Hello! I’m collecting some info for a personal research project (nothing official) and I’d like to know what age you were when you first started identifying as ‘butch’ or ‘femme’, specifically.
if you could pass this around to friends and community members that’d be great! Thanks x
i love being a genderqueer trans man. i love playing with gender in ways that aren't very expected of someone with a masculine body and presentation. i love combining cutesy looks and aesthetics with a heavy beard, body hair and deep voice. i love how makeup looks on a rugged, angular face.
i love being able to wear the clothes that made me dysphoric when people saw and addressed me incorrectly. i love being able to be femme and effeminate without feeling like i want to crawl out of my skin, but rather, like i'm living my best self, and having fun while i do it.
i love being able to play with gender now, as opposed to feeling weighed down by it. i love being genderqueer. i love being a trans man.
if you find yourself questioning if you are or can be both, this is your sign that you can. people tell us that if we're effeminate that it means that we're confused girls, but that's not the case. cisgender men get to play with their appearance at times; people who approach me to compliment my appearance always assume i'm cisgender. if they can, so can we.