hey mannn, your posts remind me so much of myself before I came out, it's like looking in a mirror. I think it's really cool to explore in a sexual sense too!
being a gay little fag is awesome, my guy. don't be afraid to experiment with your presentation, don't be afraid to use tools or ask ppl to experiment with what to call ya. you don't have to commit to anything right away, you can dip a toe in whenever you want.
if you ever wanna talk about it or ask questions abt being trans masc, lemme know!! i don't mind talking to cute boys ;)
(Blushing being called a cute boy.)
I don’t think I have space irl to even attempt.
Huge chest. Can’t be DIY (safe or unsafe) binding. Probably can’t afford a real binder, and even if I could, getting it sent to me might be hard.
However, saying all of these things, it’s “I don’t think. Here’s why I can’t. But I haven’t tried.” I haven’t tried to save what little money I have. I haven’t gone out to find men’s clothes to wear (probably because how sad I’ve been in the past when getting clothes from the men’s section; I realize now that I was unhappy because the men’s clothes didn’t magically make me a guy, which I only thought subconsciously). I haven’t looked into getting a binder to myself (what address to use without negative consequences). I haven’t asked my irl transmasc friend-ish and his boyfriend to help me get started into trying to be transmasc, like getting a binder or guy clothes or etc.
I’ve asked an irl acquaintance, who was selling their old binder for cheap, if I could buy it. Problem was that it was wayyyyy too small. They offered to help me get another one online by advising me on the best binders I can find online. They even gave me a tape measure to help! But then I halted immediately. I got a lot of momentum energy out into efforts and want (like rolling a ball up a hill) when speaking with my transmasc online friends, one of which even offered to give me his, as he only lives a bit away from me, and he doesn’t need this one that might fit. But then I’d have to give someone online my irl location and meet up irl. Which I have half a mind to do. Only if I can get an irl queer friend to drive me.
I don’t ask friends who are LGBT+ to call me more masc things because I don’t want to be “difficult” or “complicated”. I don’t want my identity to be hard for them. I’m too much of a people pleaser. Especially since a handful are trans and don’t easily pass.
I’m not in the safest environment, but certainly not the most dangerous. So it’s complicated.
If I got my head on straight… yeah… maybe I should push myself to try to experiment at least. Limited resources and ability and etc might make it hard, but I can still try. Everything in my life feels like a heavy boulder in a valley. I rarely try to push it up, but when I do, it falls back down. My ADHD, my depression, my anxiety, my school/college stuff (I am not a minor), friendships, gender identity, identity overall, etc.
Like I said to a classmate earlier today, “Things happen”, and her response “Yeah, but it’s always happening, and always to me.” I find it funny but true.
I’m only able to act as genderfluid freely among online communities (or I guess only one group of online friends). That and my imagination. But that makes me feel like it’s more like a fantasy, not something I want, or something achievable, not something real.
Then there’s the problem with my thoughts. Just telling me I’m a weird girl who’s been repressed too long and now I’m just acting out, and being weird, and trying to claim things that aren’t mine. For attention or wanting to be special or something.
When an online transmasc friend says “you can be a trans masc person if you just let yourself”, half the time my first thought is “no, you haven’t met me in real life” as if that means anything.
Blah blah blah. This turned into me just talking about it, rather than talking to you.
I want to be a gay little fag. I want to be a cute boy. I want to be seen as this… I think.
I don’t know why it’s so… difficult?