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3 minutes ago, Tengu said:

You’re doing what is right for you. Try not to think about what others think, it’s irrelevant anyway. 

Good luck, you have support. 

I'm more afraid of what they might do than what they think, but you're right: I feel like my whole self is being expressed and it's pretty amazing. Thank you <3

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Can i quit being a girl? Too much competition lol

 

J.k.

Youre gonna be so beautiful! Makeup is easy.. just foundation eyes and lips really. I would say watch some makeup tutorials but they go wayyyy overboard. Just find some foundation and lip stick u like...just a little eyeliner. Thats all i use but i barely wear makeup and a lot of women dont.

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24 minutes ago, Vamped said:

Live your best life! 

Good Luck!

 

 

 

 

>.> 

 

I dunno how to do make up either so ... when you find out lemme know 

I love that phrase, live your best life. My housemate says it all the time.

And will do <3

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19 minutes ago, fuggstop said:

Can i quit being a girl? Too much competition lol

 

J.k.

Youre gonna be so beautiful! Makeup is easy.. just foundation eyes and lips really. I would say watch some makeup tutorials but they go wayyyy overboard. Just find some foundation and lip stick u like...just a little eyeliner. Thats all i use but i barely wear makeup and a lot of women dont.

I use concealer for the stubble on my lip and chin, but yeah: foundation, lipstick, and eyeliner is all I really feel a need to do for now. I would like to figure out how to wing eyeliner tho

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15 minutes ago, Cidz said:

Thats whats youtube for. So easy to learn how now.

Anyway good luck. Hope u get a good dr. :)

A good dr? For reassignment? 

I'm not actually sure if I'll get reassignment. 

Would like to have breasts at least, though 

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I wasn't always an accepting person. Matter of fact, I disliked everyone. 

However, once I met my wife, and had kids, my perception changed. 

I have had my fair share of dirty looks and people not accepting me. 

All because I have long hair, a long beard, full tattoo sleeves, and a black wife.

I accept everyone now, except those who can't accept. 

I developed a Fuck You attitude and it has not failed me yet. 

Never. EVER, be afraid to be who YOU are. 

If people can't accept it, that is their loss. 

You're a good person. If anyone sees anything other than that, then they are the ones with the problem. Not you.

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3 minutes ago, Bouvre said:

A good dr? For reassignment? 

I'm not actually sure if I'll get reassignment. 

Would like to have breasts at least, though 

Well not necessarily. But if you wish to go on hrt and maybe other stufg.  I just wish for u not to have to get a dr thats rude or gives u a hard time. 

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2 minutes ago, Cidz said:

Well not necessarily. But if you wish to go on hrt and maybe other stufg.  I just wish for u not to have to get a dr thats rude or gives u a hard time. 

Oh, would definitely do my research and get recs. <3

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8 minutes ago, midnight said:

I wasn't always an accepting person. Matter of fact, I disliked everyone. 

However, once I met my wife, and had kids, my perception changed. 

I have had my fair share of dirty looks and people not accepting me. 

All because I have long hair, a long beard, full tattoo sleeves, and a black wife.

I accept everyone now, except those who can't accept. 

I developed a Fuck You attitude and it has not failed me yet. 

Never. EVER, be afraid to be who YOU are. 

If people can't accept it, that is their loss. 

You're a good person. If anyone sees anything other than that, then they are the ones with the problem. Not you.

I'm not crying youre crying

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Just now, Bouvre said:

I'm not crying youre crying

People read too much into other folk's sexual orientation.

I have a different outlook. And I am serious. 

I mean, do we dislike certain people because, let's say they root for the Yankees and not the Dodgers?

Do we hate people who like Ford and not Chevrolet?

No. We do not. 

However, we as a society have deemed it ok to hate people because of their skin color, or their religious preferences, or their sexual orientation, or how they identify themselves as far as gender. 

It makes no sense. No one's preferences in anything, is anyone else's business. 

As long as the person is a good person, who and why should anyone care?

I'd rather be friends with someone who is transgender or Muslim, or a different ethnicity, than someone who is a ''normal'' asshole.

Stay strong, Bouvre. You have friends. Don't steer from your course!!

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40 minutes ago, Bouvre said:

I use concealer for the stubble on my lip and chin, but yeah: foundation, lipstick, and eyeliner is all I really feel a need to do for now. I would like to figure out how to wing eyeliner tho

Well yah for the wing theres definitely a YouTube vid that can help make that easy. I saw a trick once but forgot it.

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I can't imagine the anxiety that goes along with coming out and your doing it twice....damn 

Good luck....and sorry about the seal vid I posted....my sister said that wasn't an appropriate way to show support  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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4 hours ago, Bouvre said:

to people who haven't been around me much, namely my family, and distant friends.  A large number of you know, some don't. Either way

Coming out in high school as gay was emotional and I was full of worry about people's responses. I feel in a similar situation, like I'm young all over again and realizing the world hasn't even fully opened up yet for me. The fear, patterns of anxiety over what my parents will think, are all back and horribly palpable.

