#transmasc passing tips

[thepossumest-awesome]

I tried layering hoodies and flannels recently and ohh my gosh. It really helps with dysphoria. 10/10 would recommend for winter.

[ash-den]

Big transmasc passing tip

My personal biggest passing tip is dyeing your eyebrows with any brown box hair dye (adapt to your hair color, if youre very blonde take a dark blonde, etc - chose a tint darker than your actual eyebrow color).

Do it a day where you KNOW you’re not going out the day after, because you will have stains on your forehead - to minimize that, before dyeing, rub some vaseline on the skin around your eyebrows (dont put any on the hair though or it won’t absorb color). Use a spoolie or a small brush to apply - you really don’t need a lot, so don’t use all of the dye, just a very small amount.

Make sure to follow the recommendations on the box, like the allergy testing and stuff. They do warn you on the box not to use on eyebrows, but it’s only because they don’t want you getting product in the eyes (please be careful).

When I did that the first time, I was pre-T and got immediately gendered correctly after going out, it was so nice!

Any box dye will do, I always went for the cheapest in my color. You can also use it to dye your peach fuzz or facial hair if you have some, but I don't really recommend it as it leaves a lot of stains if you don't have enough hair to absorb it, it all goes on the skin. Also eyebrow hair get replaced pretty quick so it will fade away.

[iivingdead]

i think it might be a canon event to be a young transmasc looking up "ftm passing tips" on google and seeing shit like "shave your peach fuzz" when you have like boobs on you still

[average-emo-enigma]

Hot tip for transmasc people/trans men: Try contouring your neck to make it look like you have an Adam’s apple.

We don’t realize it but that can often make you perceive someone as more masculine

[clowningcrows]

googles how to sneeze like a middle aged father

[xx-pr0p5-n-m4ur1c0n-xx]

To the trans man that gave me the tape binding tip about cutting the edges of your tape into a curve so it's not as itchy,

I really hope you get your ass ate out or you get the best sloppy toppy cause omg I'm still itchy but it lasts like 5 mins. I can lean forward without the feeling of my skin stretching. Life is good. It fixed my marriage. It makes me look flatter now that I don't have to cut the edges after I applied it.

[saturnballz]

never underestimate how much confidence is important in passing

when I was in my very early social transition I'd cut my hair very short and wear only boardshorts and oversized hoodies and speak in my deepest voice (when I spoke at all) and refrain from doing anything remotely feminine, and I still got misgendered every single day because I just wasn't comfortable, I was just forcing it too much

now I haven't had a haircut in months (I really want to but don't have the money currently), I wear crop tops and fitted shirts, skinny jeans, speak in my gayest™ voice and I still pass at least 90% of the time because I assert myself in a masculine position and I am confident about it. confidence had such a big impact on my ability to pass that people that knew me three years ago now don't recognize me anymore + assume i'm a cis guy when interacting with me.

obviously if passing is important to you there's a lot of things that impact that, but genuinely don't underestimate how important confidence is. instead of forcing yourself to adhere to hypermasculine stereotypes you don't fit in, focus on becoming comfortable in yourself & your manhood

stay safe, love y'all

[riejournalz]

Passing tips b like: NO makeup, NO long hair, NO alt clothing, big pant big shirt ONLY!! Man thats all my swag gone. Goth transmascs gotta suffer i guess.

[magick-mr-skull]

So if you like have any tips for a Pre-T Sea Otter or someone becoming an Otter you can drop them in my inbox

Or any tips on how to grow more hair, a beard, deepen my voice, and look more masc :p

[emotboyswag]

The bittersweet nature of "passing" as a trans person

I have no regrets in my transition except this one thing which i find it hard to express bcs i dont wanna sound ungrateful for being a passing trans person.

my disclaimer to this post is: it is hard to be a non passing trans person and non passing trans people are far more vulnerable than passing trans people. Also passing is not every trans persons goal. Although it is one of my goals in my transition im not saying "i have it now i regret it" im just gonna say kinda like. a sadder side to passing.

pre T i would say i passed like 60% of the time to cis ppl and when i wasnt seen as a dude theyd always either ask my pronouns or like ask my gender (i live in a pretty liberal place). i was quite rarely out and out just misgendered like maybe 5% of the time in the basically 7 years i lived as a pre T trans person (not including ppl who misgendered me on purpose) but i was sooo clocky to trans people like i am a v socially awkward guy but i found it easy to make trans friends when i met trans people irl when i was pre T bcs they mostly knew and we kinda were drawn together.

Im now a year and 8 months on T and i love passing i pass genuinely 100% of the time even when im not binding (and i have a larger chest that im very dysphoric about) and i have a cis passing voice. I often have a lot of like. not imposter syndrome about it but i have bad dysphoria and often assume im not gonna pass when i do or assume i look more like a girl than i do. Also im 5'3 and have kinda long hair (not long but i used to have it super short and now its a bit longer) but im just seen as a cis guy. so like i am not pretending i dont love passing it makes my life soo much easier and lessened my dysphoria.

