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Tinwelint - 2mon
I finally came out to my family and it went well! My identity is not questioned, they are slowly using my new name and pronouns too 🩷
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
How you must be moving right now: ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ
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Busgirl [she/her] - 2mon
Yay, happy for you!!
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
AMAZING!!! Happy for you
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kitten_mittenz @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 2mon
That's awesome! People need to see more stories like this! When I came out, all I ever read about was how terrible coming out can go. I was terrified that when I came out I was going to lose all my family and friends, but they've pretty much all been super supportive.
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Azarova [they/them] - 2mon
Happy Victory Day to the queer people in my phone
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imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
user with a history of transphobia feigning ignorance to run defense for a known transphobe ultraleftist slop youtuber? just a normal day outside of the trans mega on hexbear. more purges now!
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
I don't know where some cis people get off thinking transphobia is exclusively misgendering someone.
Also we had a mod posting transphobia what, like last week? Fuck we need purges
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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 2mon
Many cis ppl think transphobia is basically just being rude, masking it as "having concerns" or whatever passes under the radar for them. Same way lots of white ppl think racism is just yelling the n word
TMA Stalin for president
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Yea 100%, it's so common even in people who believe they support us. I saw someome (not here) the other day say they support trans people. But not trans women in sports, non passing trans women in bathrooms, trans women going to women's prison, and were not sure if trans youth should get healthcare. Fantastic.
People definitely just think transphobia is outward hostility
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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 2mon
"Supports trans ppl" but thinks trans women should be forced into actively dangerous situations in mens prisons, bathrooms and locker rooms. Amazing
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
Classic case of "i support trans people except in any situation where it's controversial and actually matters."
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
We do. TC69 thought must be upheld.
On that post from that mod, he listened to us upon it being explained that it was transphobic and deleted the post. It sucks that we had to see and do that, but he's clearly trying and listening which is about all I can hope for from cis allies.
I along with another trans person had to explain some transphobic beliefs that my irl bestie and closest ally had held. It's just so engrained in every part of society.
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
Yes, i agree that it's prevalent and that sometimes the cissies need an explanation. The thing is, in the case of GlimmerTwin, he's been acting transphobic in the past, was openly dismissive when i tried to explain to him what the problem was and now he's at it again. Some people just do not want to learn.
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shallot [she/her] - 2mon
lol I had to check my user tags and sure as hell that’s one of the folks I’ve already got tagged as a transphobe lmao (independently, from my own observations in the past in case that wasn’t clear)
Oh hey, that tag was for the thing that @SerialExperimentsGay@hexbear.net mentioned upthread. Neat. This is why I mainly stick to traa tbh.
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Oh absolutely. Deserved ban, could've been longer tho.
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
I've seen a few crypto transphobes pop off lately. On the one hand but also on the other, I'm glad they're showing their faces so we can take action.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
What action was taken against the mod, they still are a mod no?
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Let me dm you to make sure we're talking about the same thing, and then I'll publicly clarify here.
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
No action was taken against that mod. In this case he resolved it himself when asked to, and he also advised the mod team that the post in question was a repost originally by another user, and directed that information to that comm's mod team.
When I found out about this, I didn't call for any additional action because I considered the action resolved on the basis that he had listened to his trans comrades and corrected his behavior by deleting the post, and stated that he was taking notes for the future which he immediately demonstrated by helping call attention to another offending post so that it could be deleted for transphobia.
If you agree or disagree with my assement please let me know, I'm here for you all and I want to do what's right by you.
Little bit less upset now, TBH originally wanted him demodded and was thinking about trying to kick something off about it. But I guess that's fine.
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
Oof, what happened this time? ISTG this shit has gotten more frequent over the last months.
Edit: nvm, it's been that asshole.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Oh is this latest person a repeat offender?
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
Yeah, he called me a transvestigator for respecting the gender identity of a dead, unouted trans woman.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Oh shit I remember that. Honestly this person should just be banned atp.
So fucking depressing how little people, even here care about us
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imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
100%, his is one of those "how is this guy not banned already" modlog histories
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
Today I successfully made my desires known through communication with words 🥳
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
You can just say what's on your mind! It's that easy! 🎉 🎉 🎉
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
🤯
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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
You ever have someone that you knew for a short amount of time (a month, a week, a few days, even just a conversation or single comment) but who nevertheless changed you in some big way, and you still think about them years later and wish you could talk to them again and just know what they're doing now and tell them how they changed your life and everything? But like, you were just some person they met once years ago and they don't think about you, probably don't even remember you. I have many of these people.
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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
I was this person for someone too. Seeing me happy and confident helped her have the courage to come out. Only we met again years later and she told me that (I'd had no idea). It made me so happy and feel so good about myself to know I've actually made some kind of positive impact on that world. I thought it very romantic too; we're girlfriends now 🥰🥰🥰
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
we're girlfriends now
Good ending!
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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
A very good one!! T4t is so amazing
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
I Agree! Met my partner years ago but basically only ended up together by chance, and now we’re in gay t4t love. Cant believe this is my life
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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Cant believe this is my life
I say this literally all the time! Life is so cool, I love being trans
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
ashinadash
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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Yeah :(
Definitely a few of mine were people here. For all I know, some could still be here even. But both of us on a different account. Weird to think about. I love to stew my brain in weird nostalgic longing for people like that sometimes though
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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Like posters even who I never talked to, just people who's posts were very important to me figure out that I'm trans
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Been thinking a lot today about the first person to ever make me feel desirable. I was sure I'd be alone forever, that no one could possibly want me, until they did. We went on two dates a week apart, it didn't worj between us. But my self hatred began to crumble in the face of the indisputable fact that someone thought I was attractive. 6 months later I was on hrt and in love with my first girlfriend. I wish I could tell them that; they cried and felt so bad about ending it, they thought they had hurt me and I never saw them again
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Being closeted is its own special circle of hell. I know my identity but most people don't. Every interaction feels fake and hollow.
Hopefully only another year of this. I can get laser in that time. Have time to voice train but probably won't. Fuck me
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
It really is. This is why I ran out of the closet well before I had even started any sort of medical transition. Said fuck it, it's other people's problem if they can't see me for me once it's explained to them. In some ways I'm sure it seemed like I was abandoning self preservation, but in other ways it was self preservation.
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
I feel you. The people who know treat me like a human being but for the people who don’t, it’s just a merry-go-round of “sir, him, mr” and I know it’s unfair to expect anything when I haven’t had the guts to ask them to act differently but it still majorly sucks
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
It is not unfair. You should hold these fools in disdain. They are spiritually barren and have nothing to offer you
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
These fools are my coworkers! But it is the same conciliatory attitude I took towards family after having come out, so probably best to nip that reflex in the bud. At least some women there are starting to clock me, that’s nice :)
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Seconding on that fakeness/hollowness. Really hard for cis people to understand just how deep dysphoria goes.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Them not understanding is so frustrating, I've tried talking to a couple of them about my voice dysphoria, which seems really understandable to me but they didn't get it at all. Or were just trying to make me feel better about my voice instead of validating me.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
In my understanding they are trying to comfort you but since they niether understand how it works nor the depth to which it goes their efforts fall short and they don't take it too seriously.
It's almost like the way parents treat their children's concerns. At best it's a half serious token thing. Although maybe this is not how you see it.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
No I think that's a pretty good assessment of the situation. Thank you summing it up like that helps me understand it better.
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
Do I have some kind of projected dysphoria? I felt that every interaction felt fake and hollow and understood I was talking to fake and hollow people.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Just found out my mom's on E and prog lol. Apparently has been helping her mood and sleep.
Same though
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
Multiple cis friends dealing with (peri) menopause have told me they want my HRT if I have some to spare. There's solidarity there. Hormones are powerful. Menopause is intense.
It's almost as if we're women too, if you think about it.
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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon
I know lots of peri and post-menopausal women and the amount of time I put my head in my hands and mutter "they're hon-dosing the menopause girlies too!"
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
I'd have been way too tempted for my own good to come out by saying "me too" lmao
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Earlier we were joking around about how she's in a better mood and less overstimulated with how loud my younger siblings are, and she literally told me I should try E 😭 I was fucking dying
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
That’s so damn funny
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
I can't tell you how funny it was. Literally out of a sketch or something.
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
“Hmm, maybe you’re right 🤔 “
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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 2mon
Got excited because I thought I saw a missing cat, took a photo and ran back to the poster I thought was for but turns out different cat. I thought I cracked the case but guess I'm back to hitting the dirt roads again
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
Yes, detective. Speaking of cracked cases, there is a murder investigation going on here in Martinaise, maybe we could get back to this. It's possible we find this missing cat along the way.
[Logic, tirvial, failure] It is possible the cat is involved in the murder.
[Esprit de Corps, moderate, failure] Do not rat out this cat.
[Electrochemistry, heroic, success] In veterinary medicine, cats are often anesthesized with ketamine.
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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 2mon
I just need a few extra experience point to get my next skill point, I can't keep living with anarcho-bidenist-kamalain thought anymore
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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon
Had a complete asshole patient tonight 😑. Weirdest insult I got from him, he called me malevolent and asked if I knew what that meant. But he was also good about my pronouns and had some gendered slurs to call me too, so ups and downs
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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 2mon
Gender affirming asshole?
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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon
He was actually very good about my pronouns lol, so either I passed or that
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
So wierd to be mean to your healthcare provider. Like dude, this woman's got scary needles to jab you with.
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
I was thinking of this, but it's a different name.
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
In another life I had a patient misgender me then correct himself and proceed to berate me for - whatever it was he was going on about. Man was too angry about the co-pay on his Jardiance (or whatever) and the incompetence of All Women Everywhere Ever to get derailed by having bungled my pronouns.
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moh [it/its] - 2mon
found out my landlord has been giving my info to the government for census without mentioning nor asking and i have no clue what questions she's answering for me (did she use my legal or chosen name, jot me down as cis or trans, man or woman, common law or single, and who fucking knows what else). actually quite stressed and frustrated abt this. i keep my relationship off paper cause i'm worried my social assistance would be cut or reduced. also just in general i would like to decide for myself what info i give the government i'm actually pissed :(
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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 2mon
Subscribe? I'm more of a domscribe the way I make her 🥺 when she reads my letters 💌
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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 2mon
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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 2mon
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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 2mon
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Showed off my jacket to my friend (I wasn't wearing it, I just picked it up and showed). He told me "I don't know if you realise it has some features considered feminine in germany".
My dude you know I'm on E do you genuinely think this was an accident???
Bright side: I trust his fashion sense and he didn't tell me it looked dumb so that's a win.
(He hasn't changed how he treats me so I'm fine with him being kinda dumb about this stuff)
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
He told me "I don't know if you realise it has some features considered feminine in germany"
This is the most German response to a woman wearing women’s clothing I’ve ever heard
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
Telling girls "your jacket has some features considered feminine in Germany" is, indeed, my favorite way of being gender affirming.
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shallot [she/her] - 2mon
WARNING: This jacket contains features known to the nation of Germany to exhibit femininity
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
Presumably there's a DIN standard somewhere. Or a Weiblichemeekmalenjackenherstellungvorschriftensgesetz.
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
I’ve certainly added it to my vocabulary now
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Got catcalled by a (presumably) lesbian today, she called me a dyke, among other things Delightfully gender affirming, like, yes, you’re right! I think she took my surprise for offense because she came back over to apologize (still called me ma’am hehehehe)
I haven’t tried really feminine outfits in public, but I keep being explicitly gendered as a woman when I’m trying less mixing accessories w masc clothing… much to consider
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
got sir'd at work and i could feel the shadow cross my face. guy didn't mean anything by it (he's a real sweetheart) but still hurt. I'd thought I looked feminine today... my friend did say that no one would be calling me sir if I walked around without my jacket (the top i wore under it is snug, c/d cup booba on full display). And sure, yeah probably not but I wish that wasn't my one and only route to that. like if she wore a loose sweater everyone would still know she's a woman because of her hips and face and voice. shit sucks.
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
In one of my dreams last night I met a younger version of my mom in the past while I was wearing a dress. She was a restaurant hostess standing at one of their podiums/desks in front of a bunch of kids trying to get their tables settled. When she saw me she said I was beautiful and was only going to get more beautiful. I started crying and told her that her in the future didn't seem to feel that way, but she didn't seem to understand.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
This is a sign from the universe
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
Of what, do you think? That she'll be more accepting this time around? It did get me to push up my plans to tell her (again) to next weekend if I can swing it. I had another dream last night where she came with me to a doctor's appointment and was really pushy about stuff
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
That she'll be more accepting this time around?
