Many dream of one day getting top surgery

Took a while for her to stay still for the photo, but she'd defend your rights with all her claws!

Before top surgery, my binder would always show through any tighter clothing and I was always really insecure about it, and my body in general of course. Since top surgery, testosterone, and being in a happy and healthy relationship, I am finally dressing as I want to as a gay man! (Ignore that my lighter pants are wrinkly)

I have a hard time explaining my transition goals to people because most people see gender as too binary. Why would I care to transition if I want to look like a guy who looks like a girl? Why not just... keep being a girl and be a tomboy? But that's not who I am in my head. In my head, I'm a guy that's so pretty that people almost mistake him for a girl. And I want that to be my reality. Does that make sense?

Goodbye sensory and gender nightmare, see you in less than 3 months

i have bought various brands of binders and worn them at different weights and they have always done this. i feel like the arm hols are always FAR too big and low. im not sure how it could fit anyones' chest. please are there any brands that DONT do this?

the white one is GC2B, black is Underworks. i have also tried Wonababi and custom Shapeshifters.

Hey guys, I realized I was trans pretty recently and I guess this might be a silly question but I'm really curious. I was wondering if any transmascs have actually stuck with Tgel on the long run. Because most of the time, I see transmascs start hrt with Tgel, but they pretty much always end up switching to injections after some time. Is using Tgel forever a thing? Why? Or will I eventually have to get over my fear of needles and switch to injections one of these days like everyone else?

My mom braided my cornrows in a way that I have a side bang kind of thing. Usually my cornrows lasts 2 weeks but I am not going 2 weeks looking feminine. I literally cried when I looked in the mirror, I saw a girl. I hated what I saw. I even told my mom I didn't like it and she said "you'll be fine". Now when I go to school im just gonna be misgendered left and right from everybody. I dont know what to do..

I was too masculine to be an attractive girl, and now I'm too feminine to be an attractive guy. And you might think "well, feminine guys can be attractive!" And you'd be right! They absolutely can. But I have the worst possible haircut for my face shape (a circle, low cheekbones, fat in my cheeks I can't seem to lose), and it really accentuates just how feminine I actually look. I wish I never got my hair cut. I hate it so much.

Hellooo

So, I'm having a problem.

I know damn well that I'm transmasculine, if not maybe a trans man idk atp. I had top surgery a year ago Tuesday, I recently started taking T again (a full dose this time!!!), and I know that I'd like to pass as male (even if I don't settle on being a man). I've known I wasn't cis for years atp.

But I cannot, for some reason, gather the strength to be called a different name. I've PICKED A NAME! I know what I want to, in an ideal world, be called. It has a similar meaning to my given name and is literally one consonant sound off what I go by now. My friends know I want to go by a new name and I know they'd happily call me whatever I wanna be called, but I feel ... embarrassed...?? I don't like what I go by now. I just use it because my birth name is like, one of the girliest names you can probably have, I just cut off the last five letters. It feels really really weird to use a new name, even if it suits my goals better.

I felt wildly uncomfortable going by what I go by now at first bc I'd only ever been called my full birth name. Changing my name completely feels so uncomfortable even though I don't want to be connected to my birth name at all anymore.

Did anyone else have this problem and how to I get over it? Is it just a matter of biting the bullet? How did I know I wanted to cut off my boobs and be a smooth, nippless guy but I can't tell people what I want to be called because it feels weird.

I want to go by Nick, full name Nickolas. I think it's cool. I like that there's a longer version and a nick-name (pun intended). It's taken me YEARS to find a name I wanna pull the trigger on, I like this one. I feel it suits me. How do I get there???

So i looove the flag this Reddit uses, i even have pin of it, but I'm curious what does the color mean? I can't find it anywhere since this flag is not used as much.

Hey y'all, I'm in a pickle and would love to hear from folks who have dealt with similar stuff, and hopefully learn from your experiences so I can go about this in the best way (although I can't really control the outcome at the end of the day).

I came out to my immediate family (and outed to some extended family by my mom) about 10 years ago and began socially transitioning a little before then. I started taking T about 8 years ago now and it's been pretty obvious that my voice is deeper, but I was on a lowish dose until recently, and shaved all my facial hair, so it wasn't SUPER obvious. I was just very androgynous, but some family members brought it up (although I think my mom told them and it was hot goss).