What i will say is i miss the immediate kinship of meeting another trans person or being in the same room as another trans person and both knowing ur trans or becoming friends bcs ur trans or automatically having someone to pair up w in a group of strangers bcs u both know ur trans. Also on nights out i miss meeting new ppl and just talking to each other about being trans bcs we automatically recognise each other. like i miss the solidarity u feel as a trans person when u seen another one rather than trans ppl assuming im cis and me actively making an effort to mention im trans around new trans ppl. also i miss that trans ppl used to feel automatically safe around me whereas now i know bcs im perceived as a cis man sometimes they feel on edge. idk its just bittersweet i think <3

[snobgoblin]

sometimes I'm like "am I egotistical for wanting to push for transmasc rep and positive masculinity in fiction. am i egotistical for trying to push for more masculine representation in things like fairies. am i egotistical for having so many transmasc characters" but then I'm like well everyone's gotta contribute something right and if I don't do anything about these feelings I guess nobody fucking will so it HAS to be me or someone like me that cares. egotistical or not

[every-eye-evermore]

Writing up a list of ftm fashion tips that *aren’t* giving up every ounce of individualism… any suggestions?

[zombiempreg]

Unsolicited passing/disphoria tips for transmascs!!

Just some stuff I haven’t really heard anyone else mention. None of this is required to pass/help disphoria, just tips from personal experience.

-Wear pants on your hips instead of your waist, this puts less emphasis on small waists and gives more space to your crotch (fair warning this can also make your hips look bigger, it’s kinda a double edged sword)

-If you do the aforementioned and wear boxers you can pin the waistband of your pants and boxers together to keep them from sliding back onto your waist

-Carry wet wipes, sounds weird but hear me out: if you get something sticky on your hands in public you don’t have to use gendered bathrooms to wash it off

-If you’re in school: the nurses office usually has a gender neutral bathroom that they will let you use if you ask

-If you have PE: some schools will let you change in the nurses office instead of a locker room. Worth asking about.

-Take up space, this is probably my biggest passing tip, take up space in conversation, with your posture, with your voice, act like you’ve been told your entire life that you have a right to exist, makes probably the biggest difference if you don’t already pass.

-Act like you have balls, this ties into the posture thing I mentioned above. Think like someone with balls, how would they sit? How would they walk? How would they sleep?

-You can voice train to be more masc! There aren’t a lot of resources but you can usually just do the opposite of transfem voice training. Also don’t do that humming trick too much, it can help you be more comfortable and aware of muscles in that area but it probably won’t do anything except hurt your voice.

-And another thing, masc voices aren’t about pitch, you can have very high masc voices (think: spongebob) and very low fem voices (think: rainbow dash) while pitch might help what actually makes a difference is speech patterns

Stay safe!

[hamptersadness]

Trans tips!

Hi I'm Hampter and I am trans ftm. I've been out as trans for about three years and recently started on T (testosterone). So this is gonna be a long list of things I have found. ( Might take two or more posts)

Clothing

If you want to feel comfortable as trans but you can't come out you can buy boys clothes and say it fits you better the girls (sadly for some of us men we hips that do not lie😔)

DARK COLORS : Grey, blue, maroon, green. It covers the boobies and makes your curves go away.

THICK JEWELRY: Thick rings and chains looks more manly. Idk why it just does.

Hair

Ask for pixie. Yeah it's said a lot but it works Or tell the stylist (if you can) to make the edges more flat and "manly" and say they botched the cut.

CUT IT OFF URSELF hair grows back . Or you can get a friend to "coerce" you into getting a hair cut by them that failed so you had to chop it all off :)

Please tell me if you wanna hear about T and binders! I'm happy to! I got so much stuff to tell!

Pt 2

Pt 3

Language and other things

Downsides of T

T shot update 8 week

T shot 6 months

Changes on Estrogen and Testosterone

1 Year on T

Clit growth

[mandefined]

TIPS FOR MY TRANSMASC COMRADES

Shave your face!! (except for ur mustache)

Square off your sideburns. Either get a barber/hairdresser or just do it yourself with scissors or a clipper

Dye your eyebrows and facial hair darker

Get a buzzcut if u want (in my experience people tend to read this as masculine)

Wear a watch

Use men's deodorant, body wash, shampoo, etc.

[some-assholes-familiar]

Tryna get the world to understand that I don’t have long hair in a “pretty girl” way, I have long hair in a “80’s metalhead grunge bad boy that your parents don’t want you dating even though they’re literally the nicest person you’ve ever met and the tattoos and motorcycle don’t negate that dad!” way