Im still curious how yall sort presentation and gender expression concepts alongside gendered concepts. More or less i feel like im likely trans but also i fear that if i were to transition its more so to move away from a presentation of myself that i dont feel satisfied with just in the hopes of escaping who i am. Im just curious what yalls experience is since at the end of the day gender experession and transitioning are just true expression of self image

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the way i think of it is how i present is what i put effort into appearance wise and my actual gender is what comes naturally to me, stuff that sort of feels right. which, in my case i have pretty andro presentation and am a trans guy. maybe not super universal but thats my take on that lol

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the way you’re thinking about it is great! for me, i didn’t really know what i wanted to “become”, just that where i was felt wrong. transitioning is all about exploring new things and trying to answer those “who am i” and “in what ways” questions. and your answers can change as often as you’d like. there’s no reason you have to pick a way to be and then be exactly the same every day. self expression is an ever changing and lifelong journey for everyone, but most dramatically for trans people:)

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