So I've came to the conclusion that I'm not cis. Honestly, not a huge surprise, and, if anything, this feels like the easy part of a much bigger question. Figuring the implication of that, and then reaching the goals that will come from those implications, that will be another, much more difficult story.
Lately more than ever, I've been dealing with what I can only guess is gender dysphoria. It's entierely new to me, and it really sucks. I had the luck to grow up in a body that fitted me up to now. but not anymore. I can still go by a mirror, look at myself and go : "wow, if I was a "normal" dude, my body would be pretty good", but I'm not. I've started to spot things I dislike beyond just a few pimple or shit like that, there is now many things I want to change and I can't really do anything without starting some major change in my life.
I've started to grow out my hair, but it is still at the state where it just give me an ugly and manly mullet. But when I try, when I'm in a good mood, I can spot glimpse of a prettier face on me, even a feminine one. Because I still live with my parent fully, I don't feel comfortable enough to try to use different clothes. I got a good relation with them, my mom knows I'm gay and is supportive, but it's something else that blocks me this way. Just a general feeling of uneasiness, that I want to deal with only on my own because that is how I've always dealt with stuff.
But hey ! This art is insanely pretty. Mehnk is here with their friend Maicha, and it's acting like a balm to my heart. Seeing them in such a beautiful dress is making me wish I could be them. So. Much. And it's also making me happy, simply. Their hair ? My goal.
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Neiverru my fav artist, striking again by making the cutest stuff on this website. They are more active here.
Lately more than ever, I've been dealing with what I can only guess is gender dysphoria. It's entierely new to me, and it really sucks. I had the luck to grow up in a body that fitted me up to now. but not anymore. I can still go by a mirror, look at myself and go : "wow, if I was a "normal" dude, my body would be pretty good", but I'm not. I've started to spot things I dislike beyond just a few pimple or shit like that, there is now many things I want to change and I can't really do anything without starting some major change in my life.
I've started to grow out my hair, but it is still at the state where it just give me an ugly and manly mullet. But when I try, when I'm in a good mood, I can spot glimpse of a prettier face on me, even a feminine one. Because I still live with my parent fully, I don't feel comfortable enough to try to use different clothes. I got a good relation with them, my mom knows I'm gay and is supportive, but it's something else that blocks me this way. Just a general feeling of uneasiness, that I want to deal with only on my own because that is how I've always dealt with stuff.
But hey ! This art is insanely pretty. Mehnk is here with their friend Maicha, and it's acting like a balm to my heart. Seeing them in such a beautiful dress is making me wish I could be them. So. Much. And it's also making me happy, simply. Their hair ? My goal.
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Neiverru my fav artist, striking again by making the cutest stuff on this website. They are more active here.
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I'm a transgender woman myself. It took forever for me to figure that out, but once I did the signs were always there as far back at my tween years.
I do wear women's clothes and present as feminine as I can, but let me give you one very important bit of advice: don't worry about trying to pass as cisgender of the female variety. There's no need. Be as feminine as you want to be. There's no wrong way to do this. It took me years before I realized most transgender people don't even change their voice.
The whole way we're perceived publicly really prevented me from exploring this a lot sooner than I likely should have. I'm 37 now and have only been openly trans since around Jan to Feb of last year.
Just know that trans people who are popular on YouTube and other media sites are the minority.
I do wear women's clothes and present as feminine as I can, but let me give you one very important bit of advice: don't worry about trying to pass as cisgender of the female variety. There's no need. Be as feminine as you want to be. There's no wrong way to do this. It took me years before I realized most transgender people don't even change their voice.
The whole way we're perceived publicly really prevented me from exploring this a lot sooner than I likely should have. I'm 37 now and have only been openly trans since around Jan to Feb of last year.
Just know that trans people who are popular on YouTube and other media sites are the minority.
Hey, thank you for your kind words and advices !
I'll progress through this at the path I'll feel comfortable following. Small steps towards goals I've decided and set myself will be much better than giant leaps on idealized image of what I "should" look like.
My luck is that, you'll not be the only voice to tell me something like this. Encouraging self determination of your own image instead of chasing cis ideal of feminity, or even androgyny, is something that a lot of people I look up to on social media have been, and still are, encouraging for everyone around them.
Now, even with all this help and those good concepts, it doesn't help much being satisfied with the current appearance I have :P. It can't help, actually, and that's normal. Maybe it's a less talked part of body positivity, but the notion of being mad about your body and wanting to change element of it is still part of it. No body is inherently bad or unworthy of love, that's the core of this positivity, but a desire for change for your own body is also still body positivity.
I'll progress through this at the path I'll feel comfortable following. Small steps towards goals I've decided and set myself will be much better than giant leaps on idealized image of what I "should" look like.
My luck is that, you'll not be the only voice to tell me something like this. Encouraging self determination of your own image instead of chasing cis ideal of feminity, or even androgyny, is something that a lot of people I look up to on social media have been, and still are, encouraging for everyone around them.
Now, even with all this help and those good concepts, it doesn't help much being satisfied with the current appearance I have :P. It can't help, actually, and that's normal. Maybe it's a less talked part of body positivity, but the notion of being mad about your body and wanting to change element of it is still part of it. No body is inherently bad or unworthy of love, that's the core of this positivity, but a desire for change for your own body is also still body positivity.
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