#trans life hack

[grayve-mistake]

Hey so btw idk who out there could use this post but if you have like ridiculously long hair and you want it short but you can't cut it for whatever reason try putting it in a low ponytail at the base of your neck, flipping it towards your face, pinning it in place (try to make it as flat against your head as possible) and then put a beanie over it. It looks like bangs or short hair. You can also pin it into a part if you want it to look neater.

I have the short green hair of my dreams now but beanies were my literal lifesaver before I got to that point so if this is helpful for someone else out there I'll be glad

[lost-fingertips]

A fun fact is that my grandfather struggles with my name and pronouns, my mother’s brilliant solution this year has been to, instead of just letting it happen and me get pissy, have my family refer to me only by nicknames

This means I will exclusively be referred to as Chef (her choice) by family this year

Which I think is pretty fucking iconic actually

[rat-man-speaks]

whenever im telling a story involving my deadname (not often), i use a completely different name.

i’ve got at least 3 people thinking my deadname was sarah, 4 who could swear it was denise, and a couple of stragglers who are convinced it was kelly, or lucinda, or abby, etc.

the best part is that if i ever do mess up and use my real deadname, nobody’s gonna believe it.

[rat-man-speaks]

finally gave into The Transmasculine Urge™️ to dye the peachfuzz on top of my lips black to match my hair and now i have the grimiest rat-like dirtstache but oh joyous day the euphoria

[catholicshikamaru]

Just a binding life hack for trans masc folks: I have a pretty high threshold for physical discomfort (and I get accustomed to it very quickly) and I can sometimes forget about it. I’ve recently taken a break from binding (mostly because of being stuck at home with parents) and I bound again for the first time in a while today. Because I’m not used to the discomfort anymore, I took today to mark how long I could wear a binder before becoming physically uncomfortable. This gives me a solid time limit for later, too, once I get “used” to that feeling. Overdoing it has definitely affected my ability to breathe and stuff so it’s good to have a solid time limit, which can be harder to find for yourself once your body kind of acclimates to the strain. Rules like “don’t wear a binder for more than 8 hours” are good, but they’re kind of arbitrary and different people have different needs and may need to take breaks more often than that, so I’ve found that this is a good way to measure that.