That was the joke but I would advise against thinking like this. What it's really a sign of is your inner psychological needs.
It did get me to push up my plans to tell her (again) to next weekend if I can swing it.
Your plan on telling people should focus first and foremost on your personal safety. I would advise against following your dreams (when they are literally dreams). But if you think you are ready to face rejection, that's your choice.
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
I know. I'm not dependent on her like I was before, and I know she felt the bra I had on last time we hugged so it shouldn't be as much of a shock this time.
I just need to make clear this is who I am and there's nothing she can do or say to change that. If she can't handle it then that's her problem—I'll be here when she's ready to have a relationship with her daughter.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Well that sounds good then. I'll be patiently waiting for a positive result.
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Mustered up the courage to read some of the trans fiction (it can’t all be history and theory ;() and fuck me. Shit is crushing, it’s really brutal to have an author put your exact thoughts on a page. It’s great to be spoken to via literature, but Christ it’s intense sometimes. Will still be reading
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
Get friends that will make a transphobe regret existing near you
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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Big shout out to trans mascs <333333
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moh [it/its] - 2mon
<333
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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 2mon
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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Up with trans!
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon
up with trans
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Better_with_Gender [pup/pup's, she/her] - 2mon
Up with trans!
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Up with trans!
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
I'm handing out free hugs
::: spoiler spoiler
I need this please
:::
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Busgirl [she/her] - 2mon
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiììïîīị
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Busgirl [she/her] - 2mon
Hi cute girl!! I have a para social crush on
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
me?!?!?
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Busgirl [she/her] - 2mon
You type cutely!
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Many thanks senior sister. Junior sister has practiced her techniques diligently!
(HRT gives me the emotions of a girly teenager that I missed out on and I'm taking full advantage )
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Busgirl [she/her] - 2mon
Hehe, Cute!
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Thank you :cuddle:
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
hugs back tightly
You're welcome!
It's been a great pleasure (pun intended)
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
HUUUUUGS
I love hugs. Specially from cute girls like you
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Aw and I love giving hugs to cute girls (and boys and enbies)!
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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 2mon
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SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them] - 2mon
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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon
I've been getting into Medieval Fairs since transitioning. My outfit has been that of a Norse woman (transitioning the one cool trick that lets you get into Viking history without looking like a chud). But I've been thinking about how I'd like to wear a cool sword, because I'm a lesbian.
I've decided actually my persona is a trans lesbian (at least in modern parlance). She went to Constantinople and served in the Varangian guard. While there she met eunarch/trans women sex workers/courtesans and was like "wait you can just be a woman?", so she got an orchiectomy/castration from the surgeons, drank fermented pregnant mare's piss and sequestered herself for a year.
Now she's a bodyguard for Byzantine noblewomen, ostensibly a eunarch, but actually just a 6'1 trans lesbian.
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alexandra_kollontai [she/her] - 2mon
For anyone wondering, the image is from of the Devil, an interactive visual novel about a homicide defense lawyer in a cyberpunk future where every crime is caught on camera... except for the ones that aren't. It has very stylish graphics, great characterisation, and a 10/10 twist. Episode 0 is free of charge, lasts 3-4 hours, and wraps up its self-contained story with no cliffhangers, so you can get a nice little taster. It's a character-driven story with obvious Ace Attorney influences. I highly recommend it! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739630/of_the_Devil
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
It also has a ton of extremely well-written women.
::: spoiler Spoiler
(1/5th of that ton being a certain cute but very sturdily built android surrogate daughter)
:::
And a lot of potential for toxic yuri.
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
Been thinking about getting an extra vial for the girl I'm seeing when I get a new one. She hasn't had E for a little while and I want to help out. Just need to save up some money.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
So I kinda knew my sister was a transphobe because she has pretty shit opinions in general but I still sucks to hear her explicitly say she doesn't like trans people
At least none of my family joined her in that
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
Hm, I think I like this girl. Let's see how far we'll go.
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
We're so cute and gay. She's great, T4T is awesome. Nothing against cis girls, love them too, but I just vibe with trans girls so much.
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
Nothing against cis women, I just prefer real (ie. trans) women personally. I'm so glad it's working out for you!
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moss_icon [any, comrade/them] - 2mon
I have decided to pick up learning Spanish again. Used to be able to speak it quite well (around B1 fluency) but became too depressed to keep it up for nearly two years so I’ve forgot a lot of the Spanish I knew. It will probably be fairly easy to relearn it all given how far I got in my learning the first time around.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Thoughts about trans representation in the novels I'm reading
::: spoiler negative
It feels discouraging to me that all the trans representation in these chinese webnovels gets fucked either by the character being fucking wierd, dying horribly, or only getting the body of the opposite gender due to external circumstances.
I bring this up because there isn't a reason for literally all 3 of these chinese webnovels that I've read to feature "trans" characters whose sex transition is relevant to the plot.
Like, the yesterday example was about this person meeting rhe protagonist after 100s of years and correcting the protagonist on their pronouns. Making him call her "junior sister" which I though was a nice way to introduce a trans character. Especially for a novel whose only mention of trans characters in the past was mentioning that the sect which prepared corpses for possession sometimes got requests from "wierd cultivators who prefered to posses bodies of the opposite sex".
But nooooo, it turns out this mf had actually fused with his twin sister's soul during birth and was being used by the villain to prepare some special magic energy. He was never trans! And correcting the pronouns was a cry for help!
It's all such a shame because writing in trans characters into these cultivations novels is really easy. There's even a "canonical" reason to do it since (yang energy => masculinisation) and (yin energy => feminisation) is already a trope. Like literally all a person has to do to get HRT in these magic systems is cultivate a set of (usually) easy/generic techniques.
Fucking ... as far as I remember even irl daoist priests did things like fellating each other to "improve their yang energy" or something (the kinds of excuses gay men had to come up with in the past lol).
:::
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moh [it/its] - 2mon
so i'm commissioning an artist to draw me and i just got the preliminary sketch and i am so over the moon with it as it is so far. i can't stop looking at it. i love being a cute lil' kitty thing i am the happiest ever 🥺
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
Really early into my transition the sibling of a work colleague set up shop in my workplace after school to do homework while she waited for her older sister to finish her shift. We barely talked except to exchange pleasantries.
One day she hands me a pen-on-napkin sketch of tithonis-as-she-really-is well before I could even fathom that for myself, much less that anyone else would see that in me. I still have that somewhere. I'll cherish it forever. There are people out there who see us even when we're not able to see ourselves. It's so good to know that there are people who see us as we are even on the bad days.
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon
One day she hands me a pen-on-napkin sketch of tithonis-as-she-really-is well before I could even fathom that for myself, much less that anyone else would see that in me. I still have that somewhere. I'll cherish it forever. There are people out there who see us even when we're not able to see ourselves. It's so good to know that there are people who see us as we are even on the bad days.
ngl if this had happened to me I would've ugly cried for hours that is beautiful
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moh [it/its] - 2mon
that is so very special and sweet aaa <3
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
It's so nice seeing that visual proof that someone else sees you how you see you (???) - whatever it is, it's nice!
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moh [it/its] - 2mon
it's so affirming in the best way! :D
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Clothes shopping update:
Finding a good overcoat is hard
Why the fuck do 90% of them have false pockets?
Somehow, the "M" size of one brand fits me while "XL" on another almost rips
I found one! 15 euros! Good price. Makes me concerned for materials and build quality
It's brown, rough textured and got that false leather look going on plus internal polyester layer.
Casual but unquestionably femme.
It's gonna suck wearing in the summer (if I find something better I'm returning this item)
But for now, do I wear it for my (super late) birthday drink with my friend, or do I wear my falling apart coat that's lost its color? Have never girlmodded in front of someone I know before.
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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon
Some false pockets arent - theyre just sewed shut (dunno why, transport, fashion), but you can open em up with a seam ripper. Some false pockets ARE actually just fake pockets though.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
That's ...
If I had known that it would have changed my choices
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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon
Check the inside of the coat, or stick a hand in and see if its fake or just sewn.
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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon
I think it's an old fashioned menswear clothing selling tradition so the garment looks good when trying them on and are less likely to get damaged or dirty that we just do as a thing still including for women's clothes
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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Went to go hang out with a friend who was having a rough time. Got distracted by a phone thing and when I turned back to her she was fast asleep in her chair. So cute.
Trans people, particularly trans women, need to be kinder to themselves.
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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 2mon
Whoevers reading this thinking "i dont deserve kindness even from myself" (dont think i dont see u) you especially
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
Tapping the sign that says "Be kind to yourselves." Be kind to yourselves!
If you wouldn't say it to someone else, why say it to yourself? Why don't you deserve the same grace everyone else does? Explain without sounding like all the miserable, invalidating people you have had in your life.
No one is born with that kind of self-loathing. Be kind to yourself! You, too, deserve it. If you're reading this thinking "no I don't", if it feels viscerally repulsive, then I'm speaking especially to you, here.
(Also: that's adorable. Love catching someone having a little snooze.)
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Up with trans!
Oops there's already an up with trans thread. This is what happens when I comment the minute I wake up.
I'm gonna do a bunch of self care today. Gonna make myself all pretty 'n stuff
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
Up with trans, but AGAIN
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
I suggest uppies with trans.
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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 2mon
::: spoiler work
A person at work today said people like me and that they say I'm great, and I just about cried. I was able to stop it but god I just... Idk, I'm performing well in my job, I'm not alienating people(?!?! Is this true??? Part of me is screaming its all a lie, a neurotypical lie to make me feel safe before the do something to hurt me, but at the same time... Idk. I just, I'm trying to accept it, and not freak out or be paranoid that people dont like me, but its hard. Part of me says they're just saying that to be nice, that it isnt true... But I'm trying hard to not believe that). I just, I'm terrified that the world is working out in some kind of way. I can't get past it... I just. My life is supposed to be miserable, I'd resigned myself to basically being in poverty forever, and now there's a possibility I wont be??? Like... Am I going to be in a position where I can feed myself??? I'm not gonna make tons and tons here, but I'm gonna be not-drowning if this keeps up... Idk. I just. Its freaky and scary and I'm just not sure what to do or how to feel but its wonderful and I'm trying really hard to not let the anxiety and internalized stuff pull me into the darkness.
HOW CAN PEOPLE AT MY JOB LIKE ME!?!? I JUST WANT TO SCREAM AT THEM THAT THEYRE WRONG FOR LIKING ME AND SHOULD BE HYPERCRITICAL AND STRICT WITH ME BUT IM NOT IM NOT SCREAMING THAT BUT ITS INSIDE ME AND oh... I think I have some self worth issues I haven't addressed...
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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 2mon
::: spoiler more
Also my coworker gendered me correctly and it melted my heart. It was wonderful. He was talking about meeting me the first time (we had spoken briefly right after I got hired) and said he was internally like "woah she's tall" and it didn't make me dysphoric??? Like, being gendered correctly right out the gate somehow made all that dysphoria just... Not get activated???? Its still there but like... Him saying that didn't make me feel terrible... It was really nice.
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Busgirl [she/her] - 2mon
So happy for you, that's pawesome!!!!
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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 2mon
When you refresh and the fic finally updated
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon
reaching the final chapter of a fic and you notice it just updated
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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 2mon
::: spoiler hornyposting
I can't stop flirting with my friends . I saw a container with "TRANS" on it, made a post on ig asking "who wants to join me in the trans [container]?", and my friend replied "YES". I sent them "see you when you get back " and uhhh I'm feeling things in my stomach lol. What's funny is they and their partner are poly and me and their partner have already been messing around (they both know). Dreaming of being a plaything for my two hot friends:
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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon
Ice T on Law & Order: the kids are calling it being "transgender" it's where you take bio-identical hormones to alter your sexual characteristics.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler bottom dysphoria
having a penis is so disappointing... I can't think of another word for it. Just put my hand in my lap or whatever and... there it is, I guess. Idk why I need to have this stupid thing. Feels awful. I need a vagina.
::: spoiler sex
I'm kinda guessing here that this is part of dysphoria, but the idea of it being sexualized or anything like that feels so gross and disgusting.
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
::: spoiler same as above
Starting to realize I might be in a similar boat and it really worries me how my partner might react
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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon
Youre the one who has to live in your body the rest of your life
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Yeah you’re right… and they’re all in with me so it’s basically an unfounded fear. I just am not sure how to feel about it personally and am projecting my own anxiety on them.
