Happy Wednesday! May purple skies remind you that wonder still is near. May tiny sparks of happiness outshine every little fear.

TRIGGER WARNING: mentions of r-pe, misogyny and bigotry.

I haven't spoken to my Dad since we had a brief text message exchange in January of this year, when I laid out my boundaries for having a relationship with me. Use my new name, Valerie, and pronouns she/her and treat me respectfully and a relationship is possible.

There was silence for 9 months, and then I got this email from him yesterday. There is no hate like Christian love.

Hope everyone is doing spoopily swell this spooktober :3

3rd attempt at doing my makeup completely solo/unsupervised. Struggle mostly with contouring & eye stuff but loving it! (32 NB/TF)

This is with 2 layers of orange color corrector, a layer of foundation, and concealer. Yet you can still clearly see the blue tint of the beard shadow. What can I do to fix this? Get red color corrector?

I am the light.

I am the healer.

I will rise.

No more hiding.

No more shame.

No more fear living under my skin.

This is me choosing myself,

I'm in my mid 40s. I grew up in a small, conservative town. Trans wasn't recognized. Heck, I didn't even know anyone who was openly bi/gay, etc.

Since I was young, I felt like a girl. I acted masculine, and did all the "right things". Now, I am an an adult an "old one" and I'm sad.

If I was 20+ years younger, I'd explore transitioning and living full time as a woman. I maybe wouldn't "pass" but I'd be me.

Anyway, I'm just sad sometimes and wanted to tell someone. Thanks for listening.

Doing more to boost my confidence in my body has been doing wonders for me.

I can't wait to swap out all my boy mode clothes amc only have a fem-presenting wardrobe!

Still healing from my BA last week, but feeling b amazing!

Sorry for the previous post, mods 😂

I was feeling my makeup tonight. Being silly rocking my rainbow thighs and arm warmers 😋 also here’s a picture of my void kitty being cute 😻

Sadly my hair is still short 😩

Anyone have any tips on modify my mannerism? Hand gesture, sitting style, walking gate, etc..

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Left: 6 months on HRT, freshly out and finding my feet.

Right: 12 months on HRT, 6 months living openly as myself, and apparently incapable of getting into the lift at work without taking a selfie. 🤣💅

It's been a year of enormous changes, plenty of tears, some really difficult moments, and more happiness than I ever thought possible.

For the first time in my life, I actually love what I see in the mirror. That's something I never thought I'd be able to say.

I'm 37, I started transitioning at 36, and I'm only just getting started.

To anyone wondering if it's too late to become yourself: it really, really isn't. ❤️

Hi everyone I’m 45 been crossdressing since i was im my teens now im feeling like i want to take it the hole way and transition in to Rachel full time
I am married she knew i was a cross dresser since before we got together
But I’m still scared of that conversation has anyone here gone through anything similar?

I came out to my therapist today as a trans woman. About 2 months ago my egg cracked hard—I was crying, I felt it completely, I *knew* I was her.

Now after finally saying it out loud to someone in my life, I can't feel any of it. I'm numb. I know it logically but I can't access what I felt back then.

Did this happen to anyone else after coming out? How did you get back to knowing what you knew?

I'm also working towards telling my wife (together 18 years) and I need to understand this better before that conversation.

💕Mia

For quite a while, I(31) have been struggling to express myself in any way, shape or form due to feeling like I wasn't comfortable expressing myself even in my own house.

I've posted a few times in this sub and MtF expressing my struggles and frustrations.

Fast forward to this last weekend, i sat down with my girlfriend (25) of whom i've lived with for a little over a year and expressed the copious amounts of stress I was dealing with in terms of my gender identity. She was very sweet and reassuring in letting me know that I am allowed to express myself However I want when she's around and to never feel uncomfortable with how I feel. I was and am head over heels with this new information.

I've been able to come home from work and dress how I want without judgement.

My girlfriend has offered to not only help me put together better outfits with what I already have in terms of women's clothes, but she wants us to go thrifting, so we can go and get some more outfits for me to wear.

We're also going to get me some press-on nails (ecstatic about these) and some fake lashes, along with her doing my makeup.

I'm finally getting my chance to be me! 🩷

So I went to my therapist appointment dress in femme! Nothing over the top, just a flowy top with high waisted jeans. I was nervous as could be being out and not wearing “boy” clothes. The thing that gave me the biggest anxiety was seeing two men in the lobby and them seeing me. Anyone seeing me other than my therapist gives me anxiety, but men even more so. It got so bad that I was starting to regret doing that. Hopefully I can continue to gain the courage to embrace my authentic self without anxiety.