The Way That I Think Is What Makes Me A Man

No actual business or transactions will happen through this blog; this is just a place to collect all the posts about packers being sold so people can see what’s out there and then contact the person who made the post if they’re interested in buying.

If you’re looking to buy a used packer/STP/dildo/pack n play/prosthetic/etc, then follow us! You can search the blog to see if a particular packer is being sold by copy and pasting https://packersale.tumblr.com/search/PACKERNAME into your search bar (replacing PACKERNAME with the actual name of the packer or brand. For example, https://packersale.tumblr.com/search/transthetics will show any transthetics products being sold.

If you’re looking to sell a used packer/STP/dildo/pack n play/prosthetic/etc, then follow us! Anyone interested in selling or trading packers can submit their post here! Please include a picture of the item, a way to contact you, and the price.

The tag “packersale” is tracked by the mod, so anyone can add that tag to their posts about selling prosthetics and it will reblogged to this blog.

Are you a mod on another trans related blog? Do you know of any good trans resource blogs? We are starting a new page on our blog to list blogs that might help our followers out, so send us an ask if you know of any good blogs and we might add them to our list! 

We’d especially like informational blogs, blogs for specifically for trans people in languages other than english, and blogs for trans feminine people, but send us whatever you’ve got. They don’t need to be teen-specific, blogs for trans adults are also okay to send in. 

They must be:

1) Mainly or entirely about transgender things

2) Accepting of all trans people, including nonbinary trans people and trans people without dysphoria

3) Active blogs, or blogs that will respond to questions and are only inactive because they don’t get many asks

So, we have decided that what we need now more than a podcast host is a good editor. In regards to the podcast, there are plans for continuing that, and we will have a second post about that later on today. 

In regards to the job we have a couple basic requirements:

You must be over 18 

We will need you to be able to make weekly Skype meetings to discuss business

We only hire queer people 

We need a reliable worker, who is willing to take on additional tasks for the project

Passion for queer history, we are a small project so we want people who care

Need to be fluent in English 

And as for the job itself you will need to edit an article a week, and there will be secondary duties, such as:

Posting on social media

Sometimes writing an article or two when I am out sick/need a break

Discussing the project and ideas with me

Networking and making contacts for the project

We want to stress now that this is a paid position and we want the person we take on to treat it as such. As for payment we aren’t able to offer much right now as we are still a small project, it will start with a fixed rate of 100 USD a month and half of all one time donations. But as we grow so will your pay.

Transfeminine Resources

Transmasculine Resources

Non-Binary Resources

What Am I? 

NB Flowchart

Coming Out

Dysphoria Tips Masterpost

Getting HRT

Ally Resources 

You can submit anonymously or not anonymously anything that you’re struggling with that’s trans related. It can really be ANYTHING that’s trans related. When I’ve published it anyone who at least thinks that they’re in the same position or in a similar position can reply to the post so that you have someone to talk to about it that’s in a similar position. 

If you want to submit start it of with “Submission for ftmthoughts.tumblr.com/post/153662395007:”

If you want to be anonymous you have to send it as an anonymous ask.

If you don’t want to reply to the post, because you want to be completely anonymous about it you can send an ask to this blog (not anonymously) and then I’ll reply to the post telling them that there’s someone who wants to talk to them if they’re anonymous. If they’re not you can of course just go directly to them, but then the person who submitted it needs to remember to have their Tumblr settings allowing them to get asks (tumblr.com/settings > click on your blog).

Submit

As a trans man who’s well past the age (and transition status) of ~sexxay tranz boiz~, pictures like this give me some kind of hope. We’re not just one image stuck in time, snapshot of a skinny white andro urban-queer young trans dude with perfect top surgery scars, poster boys for young radical queerdom. We’re not all Youth. We live in more than two dimensions, and one of them is time.

Older queers tend to fall off the map full stop. Trans people, even more so. But we don’t disappear once we stop being, basically, fashionable. Supporting our young people is important, but we need to show them we have a future, too.

I literally cannot envision my own future. There are no images of older men like me.

One image obviously can’t address all the lacks in representation, much less one image of a hot skinny (apparently?) white man. But just to have that one extra factor in there, of age, it’s - it’s important. 

This is in our sidebar too, fyi :) Potential tw for outdated language in some of these.

