transition selfies thread
(cw: mild nudity, buttposting)
Ok so October then… hah 😅
This is where things started getting interesting. Sure, it started out pretty ordinarily… but then someone made me take a photo of my own butt—the one in the compression shorts—and…
🤯
Because I had absolutely no fucking idea that this had happened! It's behind me at all times so how should I be expected to know!?
Anyway, this was fun! Off I went!!
transition selfies thread
I also started getting more creative with my selfies in October. I felt much more comfortable with my face now and didn't feel as awkward trying things out.
Aaand I had this lil fedi crush that I handled in my usual super avoidant manner: After asking trees for help and revisiting my magical childhood, in the pic with the purple hoodie I'm on my way out to finish casting a spell that took several days, a question meant to force the universe to answer now already with what would be the eventual truth.
And it worked! What was the answer? It surprised me. 😇
transition selfies thread
September, 13 months.
Pink shirt: Totally exhausted after a whole day of a little kids' party, I expected my “girlmode” to have failed, but… it was fine! And I realised it's actually just me that looks like this.
Yellow shirt: My favourite outfit! People seemed to not notice me so much in it, and I liked that.
Blue jacket: Challenged my dysphoria with this picture, and kind of could accept it, which was a big step.
Running getup: Up until now I'd been trying to look like a cis man when running, but this picture changed that. I look sad because I was expecting much worse from this selfie than what actually happened.
Behind the scenes: My libido is returning, confirming my suspicions since May that I am indeed no longer ace, but bi or pan.
transition selfies thread
(cw: mild nudity, buttposting)
Ok so October then… hah 😅
This is where things started getting interesting. Sure, it started out pretty ordinarily… but then someone made me take a photo of my own butt—the one in the compression shorts—and…
🤯
Because I had absolutely no fucking idea that this had happened! It's behind me at all times so how should I be expected to know!?
Anyway, this was fun! Off I went!!
transition selfies thread
Ok! Let's continue! I'll use more words for this part.
It's still August 2023 and I'm at 12 months HRT. Having just changed my legal name and come out publicly, I was now going out into the world as myself every day without exceptions.
This meant a shift. Previously I'd been presenting like a (feminine) cis man, making excursions into presenting as a woman. But now when that was my new baseline, I instead started making excursions from my everyday female presentation instead of to it.
In other words, I began exploring and creating my new social identity, as one does during puberty. 
For the picture of my crossed legs, I used this fun phrase: “Sitting here in an oversized flannel shirt some guy left behind in my closet when she came out of there.” That was part of how I tried to establish my “new” identity with the cis people from my old life—the ones that didn't opt to stay behind when I came out. (I lost like two thirds of my network.)
transition selfies thread
September, 13 months.
Pink shirt: Totally exhausted after a whole day of a little kids' party, I expected my “girlmode” to have failed, but… it was fine! And I realised it's actually just me that looks like this.
Yellow shirt: My favourite outfit! People seemed to not notice me so much in it, and I liked that.
Blue jacket: Challenged my dysphoria with this picture, and kind of could accept it, which was a big step.
Running getup: Up until now I'd been trying to look like a cis man when running, but this picture changed that. I look sad because I was expecting much worse from this selfie than what actually happened.
Behind the scenes: My libido is returning, confirming my suspicions since May that I am indeed no longer ace, but bi or pan.
transition selfies thread
And that's my first year on hormones in pictures!
I liked this year very much in the end. The best part was finding out what a life worth living feels like. 😌
Thank you all for coming to my trans talk. 😘
transition selfies thread
Ok! Let's continue! I'll use more words for this part.
It's still August 2023 and I'm at 12 months HRT. Having just changed my legal name and come out publicly, I was now going out into the world as myself every day without exceptions.
This meant a shift. Previously I'd been presenting like a (feminine) cis man, making excursions into presenting as a woman. But now when that was my new baseline, I instead started making excursions from my everyday female presentation instead of to it.
In other words, I began exploring and creating my new social identity, as one does during puberty.
For the picture of my crossed legs, I used this fun phrase: “Sitting here in an oversized flannel shirt some guy left behind in my closet when she came out of there.” That was part of how I tried to establish my “new” identity with the cis people from my old life—the ones that didn't opt to stay behind when I came out. (I lost like two thirds of my network.)
Jasmine running