::: spoiler sexo
They also Really like penetrative sex and I know there are workarounds and I’d prefer them just to deemphasize my dick but ughhhhh maybe I am sure how to feel about it
:::
I feel like I didn’t notice any issues beforehand in the haze of whatever I was before realizing. It’s only post coming out im starting to hone in on what I like and don’t like
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Tbh a big reason figuring out I was trans took "so long" and I doubted it was I didn't feel like I had bottom dysphoria. I think that feeling you describe is very typical
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Thank you, you put a lot of my thoughts into words when I don’t know how to make sense of them
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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler sex
I still top, I just use my strap. I also used my strap before bottom surgery sometimes anyway lol
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
::: spoiler sex
This conversation actually prompted me to be open about how I was feeling to my partner and, shocker, it's fine. Don't know the extent of my feelings yet, but at least I'm over the phallocentric block I've had for a while. So thank you!
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler horny
Horny feels so weird now. like I have definitely felt horniness before, but it was different. Its familiar but still really different in a weird way. The sex changes in general feel weird, but good.
::: spoiler spoiler
I want another trans girl so bad. Fuck
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler I'm so tired
tired of not having anyone to cuddle up and go to sleep with
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Honestly yeah. These days I just stuff a pillow between my boobs when sleeping
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
My close friend (the one who smells nice, and put her arm around me... and has a boyfriend) asked if I'd be her taco for Cinco de Mayo. Felt my brain short circuit a little bit
That's flirty right? It felt flirty. But I guess friends flirt sometimes...
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
I love flirting with friends, especially gassing them up.
And yeah that's flirty. What that means in the context of your particular relationship with her, I can't tell you. That's for you to figure out XP
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
i managed to give a little back later which seemed to surprise but amuse her. ugh i dunno what i'm doing i wish i had therapy this week :(
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
I hate that things won't just happen if I wait, I have to actually do shit
this is about voice training
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
I got some new clothes. A very fem shirt, a skirt, thigh highs and a little garter thingy (it's basically just decorative, though).
I put them on, I went to look at myself in the mirror and I was all like:
WHO THE FUCK IS THIS CUTE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, I WANT HER NUMBER
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Great thing is you already have her number! Now go hit her up! Get her on a date!
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
Will do, hahaha. I'll get her a date with another cute girl.
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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 2mon
I read this cool post about fantasy being real in terms of it speaking to real desire, and it is a way that people shape the world... and I would extend that to say, it is also how people shape themselves. I thought of myself, in terms of being xenogender ✨ and how I sex myself as agender / xenogender (+ masc leaning)
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
Do you mind if I ask about xenogender? I'm just agender myself
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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 2mon
sorry for the late response, but of course! ask away.
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
There's nothing quite like just existing with other trans people. Is this how cis people feel when they're around other cis people? I guess so, but it's also normal for them I'd imagine. So maybe the comfort is just part of their background comfort.
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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 2mon
if I were allowed to be free roam (sans capitalism) I think I would spend most of my time exploring, identifying and drawing plants, re-learning how to garden, making clothes and jewelry... and have time to make food, and create music and art & write.
I have thought about who I would be if capitalism wasnt a thing, I would like to think those things would be my hobbies. My real job would be restoring the local ecosystem or something.
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Moss [they/them] - 2mon
::: spoiler drugs, quitting weed, it's good news!
Quitting weed has genuinely been really easy lol. This is the second time I've quit weed, last time I had a terrible evil strain that gave me a panic attack every time I smoked. I stayed off it for six months, then picked it up again. Had fun for a while, quickly became addicted again, then realised I wasn't getting much out of it. The highs were shorter and less intense, and just not much fun. Weed is an expensive and unhealthy vice, so if I'm consuming I at least want to enjoy it.
I'm loving waking up in the morning and not feeling sick. I'm loving the time I have in a day that isn't just voided by the weed. If I want to drive anywhere, I can do it at any time of the day, because I'm sober. I don't feel the desire to stuff my face with food that I don't even really taste. It's been pretty instant, the way my lifestyle has felt so much healthier.
I had some cravings last night, but really thought about it. Getting a bit stoned didn't appeal to me since I knew it wouldn't last long, and getting really high didn't appeal much to me either because I'm bored of that and it feels like a waste of time. So I just ended up playing Pokemon Showdown instead, and now I've woken up in a great mood.
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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 2mon
doing masculinization voice training, playing in the higher range and just start singing faith no more, lol.
How removedy do yall think i can dress for a family gathering where nobody knows im a girl without raising questions/blowing my cover
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Girl idk cis people are utterly clueless sometimes. I sometimes get the feeling I could've just worn a dress on occasion before coming out "as a joke" and it wouldn't have raised many questions.
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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 2mon
I bet i actually could do that around some of them haha, but some others would probs be asking a bit more questions
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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 2mon
Depends on the person. Someone who'd notice from something minor or ambiguous probably isn't a problem as long as they don't end up telling others who you wouldn't want to know yet. Some people simply will not notice if you don't explicitly say something even if you wear obviously women's clothes and ask to be referred to with a feminine term instead of a masculine term.
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
Matching :beanis: socks arrived and they are exactly as obnoxious and comfy as I hoped. What if everything is okay, actually? What if it's not so bad as it seems?
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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 2mon
I wish I could go out into nature away from everyone and everything. Unfortunately that means driving for many hours. Rural living was rough in some ways, but I do miss it sometimes.
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TheoryofChange [they/them] - 2mon
It's official, a second coworker is now they theming me! Honestly better than I hoped for.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Bit idea, being punk so I don't need to voice train and framing it as an aesthetic choice and I definitely didn't want those grapes anyway
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
There was this european/scandanavian girl with piercings, tattoos, dyed hair, and the deepest voice on tiktok. great fashion sense too. It's not cope if it works
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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon
I've been doing some voice training but lots of trans girls here in Australia have accidentally given themselves American accents and I don't want that
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Honestly one of the things I like about the idea of voice training, getting to be a bit more conscious of my accent. Although I'd probably be choosing a slightly different American accent not and aussie one lol
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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 2mon
Sent another letter 💌, on the back of each page filled it up with kisses 💋. Call that my machine gun kiss she hasn't played yakuza so she might not get the reference. Fr tho putting on so many I expended a lot of lipstick
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
You're going to make me get the lipstick out. I hate lipstick. Any recommendations for brands that leave good smooches on the page but also come off easy and play nice with sensitive skin?
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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 2mon
I just get mine from the dollar store tbh I found a cruelty free one but I'm thinking the stick ones might not work as well. I had a liquid one some where but when I need it turns out I can't find it
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
This is what I've been doing. Trial and error it is!
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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 2mon
You got this I got a new lip gloss/paint I showed my girlfriend this morning but gonna experiment later how it works on paper
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
Might fuck around and come out to my dad tomorrow... hope it goes well or I'll be going to mother's Day brunch in a foul mood
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Because I know some people only check the mega and not the wider site, opengate is shutting down permanently. idk what other domestic US vendors exist. Herahrt exists (ty offseasonprincess). Right now they're doing a firesale, $35/vial for Enanthate. Buy some if you need some, I'm already stocked. DMs open if you need something.
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Wots enanthate?
Holy fuck that’s cheap
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
Going on a trip with my comrades. This is going to be so fun. I'll be girlmoding all the time, it will be awesome, I just know
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Where to? For some reason I’m imagining camping. Or a cabin
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
A country house we rented, also on a different city for most people, so we'll be visiting the city and then going to this place for the rest of the week
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Fun!!! I’m jealous, I hope you have a good time
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
It's already been fun!
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Had a disgustingly thick shake with lunch and now my tummy hurts (was amazing though)
Also the weather is sooo nice I wish I didn't have work. In general today hasn't been as bad as the last week or whatever it even was, feel better. Just need to be done with fucking work.
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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 2mon
Fuck i need a disgustingly thick shake sometime too
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
I need a cookies and cream one that has such big chunks of Oreo that it requires a boba tea straw to drink
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
It was so good I can't even describe.
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
I’m about to make a terrible decision lmao
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Nooo it was so worth it, my stomach almost doesn't hurt anymore
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
I am not immune to propaganda
::: spoiler non-vegan milkshake
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Cousin messaged me after a few months, super nice to chat with her again. I'm hoping we can hang out end of this month. Very excited about that.
::: spoiler transphobia
It sounds like she got another job, then lost it because people were spreading some terrible transphobic rumors. Incredibly shitty situation. Makes me so sad.
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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon
I haven't been on the site in a while 'cause I needed a break. I've missed you all
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
::: spoiler cw
::: spoiler closet
I get it now. The worst part about the closet. You can't beg for mercy. You can't plead your case. You can't complain about your problems. You can't vent your feelings. You can't even feel down. You have to pretend as if everything is fine and you have to act cheery 24/7.
You have to keep this up for however long it takes to earn your freedom then you have to cut off ties to your loved ones. At that point you can start rebuilding your life which is a whole ton of effort on its own. Well maybe you could start earlier as well, but I got too much uni and depression to do that.
What's the reward for all of this? You get to live a semi-normal life.
It's the kind of punishment I would only wish on my worst enemies.
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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 2mon
If due to recent events you need to make your vials last longer, use insulin syringes for your injections. They have very low loss to deadspace, which means less waste.
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Busgirl [she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler guinea pig in my bosom
:::
His name is Rocky
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
Reposting from the last thread to get more eyes.
Earlier, I got pulled on stage to put manacles on a strongwoman so she could break out of them. On one hand, , but on the other hand, I kinda dislike that she pulled me up because I look dommy because that's not really how I want to be perceived.
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon
now see, if 'twere a man I would love to put all the shackles on the poor lad. but considering that it's a strongwoman...oof this is a tough one
on the other point, you clearly need to look more in a subtle way to be perceived differently
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
I was wearing a flannel and an extremely goofy graphic T on, I don't think subtle is gonna cut it
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon
hm alright, yeah. you need to look more like clearly.
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
That's basically what I was doing, but the look was interpreted as "smoldering" which is what got me pulled up to begin with
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon
try wearing something subtle like this next time:
seriously though, if they perceive a full blown puppy-eye stare as a "smolder" I don't think it's a you problem tbh
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
Here's the actual shirt I had on
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
Wow, I'm jelly
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Is it at all possible that you were pulled up because you looked ? Or did they say/imply it's because you looked dommy?
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
The other person who went up also looked dommy, and on stage she had us do evil laughs and villain poses. When I tightened the manacles she said "you've done this before"
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Oh :( I'm sorry that it was an invalidating experience crowd work is supposed to be fun and validating for those involved
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Florn [they/them] - 2mon
I'm not bothered by what happened on stage, just by what I was pulled up for.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Got given an old laptop with a non working fan, going to try compressed air first. If that doesn't fix it I think I'll order a new fan and see if I can fix it. Have never really had a laptop, always used my desktop, so that might be handy.
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
How old? I'll bet the thermal paste needs replacing too, I got some of that PTM9750 stuff for my 9yo college laptop and it was kinda fun to put in
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Like 6 or 7 years iirc. Good call I'll check if I have some.
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
If you're using actual paste make sure to use something with higher viscosity (perhaps even a putty), it's important for laptops in specific. For phase change materials I got the thermal grizzly phase sheet PTM which is apparently rebranded PTM7950 at a markup, which I was fine with cause it was easier to get at Amazon or microcenter than moddiy or the lttstore.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Oh okay, thank you. I definitely would have just used the leftover paste from my desktop build. I'll look for laptop paste.
Thankfully it already has an SSD so I don't need to pick one of those up 😅
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Difference between girlmodding and boymodding on my walks is that I feel self concious about the little bit of my bra sticking out of the very low neckline of my girlmodding shirt (I only have 1 girlmodding shirt do you think I'm rich enough to afford clothes?)
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
No that’s real, I get way more nervous and head on a swivel when I’m even slightly looking the part
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Tomato Queen - 2mon
::: spoiler dysphoria
I am not visibly trans in real life or online, today is not safe to even be trans in my little chat rooms anymore, the bare minimum of having a profile picture you like or your chosen name as an account can become dangerous once you open your phone around other people, not so long ago I felt like I am who I was, I wish that the invisibility was recognized and respected, I can not afford to expose my self. What I am getting into is that some trans people and allies seem to get the idea that anyone that is not visibly trans to them is not trans and therefore can not feel dysphoria or face transphobia. An example I saw once here was someone saying "if you are a man who cares about x you should get over it, except if you are trans", if that person met me, talked to me in real life or on one of my accounts what would they tell me if I cared about x?