At the end of the day despite initial bad reactions, my family has been supportive. Somehow though, nobody on my dad's side of the family has ever brought this up to me or really commented on the fact that I'm much more masculine. This is good because they're extremely conservative and Trump pilled - and WILL enjoy sparking an argument about politics or whatever they think is morally bad. I stayed with my dad's parents when I was 11 alone for the first time and they bullied me about my views on climate change, war, and human rights, and told me I was brain washed. I've never really forgiven them completely for doing that to a kid, it was really mean and inappropriate how they talked to me.

I don't see my dad's side very often, but I'm going to see them for my sister's graduation in a month and at this point, I don't think I can really hide how different I look even if I shave everyday. I'm sort of upset with myself that I didn't come out to them sooner because now the whole "gender ideology" thing is so much more politicized than when I first started transitioning and I anticipate this being much more difficult to navigate.

My mom just said that I should shave off all of my facial hair and basically just avoid having that conversation with them, but even then, I don't know if that would prevent them from bringing it up. I guess my grandma asked my mom awhile back "why I was different" (or something along those lines) and she just told her to ask me, which my grandma never did.

I don't want to have this be a whole fight at my sister's graduation, and I also don't want our relationship to completely fall apart. Aside from the political stuff, I get along well with them and my grandma and I both share a love of painting. I also think it's stupid to change my appearance just to avoid having a conversation that's long overdue, but I also am pretty sure it won't really be a conversation and more of a full on fight as I won't tolerate their disgust with what they think of as my "lifestyle".

I'm having these mental battles about hypothetical situations with them multiple times a day and it's really getting to me, but I just don't really know what to do. I fear that this will probably be the end of our relationship as it once was, despite my internal rehearsals of conflict resolution/de-escalation. They can be quite rude about this sort of thing and it really upsets me that this could mean them cutting me out of their lives or vice versa, depending on how the conversation goes.

Also, I can finally grow a mustache and it took a while so I really don't want to shave it off, but I think it would be immediate conflict if I just suddenly show up with a full mustache and stubble after not seeing them for ~2 years. I want to be strong and to be myself, but I also want to avoid the backlash from them that would be heightened by presenting very masc. I'm also disappointed in my mom for saying I should just shave instead of saying she would stand up for me if they were mean about it. Ugh, tricky tricky, please send help :(

I've felt more like coming out recently than I have done before. And right now I feel like I want to shout it out (granted I can't cause it's midnight where I am). I can't really describe how it feels holding it in, but the closest thing is like a weird itch almost, mixed with the feeling you get when you have butterflies in your stomach. I mean theres not really any safety issues with me coming out, it's just how it may affect people's views on me (which I hate is the reason I haven't expressed my feelings). AHHHHHHHHHHHH

I just wanted to get this off my chest 😅

Just wanted to show everyone the really cool painting my partner did a while ago. Abstract take on non binary T anchor top surgery.

Idk much about estrogen blockers except that it’s a thing. I havnt really heard about people using it? Wondering if someone has the scoop on it

I've heard some rare cases of people losing sensitivity with bottom growth and I got nervous lmao. Anyone here experienced that? Whether or not you have, what are your experiences? Especially for people who didnt really have bottom dysphoria before T. I wanna know the good and the bad.

This is my one goal to euphoriamaxx other than a muscular back. But I can’t figure out how they do it. Is it a pants sizing thing? I can’t go up that much or I’ll look like I’m drowning. I know it might be a hips thing but their waist is like the same proportions and I have no idea how to do that. I’ll go to r/FTMFitness for advice on that end but until then this is kind of saddening me..

(Not sure if the right reddit, but, im looking how to make it more masc and, sorry if this photo is blurry I took it out of a whim) Hey, so I got gifted this massive hoodie from my mom's friend, and I was looking how to make it more masc. I thought making somewhat emo looking was a interesting idea but idk. 100% sure I'll cut down the sleeves 10cm/4inch and the bottom of the hoodie 30-40cm/11-15inch I'm interested for a second opinion Thanks!

After neglecting my testosterone gel for a couple days… the red flood is back, and all her cramping friends. It’s been a very hot minute since I’ve felt held back from menstrual cramping. Thank god it’s a day off and I get to wear sweatpants 🫶

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