Hey, everyone. I haven't been on Gaia for a looooong time (I got an account about 10 years ago) but I decided to pop in. Recently I've been trying to figure out how to express my gender identity. I was assigned male at birth, and slowly I'm trying to wear more dresses, skirts, and things marked as "girl clothes". It's been kind of hard to get the courage to walk around in clearly gender non-conforming clothes.
I was wondering, how do other trans women (as well as trans men, androgynous individuals, and gender non-conforming people in general) deal with being in public? I'm 6'4 so I definitely don't "pass" as a cis woman (and I don't want to) so I always feel like I'm getting stares. Not to mention, it's not always safe for trans folk to walk around wearing whatever we want. How do you gauge situations and stay safe?
The Gaian Gay-Straight Alliance
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