Plus, I barely even know how to makeup yet.

Wish me luck.

I wish you all the luck in the world my friend.

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You know where I'm at! And you know my gf relates! Also, this may seem overwhelming right now, but as it progresses it will get better and it'll fly by like coming out as gay did. Plus, you have an astronomically large group of people of all walks and talks who support you!

(Plus you're cute in a dress.)

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This may be fishing for too much personal information, so forgive me and just let me know if it is, but I am curious...

Do you no longer consider yourself gay? Just a transwoman who is straight? What does your husband think about this? If you're going to dress like a woman and wear makeup, and possibly get breast implants, is he ok with being married to you as a woman as opposed to you as a man?

Again, forgive me if I'm prying too much. But good luck to you on your journey!

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4 hours ago, Mix said:

I can't imagine the anxiety that goes along with coming out and your doing it twice....damn 

Good luck....and sorry about the seal vid I posted....my sister said that wasn't an appropriate way to show support  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I thought the seal was beautiful, and so I took it accordingly.

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I sincerely hope that humanity reaches a point where people won't have to come out because it won't be a big deal. 

We're not there yet, sadly. But I believe we'll get there. As long we have people like you who make this pivotal and difficult decision we will keep making tiny bits of incremental progress. 

So congratulations, but more importantly thank you. Because even if you made this choice entirely for yourself and that wasn't a factor (which is how it should be and how i hope it was because this is your choice and no one else's) you're still helping push humanity's progress just a tiny bit further by letting people know they know a trans person. That's important. So thank you. 

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24 minutes ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

This may be fishing for too much personal information, so forgive me and just let me know if it is, but I am curious...

Do you no longer consider yourself gay? Just a transwoman who is straight? What does your husband think about this? If you're going to dress like a woman and wear makeup, and possibly get breast implants, is he ok with being married to you as a woman as opposed to you as a man?

Again, forgive me if I'm prying too much. But good luck to you on your journey!

I will always be gay because why not?

Also being trans isn't a binary thing. I identify somewhere in a grey area: my pronouns are they and them, but refer to myself as a woman, hope to be called miss when addressed formally, and my name is Ellie. 

That being said, I don't experience dysphoria the same way others do. Not all trans folx do. And I may never get surgery at all.

But even if it's a problem with my spouse, which it hasn't been yet, so be it. I will never not love him, but if I'm the person he no longer wants, then I will go my way, he will go his.

Also, ask questions as long as you're courteous and genuinely curious! Being trans isn't as black-and-white as it may appear, and I'm still figuring things out myself. But this particular moment in my life has been a long time coming, I just haven't said all that much directly about it

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Thinking back on the slow process of self-realization, I recall the moment when I received my wait-list notification for NYU's poetry MFA program.

The e-mail began with the greeting "Dear Ms."

 

I'd absentmindedly checked off Ms. instead of Mr. in my application, but I really liked it a whole lot.

I think it didn't really hit me until much later because I was elated to be waitlisted by freakin' NYU,
and just losing my mind with the hope to be admitted.

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17 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

This may be fishing for too much personal information, so forgive me and just let me know if it is, but I am curious...

Do you no longer consider yourself gay? Just a transwoman who is straight? What does your husband think about this? If you're going to dress like a woman and wear makeup, and possibly get breast implants, is he ok with being married to you as a woman as opposed to you as a man?

Again, forgive me if I'm prying too much. But good luck to you on your journey!

I'm glad you asked this because I wanted to know as well, but I was just a fly on the wall in this thread because I never know where the line is....Like I would have been real comfortable asking if it were Gunstar because we talk off board, maybe even Poof, but I'm not that in tune with Bourve.

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6 hours ago, Buddyroe360 said:

I'm glad you asked this because I wanted to know as well, but I was just a fly on the wall in this thread because I never know where the line is....Like I would have been real comfortable asking if it were Gunstar because we talk off board, maybe even Poof, but I'm not that in tune with Bourve.

Dude, I used to go to college with a f2m transgendered classmate. He was always very candid about being trans and his experiences and journey. However, one thing he never did bring up, at least in my presence, and that I never heard any of my other classmates discuss, is did he get a penis. I was always so curious, and especially wanted to know because he was otherwise so candid about him being trans, but I just didn't want to cross that line so I never asked him about it. And then he eventually got married to a biological woman, and now I'm REALLY wondering if he has a penis. But yeah, I figure if he's not going to bring it up himself, he probably wouldn't like me asking.

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On 10/22/2018 at 2:29 PM, Bouvre said:

to people who haven't been around me much, namely my family, and distant friends.  A large number of you know, some don't. Either way

Coming out in high school as gay was emotional and I was full of worry about people's responses. I feel in a similar situation, like I'm young all over again and realizing the world hasn't even fully opened up yet for me. The fear, patterns of anxiety over what my parents will think, are all back and horribly palpable.

Plus, I barely even know how to makeup yet.

Wish me luck.

also I could suggest some youtube Makeup gurus to teach you how to makeup if you're actually interested in that :P

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