Congratulations! I got mine pierced earlier this year. They are going to be the most sore for like the first week or two which makes things like wearing headphones not fun…

Asides from hoop earrings and studs, I feel like earrings with unpolished gemstones may fit your aesthetic well.

I wish I could go to the past and tell my younger self that she’s going to be okay and is worthy of love…

Sometimes I get this image in my head of my pre-transition self crying while sitting on a chair and an apparition of my current self standing behind and hugging her. I imagine a lot of us have had similar thoughts seeing how well this artwork resonates with so many of the people here. It’s a really beautiful image in multiple ways.

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I just recently switched myself from a crusty old Motorola to a Pixel 7.

Only thing I hate is material you, which isn’t a grapheneOS specific thing so I don’t fault them for it. Otherwise I am enjoying grapheneOS so far.

I’m using connect and it shows me both on the main page. It was actually the second image though that caused me to click through lol.

it feels like you are being lumped in with the worst of menkind for no good reason.

Before I realized I was trans I also got super upset at being lumped in with bad men (although with an additional different reason that I didn’t understand at the time), and that feeling is absolutely terrible, because you’re basically getting shit on just for existing.

From my perspective as a woman it seems like there are a lot of shitty dudes out there. After I realizing I’m trans it became a lot easier to notice misogyny since it now affects me. I did notice before, but when something affects you specifically you notice it a lot more. I also didn’t fully understand how weak women are compared to men until I started taking estrogen. Just being near a man I don’t know well or at all is very scary because of how easily he could overpower me.

If I am getting a random bear vs a random man I would definitely take the bear just because I feel like the risk of getting a bad man is too high. If I could pick a specific man, I definitely would pick my father or a friend because I know they are good men and I feel safe around them.

I think some outrage could have been avoided if the question was worded just a bit better, although I think part of why it got so popular is because of the outrage it caused.

Yeah, binders shouldn’t be worn for more than 8 hours at a time and ones that are too small can be dangerous. I’m not a binder expert and there a probably some other things to be cautious of as well.

OP may need a binder if she wants to boymode depending on how much breast growth there is. When I started HRT I boymoded at work, but that didn’t last very long because my breasts became quite noticeable rather quickly. Even with a baggy hoodie they are still noticeable, so it’s not a foolproof method for people who end up with larger breasts. Just want OP to be aware of that possibility.

I’m also ex-catholic. I left about 6 or 7 years ago, I don’t remember exactly when. For most of those years I’ve been an atheist and didn’t want anything to do with religion or spirituality at all.

Recently I have been thinking more about spirituality and I have looked into paganism a fair bit. Idk exactly what I am but I view nature and the universe with the same reverence that one would give to a diety, although I don’t view them as being sentient or really personify them in any way, but I think there is something special about them and appreciating them satisfies me spirituality.

Me when I vote and immediately slap the sticker on my face.

Taking time to just think about whatever in quiet. I do it outside if it’s nice and it’s so peaceful.

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For me, the primary issue with my mom thinking it was a phase was that I was dependent on her to get HRT since I was a minor at the time. If you are fully financially independent from your parents then that probably won’t be an issue for you, but if you aren’t I think it’s mostly just a time thing, as it might take them a while to process everything.

My mom had a phase where she was basically grieving the old me like I had died and it took her a few months to realize that I’m still the same person and I’m just being my true self now. Even after that though, it took her a bit over 2 years before she became okay with me taking HRT. I think she was stuck in the denial and bargaining stages of grief for most of that. It’s possible you experience something similar where it takes them a few years to fully come around, but it’s also possible that they just instantly accept you (which some of my family did).

I think doing something bold to prove you’re serious, like changing your name legally shortly before or after you come out, wouldn’t really work. If they aren’t fully accepting immediately I think they really just need time to process and that might be too much at once for them.

Kinda had the same situation here (I will even be graduating with a CS bachelor’s soon as well), although I had my realization in highschool. My family tends to be more progressive like yours and I spent a few months experimenting with my gender. One day my mom noticed that I had shaved my legs and long story short, she basically forced me to come out. Initially she “accepted” me and she used the proper name and pronouns with me but she was convinced that it was just a phase. Over the years she has realized that it’s not a phase and she has become a lot more accepting over time. Some of my family members took a bit to come around as well and others immediately accepted me.

Considering you have a progressive family, I imagine things will probably turn out alright. Since I came out during covid I stayed inside pretty much the entire time I didn’t really start to transition until afterwards, since my family called me she/her I was pretty content with that at the time (I tend to feel more dysphoric in public than at home).

Anyways, the most important thing is that you are happy. Do things in your transition because they make you happy and not because of pressure from others. There is not one way to transition and you can do or not do whatever parts you want.

Yeah I haven’t bothered to update my birth certificate yet since I’d like to also change my legal sex, but it’d be nice to have that. It sucks that the process has to be such a hassle…

(I still have to prove that I’m trans to two therapists. I have no idea what that entails or how long it takes. It just seems like a major annoyance)

I went to get a passport the other day. I know I’m a bit late but I think there’s just enough time for me to get it back before fat fuck takes office.

The people working at the place were actually nice to me though, usually when I’m at government places the workers get all huffy when they see my documents and notice that I’m trans. Also an old man there noticed my shoes and told me they were cool, so that was also nice. My shoes are pink converse and have trans pride laces on them, idk if he knows what the trans pride colors are though.

Meow mew mmrrrrrp :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3

I heard someone else suggest she should get a porta potty and wheel it around the house of representatives on a pallet jack and be annoying as possible with it. That way she can still piss them off and not have to risk any danger using the men’s room.

I was about to comment the same thing lol. Even the video game part.

Honestly though, I feel like there’s a chance I wouldn’t have been surprised cause I feel like I subconsciously knew back then but just didn’t understand it or know the words to describe it.

Thanks for the reply, I know of where I can get DIY, I’d just rather not get DIY unless I absolutely have to. I do have a small stockpile currently that would probably last me long enough if I needed to wait for DIY to arrive in the mail though.