A lot of us are facing danger, with state sponsored transphobia growing all over the world, and mass online surveillance, I believe we should put it into consideration.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Last comment of the day:
::: spoiler frustration, depression mention, idk if it's an upbeat or downbeat post
I was happy today. Met with a friend, shopped, did work, girlmodded for a while. What a nice balanced day. I wish all days could be like this.
Walking around in girl clothes was so comfortable and felt so natural. I'm girl shaped! I can't hide in the closet anymore, I don't want to hide in the closet anymore! I'm ready to leave but it's so frustrating.
Fuck! It's just this one thing! It's so frustrating. I can't solve my family problem. I know these people, they'll never litsen, learn or understand. No matter how many times I try to climb out of depression through perserverance, I'm not allowed to take that last step.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler spoiler
That sounds like a good day! Yay for being girl shaped and being outside in girl clothes!
I mean, there's really only one solution. How close to financial independence are you?
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Well look who's doing python homework instead of sleeping
::: spoiler spoiler
I'd be surprised if I had a job before 2028. Only realistic circumstance would be if I went into a PhD right after my masters (not a stretch tbh, I might go for one), or if I had a supermarket job while applying for something in my field. But even the PhD is late 2027 by the earliest.
Worst part about it all is that I'd be academically qualified to get paid before the end of this summer.
Literally all of my "study" next academic year consists of me doing free labor and paying a tuition fee for the opportunity.
In fact, these next few months are basically the final lectures I'll have in my almost 2 decade long schooling run.
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Busgirl [she/her] - 2mon
Sounds like so much fun, hope you can figure out the family thing
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
I don't want to go back to being depressed tommorow. I really don't. Please just spare me. I've cried and I've cried but the cycle of karma is heartless.
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
Yeah, that's exactly how I feel too
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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon
I realized I very likely named myself after a very specific character in a video game and now I can't unsee it lmao
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SexUnderSocialism [she/her] - 2mon
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
BURN IT DOWN by Linkin Park, but it's about me coming out and burning the closet down
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
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Busgirl [she/her] - 2mon
DOWN WITH CIS
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon
DOWN WITH CIS
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Down with cis!
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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 2mon
down with cis
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Oh I'm gonna sleep like a baby tonight, I can feel it.
I'm also just feeling great right now. I've been outside and very physically active today. I did my injection. I just showered so I feel really clean. I have freshly washed bedding on my bed. If I had somebody here to cuddle with then everything would truly be perfect. I have a big shark plush to cuddle with at least.
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amber2 [she/her,they/them] - 2mon
shout out to the game Of The Devil! I never play visual novels but it really blew my mind I love the world and the characters so much! I'm happy to see it as the image for this thread :)
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amber2 [she/her,they/them] - 2mon
I really like how you have to understand the nuances of the hypercapitalist cyberpunk world in order to solve the mysteries! And there's just lots of little touches that add modern touches to the cyberpunk genre, like how it treats the Internet and body modifications and artificial intelligence and how the idea of "the cyber-punk" is already considered a worn-out cultural relic of old movies
(And it is very lesbian-coded)
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
I see Of the Devil, i must comment. Even when it's not Serra. Or AD-84. Or Yumi.
Edit: As much as i love Morgan, i'm extremely happy to see that the megathread thumbnail is now our glorious attention-deficient robot queen. Adey is goals.
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
So uh what's up with this tagline?
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
Oh the caffeine is kicking like something else this morning
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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 2mon
there aren't many things i like about my current appearance, but i do just sort of naturally have incredibly removedy eyelashes so that's pretty great
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
I figured it out! If a trans woman transitions to male then he becomes known as a gauche man. This was inspired from the IUPAC terminology of isomerism.
As you can see on this diagram, the CH3 groups in cis-butane (chemical D) line up with each other. For chemical B (aka gauche-butane), the CH3 groups are offset by 60 degrees, which is closer than thr alternative offsets of 120 degree (aka eclipsed-butane) and 180 degrees (trans-butane).
So a trans woman transitions to gauche-man. This is different from detrans or just being genderfluid (cause then they go cis-man). But I guess genderfluid can also go gauche-male.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
I had a nightmare last night that I looked in the mirror and my areola had gotten massive and it freaked me out so bad I woke up
I have very normal insecurities and worries btw
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tithonis [she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler The Horrors
Woke up fine this morning, got hit in the face with The Horrors at some point and spent the rest of the day alternating between "fine" and "crumpled up in a ball sobbing". I'm exhausted, but it's been a productive day nevertheless.
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Somebody else was posting about getting back to B1 in Spanish. I have two years to get to B2 in German for Reasons and it's both agonizingly slow and going better than I expected. I need to go back in time a year and change and explain that learning French to flirt with quebecois.es may seem more practical in the moment but trust me you need to finally get serious about German for reasons that will become evident in a matter of months. Oh, and Boarisch and Schwyzerdütsch. I have to get conversational in them, too.
I have about two weeks left before my life is work-study-German for the foreseeable future.
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shallot [she/her] - 2mon
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
I've been playing Is This Seat Taken? Which is a lovely little puzzle game where you have to put people in seats with various conditions. Maybe some people want to sit in a certain section, or want quiet, or want to chat. Lots of little requirements. I'm about half way through right now and the game is still pretty easy/chill imo. Its a bit like sudoku.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler spoiler
Have I genuinely just been completely miserable for the last like week+
what the fuck. Why is life so shit. How and when will I be okay. I feel like puberty, and then figuring out I was trans, has just ruined me. I have no life. Its just pain. No goals get accomplished. Not even the minimum. Fuck me.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
::: spoiler spoiler
Maybe you should break down your goals into smaller tasks? Not sure if you already do that.
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GayTuckerCarlson [she/her] - 2mon
You WILL make a pie this weekend.
This is not a suggestion.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Coworker and I were talking and apparently talking to yourself is a common thing for autistic people to do, so adding that to my list
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Can't stop consuming trans content and shit even though it and being trans itself make me deeply miserable. I just wish I could forget but I can't
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
So real. Love 2 read fiction about a youth I never had experiences I’ll never have and I know I’m going back for more once my stomach stops turning
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
I snooze, i lose. Open labs is out of enanthate dont need rn, but thought it would be good for emergencies and i love a good deal
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Glad I'm allowed to misanthropy post here
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Better_with_Gender [pup/pup's, she/her] - 2mon
I've been staring at dresses in store fronts a lot recently.
Honestly not sure what to think of this as my current style is the complete opposite and largely made up of trousers, some heavy boots and a bunch of self-made accessorises.
Right now it feels like my chest needs to get bigger before I can decide on finding clothes that I like, but the idea of dresses and big, chonky boots sounds fun.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
God I wonder how I'd look in a dress
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Better_with_Gender [pup/pup's, she/her] - 2mon
I think you would look fabulous.
There is a lot to think about styling dresses. Length, colour or colours, if its tight or flowy, if the dress is made up of a few layers or not.
I don't know enough about styling to say but it definitely sounds fun to try out a bunch.
Plus dress go spinny.
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
You'd be surprised—about two months ago I thought I was still so far out from making anything like that work... then a little over a month later I wore a dress to a party. Still haven't worn one out in public since but have bought a couple more and like trying them on when shopping
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Finally got my split open ear pads for my headphones switched out with the new ones I bought, much comfier. And not broken.
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
I'm really craving some company but I'm also so overstimulated. And most of my friends are too busy or too far away for last minute plans. I just really need somebody to sit and have some non-verbal time with. Maybe I should go for a walk in the woods, mother nature is a great companion when I feel this way, but I still wish I had a human to share it with.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
::: spoiler science fun fact
Did you know? Between electronics and optics there lies the so called terahertz gap?
Electronics below 100 GHz
Optics is above 10 Thz (although usually it really starts at 100 THz)
For both electronics and optics, we have very mature devices to produce and detect them. Electronics has the advantage of being low frequencies, so it's already easy to work with (low frequency = easier).
Optics has the advantage that those frequencies are absorbed and produced by atoms/molecules. The energy of chemistry is in that range.
Terhertz is the neglected middle child. Most chemistry doesn't happen at this range. And it's too high frequency for normal electronics.
So how do we make terahertz lasers?
Simple. Do you know about beating in musical notes? If you play 2 notes of different frequencies then you will also hear a note that is the difference of those 2 frequencies?
So just do that with optical lasers! Multiply together 2 lasers whose frequencies differ by a 100-10000 GHz and you made a terahertz beating!
To multiply lasers all you gotta do is shine them both on a crystal which has a non-linear response to electromagnetism. The non-linear part of the response acts like a multiplication of waves and the linear part acts like addition. (It's actually cooler. You can have 1rst order response = addition, 2nd order response = 2 waves multiplied, 3rd order = 3 waves multiplication and so on)
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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon
A new Cannons and MUNA album this early in 2026? Pretty great time to be a trans lesbian.
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SerialExperimentsGay [she/her, she/her] - 2mon
I've started replaying Of the Devil episode 1 on high roller mode, partially due to this thread. Thank you for taking the time to regularly switch out the thread's thumbnail to showcase how many amazing characters this game has.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
::: spoiler cw
::: spoiler health
Slowly dying through insomnia. How fun. Had 3 hours of sleep tonight. I think I'll have to do medical intervention. But stess is the main culprit I know.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Trans representation in media further thoughts:
::: spoiler cw
::: spoiler mention of SA
There is a reason why the current novel (xian ni) I'm reading really stood out to me and why I made a post about it.
One detail I left out from the scene is that I kinda related to that character when she appeared again. I thought it was neat for her to say "I was always a woman" and was self inserting a bit.
So imagine how I felt when immediately after her introduction not only does the narration misgender her, but the perverted side kick with barely any screen time shows up and starts acting like a chaser and threatens to SA her.
That's a level of ick that fully caught me off guard. This was like 900 chapters in. Even the "perverted side kick" only acted like a horn dog in like 2 scenes and it was never this egregious. In both cases he pretty much fell in love and tried to court, pretended to be a gentleman, even save his crushes. I say all this to emphasise just how out of left field this whole scene was.
Overall? I wouldn't really say that I'm going to drop this novel cause of this scene. It was a 3 chapter subplot in a 2000 chapter serialisation. And the author had a bad rep when it came to writing women so I should have braced myself. But it's like eating a pizza and you bite down on a rock that's in there for some reason.
(The real reason is I'm too far in to drop this novel. If this scene happened in the first 100 chapters I'd have dropped it. I also don't plan on reading other works from this author anymore)
(FYI the name of this author is er gen in case you want to ... idk, get into Chinese web novels and know who to be cautious of?)
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler spoiler
Holy fuck I feel so, so awful.
I wonder how much longer life is going to be like this. When and how will it end. Everything is foggy and miserable.
Life is horrible and a huge amount of why is other people. Fuckers. Not like you can escape them either.
::: spoiler voice dysphoria
also fucking hopeless about my voice.
FUCK TESTOSTERONE, FUCK OTHER PEOPLE, FUCK BEING BORN IN THE WRONG BODY
ACTUAL HELL. KILL ME
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Downloaded a random mobile game and god it's scary how addicting they make it by giving you a million options to click.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler spoiler
Feel absolutely awful :doomjak: I have no one to message, or care, and nothing I can do to help. I just hope this is over soon. But it won't be. I've wanted it over for so long but it still isn't.
I am so sick.
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
::: spoiler spoiler
You have us. If you need anyone to talk to and don't mind it being with a stranger on the internet I'm here for you
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
::: spoiler spoiler
Thank you Alisu. I might later. Right now I just feel terrible without anything specific I know wrong. Just life sucking.
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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 2mon
Feel free to talk with me whenever you want, girl, you are important
::: spoiler spoiler
I still feel so awful, I could barely function at work today. Have to go out for mother's day. And I feel so, so shit.
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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 2mon
Why is it girlmodding/boymodding? I read it as girl/boy+modding, which, I guess yeah modifying ourselves? But when spoken I hear (and say) girl/boy+mode+ing, which would give girl/boy+modeing, which then drops the e (cause English is special) to become girlmoding/boymoding.
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
i think it's moding? as in i'm in girl mode. modding does sound cool as fuck tho
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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 2mon
I keep seeing people write it girlmodding... Maybe my brain is inserting an extra d?
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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 2mon
inserting an extra d
It is "moding" though.
