What is your presentation right now?

[Trinity]

Something different, might die as a thread, but the surface stuff is interesting.

Mine

Short white skirt, bra, mild mascara levels, large unrimmed glasses, clear nail polish, none on the toes, and plush slippers.

Normal for home.

15 minutes ago it was sandals, ripped up mens jeans, and a mens shirt, interacting socially with garage mechanics and construction people at home depot.

LOL.

Flying the matrix.

[Yuki]

Well, we just came back from the store. Trying to get out of the house some.

I was wearing a pair of men's jeans, with rips... lol... but they were made that way, they're new. A men's t-shirt with tigers on it, and a men's navy blue hoodie from old navy. Plus my men's glasses. And my neutral looking trail shoes. (Men's and women's in that brand look the same, the only difference is width.)

Now I changed into my pink leopard print pajama pants that were given to me a few years ago... they're the only ones I have that are short enough to not drag across the pee covered floor when I leave the bedroom. I don't really like them, though. Not because they're pink, but because leopard print isn't exactly me... I lost my pair that had cute sheep on them.

[Avery]

Mine has been shifting. I recently lost a lot of weight, about 35 lbs, so I've had to basically start my wardrobe from scratch. Most of my clothes is from the "men's" section and all of my formal wear is decidedly masc, but since my voice has dropped I get read as a dude more often than as a woman so I'm starting to feel okay wearing more feminine clothes again. Just to keep that balance you know? Like they felt off limits for so long cause I had to go all masc all the way to negate being read as a woman 90% of the time but now I feel like I'm allowed to wear those things again.

I'll never be a dress person but I have this yellow ochre fem cut sweater I love and I bought leggings and a really nice cardigan that came from the "women's" section of the store. Chest dysphoria keeps me from tank tops for now but I look forward to trying those again once I get this weight off my chest, if yannow what I mean.

Today I'm wearing my new boots, ripped jeans, a grey waffle shirt, and a blue and green flannel. All men's or unisex but I'm wearing my necklace outside my shirts again (I could never bear to take it off but had been hiding it in my shirt)

[Amber Marie]

Right now? Probably confusing as heck for everyone but me. I went to the bank today and got maam'd which I like, but then very strange looks when the teller brought up my account. Clothing? Conservative long sleeve sky blue blouse with black, blue, and grey argyle sleeveless sweater over it, men's dark navy dress slacks, low women's office shoes dark navy, Hair shoulder length and soft, neutral eye make-up, light blush, soft pink matte lip color. A bit of necklace showing in open collar. Two bead bracelets, one of which goes blue, pink, white, pink, blue. Not exactly hidden. Pretty similar most days for work. I quip that I appear more of a what than a who. More and more the lines are blurring. It's a slow progression or metamorphosis.

[Becky]

I wish I had seen this a couple of hours ago! I was in fleece leggings with pink roses on them and a dark red women's sweater top over a C-cup bra.

I just met my son's school bus and I'm taking care of him right now. Brown corduroy pants and a green plaid flannel shirt. Meh.

[Trinity]

Nov 15, 2018 5:33:06 GMT 8 Amber Marie said:

Right now? Probably confusing as heck for everyone but me. I went to the bank today and got maam'd which I like, but then very strange looks when the teller brought up my account. Clothing? Conservative long sleeve sky blue blouse with black, blue, and grey argyle sleeveless sweater over it, men's dark navy dress slacks, low women's office shoes dark navy, Hair shoulder length and soft, neutral eye make-up, light blush, soft pink matte lip color. A bit of necklace showing in open collar. Two bead bracelets, one of which goes blue, pink, white, pink, blue. Not exactly hidden. Pretty similar most days for work. I quip that I appear more of a what than a who. More and more the lines are blurring. It's a slow progression or metamorphosis.

Close to where I was at 6 months transition.  Maybe 18.

[Amber Marie]

Trinity, what a nice thought. I'm happy where I am now. Enough, but not too much. It may change, but I hope not. For me, it's just fine tuning for the next several years, or so I hope. Today, baby blue knit turtleneck. The B twins are clearly evident, but hey, it's my freaking body. Everything else is the same as yesterday. I'm not a fan of change, so once my mind is set, I'm good. I recently saw a cartoon on Facebook that clearly states my thoughts. The first panel showed a young child daydreaming of the woman she wanted to be, all frilly and pink. The second showed the same person now older and in transition. There, she wore a sweatshirt, was a bit scruffy, and was wagering she could down a donut in one bite. The gist of it is simply that who we are always shows through. Before and after transition, and everywhere in between, we are a constant. A tomboy is a tomboy in either body, a princess is a princess just the same. Me? I'm just a small town suburban girl. Always was, always will be.

[Trinity]

Nov 16, 2018 1:27:17 GMT 8 Amber Marie said:

Trinity, what a nice thought. I'm happy where I am now. Enough, but not too much. It may change, but I hope not. For me, it's just fine tuning for the next several years, or so I hope. Today, baby blue knit turtleneck. The B twins are clearly evident, but hey, it's my freaking body. Everything else is the same as yesterday. I'm not a fan of change, so once my mind is set, I'm good. I recently saw a cartoon on Facebook that clearly states my thoughts. The first panel showed a young child daydreaming of the woman she wanted to be, all frilly and pink. The second showed the same person now older and in transition. There, she wore a sweatshirt, was a bit scruffy, and was wagering she could down a donut in one bite. The gist of it is simply that who we are always shows through. Before and after transition, and everywhere in between, we are a constant. A tomboy is a tomboy in either body, a princess is a princess just the same. Me? I'm just a small town suburban girl. Always was, always will be.

Eventually you learn how to fly the matrix, self expression, blending, using appearance to leverage your needs and comfort zones, as well as your spouses.

In the beginning of transition, I had my A's showing, male clothes, knee high boots, a goatee and heavy eye liner.   It was exotic, very cool, and very transitional.

And I had that old stripper Camaro that was insanely fast as well.

It broke the social rules, but I seldom had too much trouble, and the big boss had zero tolerance for anyone screwing with me.  They did, of course, one man wrote me up for sexual harrassment just for being me, I'm still pissed about it.  He wound up screwing the company over in the end, showed his true colors.

The bottom line is, as you say, you are whoever you are regardless of outward appearances, how you gender that is your own business and truth.

At the moment I am in my mini, with a slip and cami, and favorite short red nylon robe with black lace.  That's my business atire now, working from home.



And is very much who I am.

I am still very amuzed by gender labels.  I am not a girl inside.  It's not my truth.  I am Trinity.

Time to get the motorcycle running again.

[Leena]

Right now I'm in perhaps my most common presentation: Women's regular cut jeans with men's athletic cut V neck T shirt. Hair down and stud earrings. Light makeup. Nails a bit long with clear nail polish.

I sometimes push things a little or a lot more feminine, or tone things down even further, but this is around how I present most of the time. It's a bit more androgynous than how I feel most of the time, but I don't feel all that safe presenting as a non-passing trans woman.