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Any other trans guys see pretty women sometimes and think “if I were a girl I’d want to look like that,” even tho if you tried to look like that as yourself you’d be miserably dysphoric? Like they wear their womanhood so beautifully but you’re lacking the
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Anonymous 3w

Womanhood required to be comfortable like that?

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Anonymous 3w

YOU 🫵 YOU GET IT

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Anonymous 3w

YES this happens to me when I see more masc presenting / butch women, and it makes me wonder like “could I have been happy without transitioning if I pulled off a more masc tomboy look?” But then I remember how bad my dysphoria was a few years ago and realize this is for the best

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Anonymous 3w

😬 secretly yes personally though i'm just kind of a vain bastard whose fragile ego is wounded by the recognition that my Hot Girl Era always looked kinda “off”. forced / disingenuous etc, like my performance of femininity was giving “uncanny valley”

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

YES disingenuous/uncanny valley is a great way of describing it. I tried to be a hyperfem gnc trans guy for years (mainly bc it made me more palatable for cis people tbh) and it never really looked right on me. I feel so much more comfortable in masc clothes and look more myself that way too, even tho I don’t necessarily look bad in fem clothes it just looks off?

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