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon
girlmodding
no that's just something that i do instead of playing the games that i mod
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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon
Installing all of viva new Vegas before getting distracted and going on to something else
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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon
Swear to god first time I saw it was Ranma 1/2 fanfics and fan translations. It could be earlier, but thats where I first remember it in the 00s.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
::: spoiler content warning, wierd question
::: spoiler mental illness, suicide
Is imposter syndrome for mentall illness a real thing?
Cause I often think I don't have a crippling enough excuse to not live up to my own expectations. And I feel like I'm not suicidal enough. Like there's a voice in my head that makes fun of me for chickening out and not killing myself earlier this year.
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RION [she/her] - 2mon
:yea:
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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 2mon
::: spoiler spoiler
I have experienced this :( but also, others reinforced it too!! If anyone is ever dismissive of your symptoms, I think it can contribute to that feeling.
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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 2mon
Teenager at work got his second tattoo, right on his hand. First is far up on his other forearm. Great choices from this guy.
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Sorry I didn't read the comments past few days. Don't got an excuse I just didn't :(
::: spoiler cw
::: spoiler health issues + suicide
I'm still chronically sick. Everyday I wake up with pain in my body and a headache.
The chronic sickness is a sign that my immune system is weakened due to my extremely poor health. And it's not like I stopped feeling suicidal in the meantime.
The illnesses are combining forces to jump my ass.
I'm kinda just chugging along putting on a tough front. My biggest weakness is my refusal to show weakness in front of other people and aversion to getting help+rest. But part of that is also that getting rest means the bad thoughts come back.
Getting rest for me is an uphill battle. I have to hype myself up over a few days with self-suggestion so that when I stop distracting myself the thoughts aren't "kill yourself stupid b*tch".
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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon
I went out dancing until the early morning last night. I'm so tired, and a little hungover
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon
Some days it's my brain. Other days it's the computer. Can I not just have things go straightforward? Or is it just that I don't remember it when things go straightforward?
Disaster_of_Passion in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns
Of The Devil Appreciation Thread - Trans Megathread for May 4th through May 10th, 2026
Hi everybody!
no big post this week,down with cissince multiple people recognized it, it's not officially OTD Appreciation Week!
cheers
I hope everybody has a lovely week!
Join our public Matrix server!
https://rentry.co/tracha#tracha-rooms
As a reminder, please do not discuss current struggle sessions in the mega. We want this to be a little oasis for all of us and the best way to do that is not to feed into existing conflict on the site.
Also, be sure to properly give content warnings and put sensitive subjects behind proper spoiler tags. It's for the mental health of not just your comrades, but yourself as well.
Here is a screenshot of where to find the spoiler button.
::: spoiler spoiler
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HELLO THIS IS THE MEGA SIGN UP POST/LIST POST
if you have a preferred week please tell me
* after name denotes someone who has posted before and will be skipped by first-time posters
I finally came out to my family and it went well! My identity is not questioned, they are slowly using my new name and pronouns too 🩷
How you must be moving right now: ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ
Yay, happy for you!!
AMAZING!!! Happy for you
That's awesome! People need to see more stories like this! When I came out, all I ever read about was how terrible coming out can go. I was terrified that when I came out I was going to lose all my family and friends, but they've pretty much all been super supportive.
Happy Victory Day to the queer people in my phone
user with a history of transphobia feigning ignorance to run defense for a known transphobe ultraleftist slop youtuber? just a normal day outside of the trans mega on hexbear. more purges now!
I don't know where some cis people get off thinking transphobia is exclusively misgendering someone.
Also we had a mod posting transphobia what, like last week? Fuck we need purges
Many cis ppl think transphobia is basically just being rude, masking it as "having concerns" or whatever passes under the radar for them. Same way lots of white ppl think racism is just yelling the n word
TMA Stalin for president
Yea 100%, it's so common even in people who believe they support us. I saw someome (not here) the other day say they support trans people. But not trans women in sports, non passing trans women in bathrooms, trans women going to women's prison, and were not sure if trans youth should get healthcare. Fantastic.
People definitely just think transphobia is outward hostility
"Supports trans ppl" but thinks trans women should be forced into actively dangerous situations in mens prisons, bathrooms and locker rooms. Amazing
Classic case of "i support trans people except in any situation where it's controversial and actually matters."
We do. TC69 thought must be upheld.
On that post from that mod, he listened to us upon it being explained that it was transphobic and deleted the post. It sucks that we had to see and do that, but he's clearly trying and listening which is about all I can hope for from cis allies.
I along with another trans person had to explain some transphobic beliefs that my irl bestie and closest ally had held. It's just so engrained in every part of society.
Yes, i agree that it's prevalent and that sometimes the cissies need an explanation. The thing is, in the case of GlimmerTwin, he's been acting transphobic in the past, was openly dismissive when i tried to explain to him what the problem was and now he's at it again. Some people just do not want to learn.
lol I had to check my user tags and sure as hell that’s one of the folks I’ve already got tagged as a transphobe lmao (independently, from my own observations in the past in case that wasn’t clear)
Oh hey, that tag was for the thing that @SerialExperimentsGay@hexbear.net mentioned upthread. Neat. This is why I mainly stick to traa tbh.
Oh absolutely. Deserved ban, could've been longer tho.
I've seen a few crypto transphobes pop off lately. On the one hand
but also on the other, I'm glad they're showing their faces so we can take action.
What action was taken against the mod, they still are a mod no?
Let me dm you to make sure we're talking about the same thing, and then I'll publicly clarify here.
No action was taken against that mod. In this case he resolved it himself when asked to, and he also advised the mod team that the post in question was a repost originally by another user, and directed that information to that comm's mod team.
When I found out about this, I didn't call for any additional action because I considered the action resolved on the basis that he had listened to his trans comrades and corrected his behavior by deleting the post, and stated that he was taking notes for the future which he immediately demonstrated by helping call attention to another offending post so that it could be deleted for transphobia.
If you agree or disagree with my assement please let me know, I'm here for you all and I want to do what's right by you.
Edit: forgot to tag @BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net since this is a reply to my own comment
Little bit less upset now, TBH originally wanted him demodded and was thinking about trying to kick something off about it. But I guess that's fine.
Oof, what happened this time? ISTG this shit has gotten more frequent over the last months.
Edit: nvm, it's been that asshole.
Oh is this latest person a repeat offender?
Yeah, he called me a transvestigator for respecting the gender identity of a dead, unouted trans woman.
Oh shit I remember that. Honestly this person should just be banned atp.
So fucking depressing how little people, even here care about us
100%, his is one of those "how is this guy not banned already" modlog histories
Today I successfully made my desires known through communication with words 🥳
You can just say what's on your mind! It's that easy! 🎉 🎉 🎉
🤯
You ever have someone that you knew for a short amount of time (a month, a week, a few days, even just a conversation or single comment) but who nevertheless changed you in some big way, and you still think about them years later and wish you could talk to them again and just know what they're doing now and tell them how they changed your life and everything? But like, you were just some person they met once years ago and they don't think about you, probably don't even remember you. I have many of these people.
I was this person for someone too. Seeing me happy and confident helped her have the courage to come out. Only we met again years later and she told me that (I'd had no idea). It made me so happy and feel so good about myself to know I've actually made some kind of positive impact on that world. I thought it very romantic too; we're girlfriends now 🥰🥰🥰
Good ending!
A very good one!! T4t is so amazing
I Agree! Met my partner years ago but basically only ended up together by chance, and now we’re in gay t4t love. Cant believe this is my life
I say this literally all the time! Life is so cool, I love being trans
ashinadash
Yeah :(
Definitely a few of mine were people here. For all I know, some could still be here even. But both of us on a different account. Weird to think about. I love to stew my brain in weird nostalgic longing for people like that sometimes though
Like posters even who I never talked to, just people who's posts were very important to me figure out that I'm trans
Been thinking a lot today about the first person to ever make me feel desirable. I was sure I'd be alone forever, that no one could possibly want me, until they did. We went on two dates a week apart, it didn't worj between us. But my self hatred began to crumble in the face of the indisputable fact that someone thought I was attractive. 6 months later I was on hrt and in love with my first girlfriend. I wish I could tell them that; they cried and felt so bad about ending it, they thought they had hurt me and I never saw them again
Being closeted is its own special circle of hell. I know my identity but most people don't. Every interaction feels fake and hollow.
Hopefully only another year of this. I can get laser in that time. Have time to voice train but probably won't. Fuck me
It really is. This is why I ran out of the closet well before I had even started any sort of medical transition. Said fuck it, it's other people's problem if they can't see me for me once it's explained to them. In some ways I'm sure it seemed like I was abandoning self preservation, but in other ways it was self preservation.
I feel you. The people who know treat me like a human being but for the people who don’t, it’s just a merry-go-round of “sir, him, mr” and I know it’s unfair to expect anything when I haven’t had the guts to ask them to act differently but it still majorly sucks
It is not unfair. You should hold these fools in disdain. They are spiritually barren and have nothing to offer you
These fools are my coworkers! But it is the same conciliatory attitude I took towards family after having come out, so probably best to nip that reflex in the bud. At least some women there are starting to clock me, that’s nice :)
Seconding on that fakeness/hollowness. Really hard for cis people to understand just how deep dysphoria goes.
Them not understanding is so frustrating, I've tried talking to a couple of them about my voice dysphoria, which seems really understandable to me but they didn't get it at all. Or were just trying to make me feel better about my voice instead of validating me.
In my understanding they are trying to comfort you but since they niether understand how it works nor the depth to which it goes their efforts fall short and they don't take it too seriously.
It's almost like the way parents treat their children's concerns. At best it's a half serious token thing. Although maybe this is not how you see it.
No I think that's a pretty good assessment of the situation. Thank you summing it up like that helps me understand it better.
Do I have some kind of projected dysphoria? I felt that every interaction felt fake and hollow and understood I was talking to fake and hollow people.
Just found out my mom's on E and prog lol. Apparently has been helping her mood and sleep.
Same though
Multiple cis friends dealing with (peri) menopause have told me they want my HRT if I have some to spare. There's solidarity there. Hormones are powerful. Menopause is intense.
It's almost as if we're women too, if you think about it.
I know lots of peri and post-menopausal women and the amount of time I put my head in my hands and mutter "they're hon-dosing the menopause girlies too!"
I'd have been way too tempted for my own good to come out by saying "me too" lmao
Earlier we were joking around about how she's in a better mood and less overstimulated with how loud my younger siblings are, and she literally told me I should try E 😭 I was fucking dying
That’s so damn funny
I can't tell you how funny it was. Literally out of a sketch or something.
“Hmm, maybe you’re right 🤔 “
Got excited because I thought I saw a missing cat, took a photo and ran back to the poster I thought was for but turns out different cat. I thought I cracked the case but guess I'm back to hitting the dirt roads again
Had a complete asshole patient tonight 😑. Weirdest insult I got from him, he called me malevolent and asked if I knew what that meant. But he was also good about my pronouns and had some gendered slurs to call me too, so ups and downs
Gender affirming asshole?
He was actually very good about my pronouns lol, so either I passed or that
So wierd to be mean to your healthcare provider. Like dude, this woman's got scary needles to jab you with.
I was thinking of this, but it's a different name.
In another life I had a patient misgender me then correct himself and proceed to berate me for - whatever it was he was going on about. Man was too angry about the co-pay on his Jardiance (or whatever) and the incompetence of All Women Everywhere Ever to get derailed by having bungled my pronouns.
found out my landlord has been giving my info to the government for census without mentioning nor asking and i have no clue what questions she's answering for me (did she use my legal or chosen name, jot me down as cis or trans, man or woman, common law or single, and who fucking knows what else). actually quite stressed and frustrated abt this. i keep my relationship off paper cause i'm worried my social assistance would be cut or reduced. also just in general i would like to decide for myself what info i give the government i'm actually pissed :(
Subscribe? I'm more of a domscribe the way I make her 🥺 when she reads my letters 💌
Showed off my jacket to my friend (I wasn't wearing it, I just picked it up and showed). He told me "I don't know if you realise it has some features considered feminine in germany".
My dude you know I'm on E do you genuinely think this was an accident???
Bright side: I trust his fashion sense and he didn't tell me it looked dumb so that's a win.
(He hasn't changed how he treats me so I'm fine with him being kinda dumb about this stuff)
This is the most German response to a woman wearing women’s clothing I’ve ever heard
Telling girls "your jacket has some features considered feminine in Germany" is, indeed, my favorite way of being gender affirming.
WARNING: This jacket contains features known to the nation of Germany to exhibit femininity
Presumably there's a DIN standard somewhere. Or a Weiblichemeekmalenjackenherstellungvorschriftensgesetz.
