hey mannn, your posts remind me so much of myself before I came out, it's like looking in a mirror. I think it's really cool to explore in a sexual sense too!
being a gay little fag is awesome, my guy. don't be afraid to experiment with your presentation, don't be afraid to use tools or ask ppl to experiment with what to call ya. you don't have to commit to anything right away, you can dip a toe in whenever you want.
if you ever wanna talk about it or ask questions abt being trans masc, lemme know!! i don't mind talking to cute boys ;)
(Blushing being called a cute boy.)
I donāt think I have space irl to even attempt.
Huge chest. Canāt be DIY (safe or unsafe) binding. Probably canāt afford a real binder, and even if I could, getting it sent to me might be hard.
However, saying all of these things, itās āI donāt think. Hereās why I canāt. But I havenāt tried.ā I havenāt tried to save what little money I have. I havenāt gone out to find menās clothes to wear (probably because how sad Iāve been in the past when getting clothes from the menās section; I realize now that I was unhappy because the menās clothes didnāt magically make me a guy, which I only thought subconsciously). I havenāt looked into getting a binder to myself (what address to use without negative consequences). I havenāt asked my irl transmasc friend-ish and his boyfriend to help me get started into trying to be transmasc, like getting a binder or guy clothes or etc.
Iāve asked an irl acquaintance, who was selling their old binder for cheap, if I could buy it. Problem was that it was wayyyyy too small. They offered to help me get another one online by advising me on the best binders I can find online. They even gave me a tape measure to help! But then I halted immediately. I got a lot of momentum energy out into efforts and want (like rolling a ball up a hill) when speaking with my transmasc online friends, one of which even offered to give me his, as he only lives a bit away from me, and he doesnāt need this one that might fit. But then Iād have to give someone online my irl location and meet up irl. Which I have half a mind to do. Only if I can get an irl queer friend to drive me.
I donāt ask friends who are LGBT+ to call me more masc things because I donāt want to be ādifficultā or ācomplicatedā. I donāt want my identity to be hard for them. Iām too much of a people pleaser. Especially since a handful are trans and donāt easily pass.
Iām not in the safest environment, but certainly not the most dangerous. So itās complicated.
If I got my head on straight⦠yeah⦠maybe I should push myself to try to experiment at least. Limited resources and ability and etc might make it hard, but I can still try. Everything in my life feels like a heavy boulder in a valley. I rarely try to push it up, but when I do, it falls back down. My ADHD, my depression, my anxiety, my school/college stuff (I am not a minor), friendships, gender identity, identity overall, etc.
Like I said to a classmate earlier today, āThings happenā, and her response āYeah, but itās always happening, and always to me.ā I find it funny but true.
Iām only able to act as genderfluid freely among online communities (or I guess only one group of online friends). That and my imagination. But that makes me feel like itās more like a fantasy, not something I want, or something achievable, not something real.
Then thereās the problem with my thoughts. Just telling me Iām a weird girl whoās been repressed too long and now Iām just acting out, and being weird, and trying to claim things that arenāt mine. For attention or wanting to be special or something.
When an online transmasc friend says āyou can be a trans masc person if you just let yourselfā, half the time my first thought is āno, you havenāt met me in real lifeā as if that means anything.
Blah blah blah. This turned into me just talking about it, rather than talking to you.
I want to be a gay little fag. I want to be a cute boy. I want to be seen as this⦠I think.
I donāt know why itās so⦠difficult?