Tucking:

Chrissi’s In-depth explanation of tucking

Chrissi’s shorter explanation of tucking

Chrissi’s tucking video

Gaff brands

Step-by-step tucking tutorial

Tucking resources

Tucking explained

LeoLines

Tucking masterpost

Another Tucking Masterpost

Buzzfeed Tucking Questions

If you can’t seem to tuck

Chest area:

Breast forms masterpost

Breast inserts source

Breast forms video

Swim boops 1

Swim boops 2

Swim boops 3

LeoLines

Curves

Bras 1

Bras 2

Bra sizing

Bra article

Bra blog post

Chest without breast forms/inserts

For those in Montreal

Voice training:

Eva App

Video tutorial

First video in a series

First in another series

Voice advice

Voice dissatisfaction study

Voice and quality of life study

Reddit’s advice

Voice training website

How to develop a feminine voice

TS Roadmap’s Advice

Professional Advice

Representation:

Manga

Anime (Note that anime and manga tend to be culturally appropriative. Something to be aware of.)

Minorities in Webcomics

The Trans Navy SEAL Wrote a Letter

Against Me!

Jazz Jennings

Laverne Cox

Janet Mock

Dysphoria:

Feminine tips

NSFW tips

When not out

Songs to sing for trans girls

Virtual makeover

Hormones:

Effects of E

What E can and cannot do

On taking just Anti-Androgens

2 years on E video

Negative effects

Progesterone

E masterpost

Extensive Estrogen Guide

Barriers to estrogen in San Francisco study

General Presentation:

Broad shoulders tips

Body hair removal

Feminine walk

Wigs

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How to style hair

Hairstyle references

Presentation masterpost

DMAB Masterpost 1

DMAB Masterpost 2

DMAB Masterpost 3

Curves

Clothes:

Large feminine shoes 1

Large feminine shoes 2

Formal dresses for different body types

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Types of skirts

Tall feminine clothes

Swimwear Tips

Dresses for broad shoulders

Makeup:

Contouring

A webcomic :)

Hiding Facial Hair

Makeup and facial hair

Cheap makeup

$20 makeup challenge

Basic makeup

Makeup brushes

Trans makeup tips

Cheap makeup masterpost

Makeup list for under $50 total

Makeup for beginners

Beginning Makeup forum

How To: Makeup

Surgery:

Long resource post

Wikipedia

Study on complications after vaginoplasty

Long-term follow-up study

Physical transition study

MTF Bottom Surgery Options

Facial Feminization Options

Other:

Masterpost for DMAB people

Princess Joules

Trans Women of the Day

MTFConfessions

Slipping into masculinity

Coming out as transfeminine

Transgirl FAQ (tw outdated language, transphobia, but near the bottom it has info on tucking)

Women’s restroom etiquette

HIV study

Social barriers and sexual behavior in trans women study

Sex worker stigma research

Psychiatric conditions and trans women study

Tucking and other skills

Ask a transwoman

MtF Problems

MtF Butches

Trans Lesbians

Lady Feral

Transfeminine selfies

you can find fashion advice on how to make things more visually manageable and more comfortable, but for bigger guys some of those tips don’t apply and some issues will come up anyway. here’s some stuff I could’ve stood to know last year.

if you feel the need to layer or wear something thick, sleeveless hoodies exist. they can save you a bit of heat.

take off layers when you can. wash carefully in the folds of your skin, dab moisture away occasionally during the day, and wash your binders OFTEN.

fungal infections: for bigger guys, these can happen between and under breasts. if you notice a vinegary smell when you unbind, that’s what that is. afaik there’s no massive health risk from this kind of thing on your skin, but still try to keep those areas dry and clean.

you might get some pimples on your chest, which is fine.

you might also get sebaceous cysts. LEAVE THEM ALONE. do not try to pop them yourself, it increases risk of infection. they’ll probably go away on their own; if one becomes inflamed, see a doctor.

in the heat, your binder will stick to your skin more and the shoulder straps will dig into your skin. don’t wait until you’re bleeding - if it feels raw at all, pad your straps. you can get bra strap pads online, or just make your own with whatever you have handy.

lastly: drink a lot of water. you’re wearing layers, and binders are skintight. you will sweat more.

I would totally wear stuff like that outside but the only reason I don’t is because my Mum thinks showing my binder is pretty much the same as a bra showing (which is also completely fine).