I’ve certainly added it to my vocabulary now
Got catcalled by a (presumably) lesbian today, she called me a dyke, among other things
Delightfully gender affirming, like, yes, you’re right! I think she took my surprise for offense because she came back over to apologize (still called me ma’am hehehehe)
I haven’t tried really feminine outfits in public, but I keep being explicitly gendered as a woman when I’m
trying lessmixing accessories w masc clothing… much to considergot sir'd at work and i could feel the shadow cross my face. guy didn't mean anything by it (he's a real sweetheart) but still hurt. I'd thought I looked feminine today... my friend did say that no one would be calling me sir if I walked around without my jacket (the top i wore under it is snug, c/d cup booba on full display). And sure, yeah probably not but I wish that wasn't my one and only route to that. like if she wore a loose sweater everyone would still know she's a woman because of her hips and face and voice. shit sucks.
In one of my dreams last night I met a younger version of my mom in the past while I was wearing a dress. She was a restaurant hostess standing at one of their podiums/desks in front of a bunch of kids trying to get their tables settled. When she saw me she said I was beautiful and was only going to get more beautiful. I started crying and told her that her in the future didn't seem to feel that way, but she didn't seem to understand.
This is a sign from the universe
Of what, do you think? That she'll be more accepting this time around? It did get me to push up my plans to tell her (again) to next weekend if I can swing it. I had another dream last night where she came with me to a doctor's appointment and was really pushy about stuff
That was the joke but I would advise against thinking like this. What it's really a sign of is your inner psychological needs.
Your plan on telling people should focus first and foremost on your personal safety. I would advise against following your dreams (when they are literally dreams). But if you think you are ready to face rejection, that's your choice.
I know. I'm not dependent on her like I was before, and I know she felt the bra I had on last time we hugged so it shouldn't be as much of a shock this time.
I just need to make clear this is who I am and there's nothing she can do or say to change that. If she can't handle it then that's her problem—I'll be here when she's ready to have a relationship with her daughter.
Well that sounds good then. I'll be patiently waiting for a positive result.
Mustered up the courage to read some of the trans fiction (it can’t all be history and theory ;() and fuck me. Shit is crushing, it’s really brutal to have an author put your exact thoughts on a page. It’s great to be spoken to via literature, but Christ it’s intense sometimes. Will still be reading
Get friends that will make a transphobe regret existing near you
Big shout out to trans mascs <333333
<333
Up with trans!
up with trans
Up with trans!
Up with trans!
I'm handing out free hugs
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I need this please
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Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiììïîīị
Hi cute girl!! I have a para social crush on
me?!?!?
You type cutely!
Many thanks senior sister. Junior sister has practiced her techniques diligently!
(HRT gives me the emotions of a girly teenager that I missed out on and I'm taking full advantage
)
Hehe, Cute!
Thank you :cuddle:
hugs back tightly
You're welcome!
It's been a great pleasure (pun intended)
Aw and I love giving hugs to cute girls (and boys and enbies)!
I've been getting into Medieval Fairs since transitioning. My outfit has been that of a Norse woman (transitioning the one cool trick that lets you get into Viking history without looking like a chud). But I've been thinking about how I'd like to wear a cool sword, because I'm a lesbian.
I've decided actually my persona is a trans lesbian (at least in modern parlance). She went to Constantinople and served in the Varangian guard. While there she met eunarch/trans women sex workers/courtesans and was like "wait you can just be a woman?", so she got an orchiectomy/castration from the surgeons, drank fermented pregnant mare's piss and sequestered herself for a year.
Now she's a bodyguard for Byzantine noblewomen, ostensibly a eunarch, but actually just a 6'1 trans lesbian.
For anyone wondering, the image is from of the Devil, an interactive visual novel about a homicide defense lawyer in a cyberpunk future where every crime is caught on camera... except for the ones that aren't. It has very stylish graphics, great characterisation, and a 10/10 twist. Episode 0 is free of charge, lasts 3-4 hours, and wraps up its self-contained story with no cliffhangers, so you can get a nice little taster. It's a character-driven story with obvious Ace Attorney influences. I highly recommend it! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2739630/of_the_Devil
It also has a ton of extremely well-written women. ::: spoiler Spoiler (1/5th of that ton being a certain cute but very sturdily built android surrogate daughter) :::
And a lot of potential for toxic yuri.
Been thinking about getting an extra vial for the girl I'm seeing when I get a new one. She hasn't had E for a little while and I want to help out. Just need to save up some money.
So I kinda knew my sister was a transphobe because she has pretty shit opinions in general but I still sucks to hear her explicitly say she doesn't like trans people
At least none of my family joined her in that
Hm, I think I like this girl. Let's see how far we'll go.
We're so cute and gay. She's great, T4T is awesome. Nothing against cis girls, love them too, but I just vibe with trans girls so much.
Nothing against cis women, I just prefer real (ie. trans) women personally. I'm so glad it's working out for you!
I have decided to pick up learning Spanish again. Used to be able to speak it quite well (around B1 fluency) but became too depressed to keep it up for nearly two years so I’ve forgot a lot of the Spanish I knew. It will probably be fairly easy to relearn it all given how far I got in my learning the first time around.
Thoughts about trans representation in the novels I'm reading
::: spoiler negative
It feels discouraging to me that all the trans representation in these chinese webnovels gets fucked either by the character being fucking wierd, dying horribly, or only getting the body of the opposite gender due to external circumstances.
I bring this up because there isn't a reason for literally all 3 of these chinese webnovels that I've read to feature "trans" characters whose sex transition is relevant to the plot.
Like, the yesterday example was about this person meeting rhe protagonist after 100s of years and correcting the protagonist on their pronouns. Making him call her "junior sister" which I though was a nice way to introduce a trans character. Especially for a novel whose only mention of trans characters in the past was mentioning that the sect which prepared corpses for possession sometimes got requests from "wierd cultivators who prefered to posses bodies of the opposite sex".
But nooooo, it turns out this mf had actually fused with his twin sister's soul during birth and was being used by the villain to prepare some special magic energy. He was never trans! And correcting the pronouns was a cry for help!
It's all such a shame because writing in trans characters into these cultivations novels is really easy. There's even a "canonical" reason to do it since (yang energy => masculinisation) and (yin energy => feminisation) is already a trope. Like literally all a person has to do to get HRT in these magic systems is cultivate a set of (usually) easy/generic techniques.
Fucking ... as far as I remember even irl daoist priests did things like fellating each other to "improve their yang energy" or something (the kinds of excuses gay men had to come up with in the past lol).
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so i'm commissioning an artist to draw me and i just got the preliminary sketch and i am so over the moon with it as it is so far. i can't stop looking at it. i love being a cute lil' kitty thing i am the happiest ever 🥺
Really early into my transition the sibling of a work colleague set up shop in my workplace after school to do homework while she waited for her older sister to finish her shift. We barely talked except to exchange pleasantries.
One day she hands me a pen-on-napkin sketch of tithonis-as-she-really-is well before I could even fathom that for myself, much less that anyone else would see that in me. I still have that somewhere. I'll cherish it forever. There are people out there who see us even when we're not able to see ourselves. It's so good to know that there are people who see us as we are even on the bad days.
ngl if this had happened to me I would've ugly cried for hours
that is beautiful
that is so very special and sweet aaa <3
It's so nice seeing that visual proof that someone else sees you how you see you (???) - whatever it is, it's nice!
it's so affirming in the best way! :D
Clothes shopping update:
It's gonna suck wearing in the summer (if I find something better I'm returning this item)
But for now, do I wear it for my (super late) birthday drink with my friend, or do I wear my falling apart coat that's lost its color? Have never girlmodded in front of someone I know before.
Some false pockets arent - theyre just sewed shut (dunno why, transport, fashion), but you can open em up with a seam ripper. Some false pockets ARE actually just fake pockets though.
That's ...
If I had known that it would have changed my choices
Check the inside of the coat, or stick a hand in and see if its fake or just sewn.
I think it's an old fashioned menswear clothing selling tradition so the garment looks good when trying them on and are less likely to get damaged or dirty that we just do as a thing still including for women's clothes
Went to go hang out with a friend who was having a rough time. Got distracted by a phone thing and when I turned back to her she was fast asleep in her chair. So cute.
Trans people, particularly trans women, need to be kinder to themselves.
Whoevers reading this thinking "i dont deserve kindness even from myself" (dont think i dont see u) you especially
Tapping the sign that says "Be kind to yourselves." Be kind to yourselves!
If you wouldn't say it to someone else, why say it to yourself? Why don't you deserve the same grace everyone else does? Explain without sounding like all the miserable, invalidating people you have had in your life.
No one is born with that kind of self-loathing. Be kind to yourself! You, too, deserve it. If you're reading this thinking "no I don't", if it feels viscerally repulsive, then I'm speaking especially to you, here.
(Also: that's adorable. Love catching someone having a little snooze.)
Up with trans!Oops there's already an up with trans thread. This is what happens when I comment the minute I wake up.
I'm gonna do a bunch of self care today. Gonna make myself all pretty 'n stuff
Up with trans, but AGAIN
I suggest uppies with trans.
::: spoiler work
A person at work today said people like me and that they say I'm great, and I just about cried. I was able to stop it but god I just... Idk, I'm performing well in my job, I'm not alienating people(?!?! Is this true??? Part of me is screaming its all a lie, a neurotypical lie to make me feel safe before the do something to hurt me, but at the same time... Idk. I just, I'm trying to accept it, and not freak out or be paranoid that people dont like me, but its hard. Part of me says they're just saying that to be nice, that it isnt true... But I'm trying hard to not believe that). I just, I'm terrified that the world is working out in some kind of way. I can't get past it... I just. My life is supposed to be miserable, I'd resigned myself to basically being in poverty forever, and now there's a possibility I wont be??? Like... Am I going to be in a position where I can feed myself??? I'm not gonna make tons and tons here, but I'm gonna be not-drowning if this keeps up... Idk. I just. Its freaky and scary and I'm just not sure what to do or how to feel but its wonderful and I'm trying really hard to not let the anxiety and internalized stuff pull me into the darkness.
HOW CAN PEOPLE AT MY JOB LIKE ME!?!? I JUST WANT TO SCREAM AT THEM THAT THEYRE WRONG FOR LIKING ME AND SHOULD BE HYPERCRITICAL AND STRICT WITH ME BUT IM NOT IM NOT SCREAMING THAT BUT ITS INSIDE ME AND oh... I think I have some self worth issues I haven't addressed...
::: spoiler more
Also my coworker gendered me correctly and it melted my heart. It was wonderful. He was talking about meeting me the first time (we had spoken briefly right after I got hired) and said he was internally like "woah she's tall" and it didn't make me dysphoric??? Like, being gendered correctly right out the gate somehow made all that dysphoria just... Not get activated???? Its still there but like... Him saying that didn't make me feel terrible... It was really nice.
So happy for you, that's pawesome!!!!
When you refresh and the fic finally updated
reaching the final chapter of a fic and you notice it just updated
::: spoiler hornyposting I can't stop flirting with my friends
. I saw a container with "TRANS" on it, made a post on ig asking "who wants to join me in the trans [container]?", and my friend replied "YES". I sent them "see you when you get back
" and uhhh I'm feeling things in my stomach lol. What's funny is they and their partner are poly and me and their partner have already been messing around (they both know). Dreaming of being a plaything for my two hot friends:
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Ice T on Law & Order: the kids are calling it being "transgender" it's where you take bio-identical hormones to alter your sexual characteristics.
::: spoiler bottom dysphoria having a penis is so disappointing... I can't think of another word for it. Just put my hand in my lap or whatever and... there it is, I guess. Idk why I need to have this stupid thing. Feels awful. I need a vagina. ::: spoiler sex I'm kinda guessing here that this is part of dysphoria, but the idea of it being sexualized or anything like that feels so gross and disgusting. :::
::: spoiler same as above Starting to realize I might be in a similar boat and it really worries me how my partner might react :::
Youre the one who has to live in your body the rest of your life
Yeah you’re right… and they’re all in with me so it’s basically an unfounded fear. I just am not sure how to feel about it personally and am projecting my own anxiety on them.
