommend a specific one. But there are plenty of free resources online, from video tutorials on youtube to muscle building forums that can give you more personalized diet advice to help with the muscle building. Search around, see what community you feel like you fit in with. It might also take some trial and error until you find what gives you the best results, so don't give up if you don't see instant change. Keep at it.
Fact #1051: Sometimes your dysphoria, before you know it’s dysphoria, makes you try to compensate for those bad feelings by being a “better” girl/boy. So you shouldn't let the fact that you had a hyper feminine/masculine period before coming out invalidate you.
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The Watermelon Woman (1996) dir. Cheryl Dunye
Hey this movie is really important in queer history! It was the first feature length film directed by a black lesbian! You can watch it here for free!
I really recommend you do because while it is a rom-com (and a drama), it also looks at how the stories of black queers are over looked in history.
A while back my pharmacist saw my deadname on my profile and accidentially called it out, he corrected and deleted my deadname from the system so only my preferred name shows up now. There was a crowd of people behind me, so as he hands over the pills he apologized, in equal tone and volume as when he called my deadname and lied saying it's been a long day and he didn't mean to call out -his own- name. I quietly told him it was fine and he didn't need to do that for my sake.
His response: "No, it's my name now."
I went to the pharmacist yesterday, his nametag is my deadname. He informed me he's immigrating and in the process he's changed his first name to my deadname to have an English sounding name. That's why he's now able to get a reprint of his nametag to be my deadname. And repeated, with the intense seriousness of someone who is going to die on this hill: "It's mine now. Not yours. I'm taking." His tone indicated that decision is final.
Bro literally deadnamed me once, and has committed to flat out stealing my deadname. It's his now. Legally. Officially. I over heard his co-workers call him by the name.
If your parents won't get you a binder what's another way to hide your chest?
I used a strong, well-fitted sports bra before I got my first proper binder. Slightly baggy button-up shirts with a busy pattern can also help hide the chest a bit!
I strongly advice against using ace bandages or tape to bind your chest, as this is far too damaging to your ribs and skin. There are some "skin safe" tapes made specifically for trans people, but if you use them regularly they still have a high risk of damaging the skin, so be careful if you do use those.
i've been questioning my gender lately, and i'm really afraid to tell anyone because of the kind of circles i've been in online. up until recently i've ran a pretty popular radfem blog, but after i took a social media detox, i realized i don't share those beliefs anymore. i even realized i feel a lot of dysphoria myself. but after being in a bubble like that for so long, it feels like i'm letting everyone down because i really tried to love being a woman, but i still want to transition. even worse, i'm scared of asking anyone for help because i don't want to stir up any discourse just because of how i feel. any advice would be appreciated ❤️
I think you've done more work on yourself than many other people I know, with you being able to go from a radfem to being able to see and start to accept yourself for who you are! So be proud of that!
I'd also say that you should not worry about taking up resources. If you feel that they would help you, use them. They are there to be used. I put off my own transition for way longer than I should have, just because I had the thoughts that there were so many other trans people that had way worse dysphoria than me and that they deserved the help more than I did. I know now that that is not a healthy way of thinking, so please try to work on breaking that thought pattern as well.
I don't know where you live so I don't know what the first step towards transition for you would be. So I would actually suggest reaching out to a local pride/trans organisation or the like, if you have one, and ask them for some guidance. They should be familiar with how the system works where you live.
If you don't have acces to a pride org, maybe try asking your regular doctor if they can help you through what the system is like where you live, or send you a referral to someone who can. If you trust that your doctor would be supportive, that is.
being able to alleviate an unwanted puberty is genuinely lifesaving. like it's genuinely just horrifying like actual horror watching and feeling your body going through changes you don't want and you're terrified of.
this goes doubly for intersex people not being forced onto hormones they don't want and being made to live in a body people are forcing on them
Certified Sex Ed Post.
Hey this might be a long shot but since the elections in the US went the way it did, and I live in a pretty rural, conservative area, I was wondering if you knew of any trans relocation funds that would be open this time of year? Preferably one that will send me to Minnesota but any safe haven state will do as long as it close to a Canadian border. Most of what I'm seeing has applications open up at the earliest next year, and they don't cash out until next Nov-Dec. I don't know that I'll last that long without someone trying something, I don't really wanna get assaulted or killed.
I unfortunately don't have any resources like this at hand. But I'm publishing this in the hopes that some of my followers may be able to point you towards something helpful.
"Family-friendly" has been a dogwhistle for all kinds of evil horseshit since at LEASE my childhood, 40+ years ago.
Don't fall for it. And don't let pro-LGBT+ people use that language without challenging it, it's a direct fucking quote from our oppressors.
Made this a while back and never posted it, but I figured I should now that I actually started T!!!
(Not a self portrait, this is just some guy)
we should start giving testosterone to ants
uncles
My HRT prescriptions are written by a lesbian and honestly that feels like the natural order of things. Woman with a personal interest in making more women.
Ah, a production line worker
Thats what i like to see
In love with your tags
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