::: spoiler sexo They also Really like penetrative sex and I know there are workarounds and I’d prefer them just to deemphasize my dick but ughhhhh maybe I am sure how to feel about it :::
I feel like I didn’t notice any issues beforehand in the haze of whatever I was before realizing. It’s only post coming out im starting to hone in on what I like and don’t like
Tbh a big reason figuring out I was trans took "so long" and I doubted it was I didn't feel like I had bottom dysphoria. I think that feeling you describe is very typical
Thank you, you put a lot of my thoughts into words when I don’t know how to make sense of them
::: spoiler sex I still top, I just use my strap. I also used my strap before bottom surgery sometimes anyway lol :::
::: spoiler sex This conversation actually prompted me to be open about how I was feeling to my partner and, shocker, it's fine. Don't know the extent of my feelings yet, but at least I'm over the phallocentric block I've had for a while. So thank you! :::
::: spoiler horny Horny feels so weird now. like I have definitely felt horniness before, but it was different. Its familiar but still really different in a weird way. The sex changes in general feel weird, but good. ::: spoiler spoiler I want another trans girl so bad. Fuck :::
::: spoiler I'm so tired tired of not having anyone to cuddle up and go to sleep with :::
Honestly yeah. These days I just stuff a pillow between my boobs when sleeping
My close friend (the one who smells nice, and put her arm around me... and has a boyfriend) asked if I'd be her taco for Cinco de Mayo. Felt my brain short circuit a little bit
That's flirty right? It felt flirty. But I guess friends flirt sometimes...
I love flirting with friends, especially gassing them up.
And yeah that's flirty. What that means in the context of your particular relationship with her, I can't tell you. That's for you to figure out XP
i managed to give a little back later which seemed to surprise but amuse her. ugh i dunno what i'm doing i wish i had therapy this week :(
I hate that things won't just happen if I wait, I have to actually do shit
this is about voice training
I got some new clothes. A very fem shirt, a skirt, thigh highs and a little garter thingy (it's basically just decorative, though).
I put them on, I went to look at myself in the mirror and I was all like:
WHO THE FUCK IS THIS CUTE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, I WANT HER NUMBER
Great thing is you already have her number! Now go hit her up! Get her on a date!
Will do, hahaha. I'll get her a date with another cute girl.
I read this cool post about fantasy being real in terms of it speaking to real desire, and it is a way that people shape the world... and I would extend that to say, it is also how people shape themselves. I thought of myself, in terms of being xenogender ✨ and how I sex myself as agender / xenogender (+ masc leaning)
Do you mind if I ask about xenogender? I'm just agender myself
sorry for the late response, but of course! ask away.
There's nothing quite like just existing with other trans people. Is this how cis people feel when they're around other cis people? I guess so, but it's also normal for them I'd imagine. So maybe the comfort is just part of their background comfort.
if I were allowed to be free roam (sans capitalism) I think I would spend most of my time exploring, identifying and drawing plants, re-learning how to garden, making clothes and jewelry... and have time to make food, and create music and art & write.
I have thought about who I would be if capitalism wasnt a thing, I would like to think those things would be my hobbies. My real job would be restoring the local ecosystem or something.
::: spoiler drugs, quitting weed, it's good news! Quitting weed has genuinely been really easy lol. This is the second time I've quit weed, last time I had a terrible evil strain that gave me a panic attack every time I smoked. I stayed off it for six months, then picked it up again. Had fun for a while, quickly became addicted again, then realised I wasn't getting much out of it. The highs were shorter and less intense, and just not much fun. Weed is an expensive and unhealthy vice, so if I'm consuming I at least want to enjoy it.
I'm loving waking up in the morning and not feeling sick. I'm loving the time I have in a day that isn't just voided by the weed. If I want to drive anywhere, I can do it at any time of the day, because I'm sober. I don't feel the desire to stuff my face with food that I don't even really taste. It's been pretty instant, the way my lifestyle has felt so much healthier.
I had some cravings last night, but really thought about it. Getting a bit stoned didn't appeal to me since I knew it wouldn't last long, and getting really high didn't appeal much to me either because I'm bored of that and it feels like a waste of time. So I just ended up playing Pokemon Showdown instead, and now I've woken up in a great mood. :::
doing masculinization voice training, playing in the higher range and just start singing faith no more, lol.
https://youtu.be/32bdevGClD4
How removedy do yall think i can dress for a family gathering where nobody knows im a girl without raising questions/blowing my cover
Girl idk cis people are utterly clueless sometimes. I sometimes get the feeling I could've just worn a dress on occasion before coming out "as a joke" and it wouldn't have raised many questions.
I bet i actually could do that around some of them haha, but some others would probs be asking a bit more questions
Depends on the person. Someone who'd notice from something minor or ambiguous probably isn't a problem as long as they don't end up telling others who you wouldn't want to know yet. Some people simply will not notice if you don't explicitly say something even if you wear obviously women's clothes and ask to be referred to with a feminine term instead of a masculine term.
Matching :beanis: socks arrived and they are exactly as obnoxious and comfy as I hoped. What if everything is okay, actually? What if it's not so bad as it seems?
I wish I could go out into nature away from everyone and everything. Unfortunately that means driving for many hours. Rural living was rough in some ways, but I do miss it sometimes.
It's official, a second coworker is now they theming me! Honestly better than I hoped for.
Bit idea, being punk so I don't need to voice train and framing it as an aesthetic choice and I definitely didn't want those grapes anyway
There was this european/scandanavian girl with piercings, tattoos, dyed hair, and the deepest voice on tiktok. great fashion sense too. It's not cope if it works
I've been doing some voice training but lots of trans girls here in Australia have accidentally given themselves American accents and I don't want that
Honestly one of the things I like about the idea of voice training, getting to be a bit more conscious of my accent. Although I'd probably be choosing a slightly different American accent not and aussie one lol
Sent another letter 💌, on the back of each page filled it up with kisses 💋. Call that my machine gun kiss
she hasn't played yakuza so she might not get the reference. Fr tho putting on so many I expended a lot of lipstick
You're going to make me get the lipstick out. I hate lipstick. Any recommendations for brands that leave good smooches on the page but also come off easy and play nice with sensitive skin?
I just get mine from the dollar store tbh I found a cruelty free one but I'm thinking the stick ones might not work as well. I had a liquid one some where but when I need it turns out I can't find it
This is what I've been doing. Trial and error it is!
You got this
I got a new lip gloss/paint I showed my girlfriend this morning but gonna experiment later how it works on paper
Might fuck around and come out to my dad tomorrow... hope it goes well or I'll be going to mother's Day brunch in a foul mood
Because I know some people only check the mega and not the wider site, opengate is shutting down permanently.
idk what other domestic US vendors exist.Herahrt exists (ty offseasonprincess). Right now they're doing a firesale, $35/vial for Enanthate. Buy some if you need some, I'm already stocked. DMs open if you need something.Wots enanthate?
Holy fuck that’s cheap
Going on a trip with my comrades. This is going to be so fun. I'll be girlmoding all the time, it will be awesome, I just know
Where to? For some reason I’m imagining camping. Or a cabin
A country house we rented, also on a different city for most people, so we'll be visiting the city and then going to this place for the rest of the week
Fun!!! I’m jealous, I hope you have a good time
It's already been fun!
Had a disgustingly thick shake with lunch and now my tummy hurts (was amazing though)
Also the weather is sooo nice I wish I didn't have work. In general today hasn't been as bad as the last week or whatever it even was, feel better. Just need to be done with fucking work.
Fuck i need a disgustingly thick shake sometime too
I need a cookies and cream one that has such big chunks of Oreo that it requires a boba tea straw to drink
It was so good I can't even describe.
I’m about to make a terrible decision lmao
Nooo it was so worth it, my stomach almost doesn't hurt anymore
I am not immune to propaganda
::: spoiler non-vegan milkshake
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Cousin messaged me after a few months, super nice to chat with her again. I'm hoping we can hang out end of this month. Very excited about that.
::: spoiler transphobia It sounds like she got another job, then lost it because people were spreading some terrible transphobic rumors. Incredibly shitty situation. Makes me so sad. :::
I haven't been on the site in a while 'cause I needed a break. I've missed you all
::: spoiler cw
::: spoiler closet
I get it now. The worst part about the closet. You can't beg for mercy. You can't plead your case. You can't complain about your problems. You can't vent your feelings. You can't even feel down. You have to pretend as if everything is fine and you have to act cheery 24/7.
You have to keep this up for however long it takes to earn your freedom then you have to cut off ties to your loved ones. At that point you can start rebuilding your life which is a whole ton of effort on its own. Well maybe you could start earlier as well, but I got too much uni and depression to do that.
What's the reward for all of this? You get to live a semi-normal life.
It's the kind of punishment I would only wish on my worst enemies.
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If due to recent events you need to make your vials last longer, use insulin syringes for your injections. They have very low loss to deadspace, which means less waste.
::: spoiler guinea pig in my bosom
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His name is Rocky
Reposting from the last thread to get more eyes.
Earlier, I got pulled on stage to put manacles on a strongwoman so she could break out of them. On one hand,
, but on the other hand, I kinda dislike that she pulled me up because I look dommy because that's not really how I want to be perceived.
now see, if 'twere a man I would love to put all the shackles on the poor lad. but considering that it's a strongwoman...oof this is a tough one
on the other point, you clearly need to look more
in a subtle way to be perceived differently 
I was wearing a flannel and an extremely goofy graphic T on, I don't think subtle is gonna cut it
hm alright, yeah. you need to look more like
clearly.
That's basically what I was doing, but the look was interpreted as "smoldering" which is what got me pulled up to begin with
try wearing something subtle like this next time:
seriously though, if they perceive a full blown puppy-eye stare as a "smolder" I don't think it's a you problem tbh
Here's the actual shirt I had on
Wow, I'm jelly
Is it at all possible that you were pulled up because you looked
? Or did they say/imply it's because you looked dommy?
The other person who went up also looked dommy, and on stage she had us do evil laughs and villain poses. When I tightened the manacles she said "you've done this before"
Oh :( I'm sorry that it was an invalidating experience
crowd work is supposed to be fun and validating for those involved
I'm not bothered by what happened on stage, just by what I was pulled up for.
Got given an old laptop with a non working fan, going to try compressed air first. If that doesn't fix it I think I'll order a new fan and see if I can fix it. Have never really had a laptop, always used my desktop, so that might be handy.
How old? I'll bet the thermal paste needs replacing too, I got some of that PTM9750 stuff for my 9yo college laptop and it was kinda fun to put in
Like 6 or 7 years iirc. Good call I'll check if I have some.
If you're using actual paste make sure to use something with higher viscosity (perhaps even a putty), it's important for laptops in specific. For phase change materials I got the thermal grizzly phase sheet PTM which is apparently rebranded PTM7950 at a markup, which I was fine with cause it was easier to get at Amazon or microcenter than moddiy or the lttstore.
Oh okay, thank you. I definitely would have just used the leftover paste from my desktop build. I'll look for laptop paste.
Thankfully it already has an SSD so I don't need to pick one of those up 😅
Difference between girlmodding and boymodding on my walks is that I feel self concious about the little bit of my bra sticking out of the very low neckline of my girlmodding shirt (I only have 1 girlmodding shirt do you think I'm rich enough to afford clothes?)
No that’s real, I get way more nervous and head on a swivel when I’m even slightly looking the part
::: spoiler dysphoria I am not visibly trans in real life or online, today is not safe to even be trans in my little chat rooms anymore, the bare minimum of having a profile picture you like or your chosen name as an account can become dangerous once you open your phone around other people, not so long ago I felt like I am who I was, I wish that the invisibility was recognized and respected, I can not afford to expose my self. What I am getting into is that some trans people and allies seem to get the idea that anyone that is not visibly trans to them is not trans and therefore can not feel dysphoria or face transphobia. An example I saw once here was someone saying "if you are a man who cares about x you should get over it, except if you are trans", if that person met me, talked to me in real life or on one of my accounts what would they tell me if I cared about x?
A lot of us are facing danger, with state sponsored transphobia growing all over the world, and mass online surveillance, I believe we should put it into consideration. :::
Last comment of the day:
::: spoiler frustration, depression mention, idk if it's an upbeat or downbeat post
I was happy today. Met with a friend, shopped, did work, girlmodded for a while. What a nice balanced day. I wish all days could be like this.
Walking around in girl clothes was so comfortable and felt so natural. I'm girl shaped! I can't hide in the closet anymore, I don't want to hide in the closet anymore! I'm ready to leave but it's so frustrating.
Fuck! It's just this one thing! It's so frustrating. I can't solve my family problem. I know these people, they'll never litsen, learn or understand. No matter how many times I try to climb out of depression through perserverance, I'm not allowed to take that last step.
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::: spoiler spoiler That sounds like a good day! Yay for being girl shaped and being outside in girl clothes!
I mean, there's really only one solution. How close to financial independence are you? :::
Well look who's doing python homework instead of sleeping
::: spoiler spoiler
I'd be surprised if I had a job before 2028. Only realistic circumstance would be if I went into a PhD right after my masters (not a stretch tbh, I might go for one), or if I had a supermarket job while applying for something in my field. But even the PhD is late 2027 by the earliest.
Worst part about it all is that I'd be academically qualified to get paid before the end of this summer.
Literally all of my "study" next academic year consists of me doing free labor and paying a tuition fee for the opportunity.
In fact, these next few months are basically the final lectures I'll have in my almost 2 decade long schooling run.
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Sounds like so much fun, hope you can figure out the family thing
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
I don't want to go back to being depressed tommorow. I really don't. Please just spare me. I've cried and I've cried but the cycle of karma is heartless.
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Yeah, that's exactly how I feel too
I realized I very likely named myself after a very specific character in a video game and now I can't unsee it lmao
BURN IT DOWN by Linkin Park, but it's about me coming out and burning the closet down
DOWN WITH CIS
DOWN WITH CIS
Down with cis!
down with cis
Oh I'm gonna sleep like a baby tonight, I can feel it.
I'm also just feeling great right now. I've been outside and very physically active today. I did my injection. I just showered so I feel really clean. I have freshly washed bedding on my bed. If I had somebody here to cuddle with then everything would truly be perfect. I have a big shark plush to cuddle with at least.
shout out to the game Of The Devil! I never play visual novels but it really blew my mind I love the world and the characters so much! I'm happy to see it as the image for this thread :)
I really like how you have to understand the nuances of the hypercapitalist cyberpunk world in order to solve the mysteries! And there's just lots of little touches that add modern touches to the cyberpunk genre, like how it treats the Internet and body modifications and artificial intelligence and how the idea of "the cyber-punk" is already considered a worn-out cultural relic of old movies
(And it is very lesbian-coded)
I see Of the Devil, i must comment. Even when it's not Serra. Or AD-84. Or Yumi.
Edit: As much as i love Morgan, i'm extremely happy to see that the megathread thumbnail is now our glorious attention-deficient robot queen. Adey is goals.
So uh what's up with this tagline?
Oh the caffeine is kicking like something else this morning

there aren't many things i like about my current appearance, but i do just sort of naturally have incredibly removedy eyelashes so that's pretty great
I figured it out! If a trans woman transitions to male then he becomes known as a gauche man. This was inspired from the IUPAC terminology of isomerism.
As you can see on this diagram, the CH3 groups in cis-butane (chemical D) line up with each other. For chemical B (aka gauche-butane), the CH3 groups are offset by 60 degrees, which is closer than thr alternative offsets of 120 degree (aka eclipsed-butane) and 180 degrees (trans-butane).
So a trans woman transitions to gauche-man. This is different from detrans or just being genderfluid (cause then they go cis-man). But I guess genderfluid can also go gauche-male.
I had a nightmare last night that I looked in the mirror and my areola had gotten massive and it freaked me out so bad I woke up
I have very normal insecurities and worries btw
::: spoiler The Horrors Woke up fine this morning, got hit in the face with The Horrors at some point and spent the rest of the day alternating between "fine" and "crumpled up in a ball sobbing". I'm exhausted, but it's been a productive day nevertheless. :::
Somebody else was posting about getting back to B1 in Spanish. I have two years to get to B2 in German for Reasons and it's both agonizingly slow and going better than I expected. I need to go back in time a year and change and explain that learning French to flirt with quebecois.es may seem more practical in the moment but trust me you need to finally get serious about German for reasons that will become evident in a matter of months. Oh, and Boarisch and Schwyzerdütsch. I have to get conversational in them, too.
I have about two weeks left before my life is work-study-German for the foreseeable future.
I've been playing Is This Seat Taken? Which is a lovely little puzzle game where you have to put people in seats with various conditions. Maybe some people want to sit in a certain section, or want quiet, or want to chat. Lots of little requirements. I'm about half way through right now and the game is still pretty easy/chill imo. Its a bit like sudoku.
::: spoiler spoiler Have I genuinely just been completely miserable for the last like week+
what the fuck. Why is life so shit. How and when will I be okay. I feel like puberty, and then figuring out I was trans, has just ruined me. I have no life. Its just pain. No goals get accomplished. Not even the minimum. Fuck me. :::
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Maybe you should break down your goals into smaller tasks? Not sure if you already do that.
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You WILL make a pie this weekend.
This is not a suggestion.
Coworker and I were talking and apparently talking to yourself is a common thing for autistic people to do, so adding that to my list
Can't stop consuming trans content and shit even though it and being trans itself make me deeply miserable. I just wish I could forget but I can't
So real. Love 2 read fiction about a youth I never had
experiences I’ll never have
and I know I’m going back for more once my stomach stops turning
I snooze, i lose. Open labs is out of enanthate
dont need rn, but thought it would be good for emergencies and i love a good deal
Glad I'm allowed to misanthropy post here
I've been staring at dresses in store fronts a lot recently.
Honestly not sure what to think of this as my current style is the complete opposite and largely made up of trousers, some heavy boots and a bunch of self-made accessorises. Right now it feels like my chest needs to get bigger before I can decide on finding clothes that I like, but the idea of dresses and big, chonky boots sounds fun.
God I wonder how I'd look in a dress
I think you would look fabulous.
There is a lot to think about styling dresses. Length, colour or colours, if its tight or flowy, if the dress is made up of a few layers or not. I don't know enough about styling to say but it definitely sounds fun to try out a bunch.
Plus dress go spinny.
You'd be surprised—about two months ago I thought I was still so far out from making anything like that work... then a little over a month later I wore a dress to a party. Still haven't worn one out in public since but have bought a couple more and like trying them on when shopping
Finally got my split open ear pads for my headphones switched out with the new ones I bought, much comfier. And not broken.
I'm really craving some company but I'm also so overstimulated. And most of my friends are too busy or too far away for last minute plans. I just really need somebody to sit and have some non-verbal time with. Maybe I should go for a walk in the woods, mother nature is a great companion when I feel this way, but I still wish I had a human to share it with.
::: spoiler science fun fact
Did you know? Between electronics and optics there lies the so called terahertz gap?
Electronics below 100 GHz
Optics is above 10 Thz (although usually it really starts at 100 THz)
For both electronics and optics, we have very mature devices to produce and detect them. Electronics has the advantage of being low frequencies, so it's already easy to work with (low frequency = easier).
Optics has the advantage that those frequencies are absorbed and produced by atoms/molecules. The energy of chemistry is in that range.
Terhertz is the neglected middle child. Most chemistry doesn't happen at this range. And it's too high frequency for normal electronics.
So how do we make terahertz lasers?
Simple. Do you know about beating in musical notes? If you play 2 notes of different frequencies then you will also hear a note that is the difference of those 2 frequencies?
So just do that with optical lasers! Multiply together 2 lasers whose frequencies differ by a 100-10000 GHz and you made a terahertz beating!
To multiply lasers all you gotta do is shine them both on a crystal which has a non-linear response to electromagnetism. The non-linear part of the response acts like a multiplication of waves and the linear part acts like addition. (It's actually cooler. You can have 1rst order response = addition, 2nd order response = 2 waves multiplied, 3rd order = 3 waves multiplication and so on)
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A new Cannons and MUNA album this early in 2026? Pretty great time to be a trans lesbian.
I've started replaying Of the Devil episode 1 on high roller mode, partially due to this thread. Thank you for taking the time to regularly switch out the thread's thumbnail to showcase how many amazing characters this game has.
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Slowly dying through insomnia. How fun. Had 3 hours of sleep tonight. I think I'll have to do medical intervention. But stess is the main culprit I know.
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Trans representation in media further thoughts:
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There is a reason why the current novel (xian ni) I'm reading really stood out to me and why I made a post about it.
One detail I left out from the scene is that I kinda related to that character when she appeared again. I thought it was neat for her to say "I was always a woman" and was self inserting a bit.
So imagine how I felt when immediately after her introduction not only does the narration misgender her, but the perverted side kick with barely any screen time shows up and starts acting like a chaser and threatens to SA her.
That's a level of ick that fully caught me off guard. This was like 900 chapters in. Even the "perverted side kick" only acted like a horn dog in like 2 scenes and it was never this egregious. In both cases he pretty much fell in love and tried to court, pretended to be a gentleman, even save his crushes. I say all this to emphasise just how out of left field this whole scene was.
Overall? I wouldn't really say that I'm going to drop this novel cause of this scene. It was a 3 chapter subplot in a 2000 chapter serialisation. And the author had a bad rep when it came to writing women so I should have braced myself. But it's like eating a pizza and you bite down on a rock that's in there for some reason.
(The real reason is I'm too far in to drop this novel. If this scene happened in the first 100 chapters I'd have dropped it. I also don't plan on reading other works from this author anymore)
(FYI the name of this author is er gen in case you want to ... idk, get into Chinese web novels and know who to be cautious of?)
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I feel so, so awful.
I wonder how much longer life is going to be like this. When and how will it end. Everything is foggy and miserable.
Life is horrible and a huge amount of why is other people. Fuckers. Not like you can escape them either. ::: spoiler voice dysphoria also fucking hopeless about my voice.
FUCK TESTOSTERONE, FUCK OTHER PEOPLE, FUCK BEING BORN IN THE WRONG BODY
ACTUAL HELL. KILL ME :::
Downloaded a random mobile game and god it's scary how addicting they make it by giving you a million options to click.
::: spoiler spoiler Feel absolutely awful :doomjak: I have no one to message, or care, and nothing I can do to help. I just hope this is over soon. But it won't be. I've wanted it over for so long but it still isn't.
I am so sick. :::
::: spoiler spoiler You have us. If you need anyone to talk to and don't mind it being with a stranger on the internet I'm here for you :::
::: spoiler spoiler Thank you Alisu. I might later. Right now I just feel terrible without anything specific I know wrong. Just life sucking. :::
Feel free to talk with me whenever you want, girl, you are important
Dog eats Bean Burrito in 1 second
Why does deadlock crash so much
Valve game
smål indie company
::: spoiler spoiler I still feel so awful, I could barely function at work today. Have to go out for mother's day. And I feel so, so shit. :::
Why is it girlmodding/boymodding? I read it as girl/boy+modding, which, I guess yeah modifying ourselves? But when spoken I hear (and say) girl/boy+mode+ing, which would give girl/boy+modeing, which then drops the e (cause English is special) to become girlmoding/boymoding.
i think it's moding? as in i'm in girl mode. modding does sound cool as fuck tho
I keep seeing people write it girlmodding... Maybe my brain is inserting an extra d?
It is "moding" though.
no that's just something that i do instead of playing the games that i mod
Installing all of viva new Vegas before getting distracted and going on to something else
Swear to god first time I saw it was Ranma 1/2 fanfics and fan translations. It could be earlier, but thats where I first remember it in the 00s.
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::: spoiler mental illness, suicide
Is imposter syndrome for mentall illness a real thing?
Cause I often think I don't have a crippling enough excuse to not live up to my own expectations. And I feel like I'm not suicidal enough. Like there's a voice in my head that makes fun of me for chickening out and not killing myself earlier this year.
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I have experienced this :( but also, others reinforced it too!! If anyone is ever dismissive of your symptoms, I think it can contribute to that feeling.
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Teenager at work got his second tattoo, right on his hand. First is far up on his other forearm. Great choices from this guy.
Sorry I didn't read the comments past few days. Don't got an excuse I just didn't :(
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::: spoiler health issues + suicide
I'm still chronically sick. Everyday I wake up with pain in my body and a headache.
The chronic sickness is a sign that my immune system is weakened due to my extremely poor health. And it's not like I stopped feeling suicidal in the meantime.
The illnesses are combining forces to jump my ass.
I'm kinda just chugging along putting on a tough front. My biggest weakness is my refusal to show weakness in front of other people and aversion to getting help+rest. But part of that is also that getting rest means the bad thoughts come back.
Getting rest for me is an uphill battle. I have to hype myself up over a few days with self-suggestion so that when I stop distracting myself the thoughts aren't "kill yourself stupid b*tch".
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I went out dancing until the early morning last night. I'm so tired, and a little hungover
Some days it's my brain. Other days it's the computer. Can I not just have things go straightforward? Or is it just that I don't remember it when things go straightforward?