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Signs that you are PASSING. Yea!

Started by Jillieann Rose, August 05, 2011, 07:28:08 PM

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JungianZoe

When some guy rushes out of his seat to help you carry a computer into the store. ;D  Wouldn't have thought twice about it if it was an employee, but it was another customer.

I still bruised from carrying it a very short distance though.  And this is what the bruises look like after four days!

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Jayne

I've had a few bad experiences so have stopped going outside as a woman until I can pass better but the first time I went out was unbelievable. . . . I went to get into a taxi after a train journey & the driver said I could sit in the front seat, the penny didn't drop that i'd passed until we were driving down the road & I realised that he was checking out my legs, I still wasn't 100% sure i'd passed until he gave me my change & I forgot to alter my voice, the look on his face was priceless!

I then went into a shop & the woman called me miss, oh what a happy day
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Forever21Chic



   When cisgender women give you dirty looks.  :D
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gantz

for me its mostly what a lot of you have mentioned too like the license, restroom etc

its not a sign but. one time we went to a restaurant and this was a bit early on. the waiter addressed me as miss. on the way back i was telling my stepdad that i was so amazed and surprised that he thought i was a girl. i said, i look like ->-bleeped-<- how the hell did that happen. he said to me, 'he thought you were a woman, not a beautiful woman'.

i guess sometimes we get to think to look like a woman we have to look like those hot chicks we see here and there or the image we want to be like. but maybe, the standards to looking like a woman may be lower than what we think.

some natural for example, look like men. and my friend told me too joking, "women without makeup, do look like men".
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Jillieann Rose

Quotei guess sometimes we get to think to look like a woman we have to look like those hot chicks we see here and there or the image we want to be like. but maybe, the standards to looking like a woman may be lower than what we think.
I sure hope so cause I am certainly not a hot chick.  ;)
And I seem to pass. :)
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Randi

When your therapist asks what kind of makeup you have on when you arent wearing any.
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Sunnynight

When your male name is called out and people look right past you in search of that guy...
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Plain Jane

Quote from: Randi on September 01, 2011, 06:34:52 PM
When your therapist asks what kind of makeup you have on when you aren't wearing any.

Ditto, with my father. He said he liked the way I had done my eyes. I hadn't done a thing to my eyes.

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Gingertrap

Nothing like one of these moments to cheer you up.

This happened last year during college. I had been on hormones for about 6 months and I was still living part time in an androgynous phase and I used the men's room because I didn't really care.

(In the men's room washing hands in jeans and a tee shirt)
(Guy walks in)
Guy: (as I glance over at him) Oh sorry, wrong bathroom!
(He gets out as fast as possible)
(Finish washing up and get out of there)
(Lmao as I walk away)
http://gingertrap.com/ ~ My transition blog.
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JungianZoe

Went with my ex today as she tried on her wedding dress so that I could help with colors and accessories and whatnot.  Her soon-to-be mother-in-law was also there and my ex made no mention to her of who I was.  I sat and talked with the soon-to-be for a good hour in the bridal department at Nordstrom's and never once got the faintest hint that she had read me.  The best part is?  She's a speech therapist by profession. ;D

And it wasn't just her!  There were three other women trying on dresses, the two women working in there, and the lady in charge of alterations.  The nine of us talked the entire time about everything imaginable.  What a great afternoon!
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Amazon D

Signs that you are PASSING. Yea!

Ok i am driving down a two lane highway. The road is clear except for the guy in front of me. He seems to be looking in his rear view mirror. Not because i am too close but because he is just one of those overly observant drivers. Then i see my chance and i go for it. I drive by him and he looks over at me and i smile as i go by at 45 mph with the speed limit being 50mph. I see he has a smile too. Their are signs anouncing that this is a passing zone. I just passed him and he smiled at me Yeaa i am passing  ;D

Then another car ahead and i get another chance to pass  >:-)
I'm an Amazon womyn + very butch + respecting MWMF since 1999 unless invited. + I AM A HIPPIE

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Lucy O Connell

one of my sisters friends looked puzzled when looking at me the other night, it's was more a look of is that a girl or what, she then commented on how lovely my eyebrows were. i was in guy mode at the time because i was at my parents lol
you only get 1 life so forget the haters and live it how you want to <3
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xxUltraModLadyxx

Quote from: Forever21Chic on August 31, 2011, 03:53:42 PM

   When cisgender women give you dirty looks.  :D

it's not really like that for me. i actually get smiles from them when i didn't before. probably the only women that actually do that are just the very jealous you know what types. those are the kind of women i find out i hate as much as the alpha male types.
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Jillieann Rose

Yes, I usually get smile too but often after the women look me over from head to toe.
So I guess it is a sign of passing.  :)
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Karlee

My sisters friend came into my room once and said "OMG you have the perfect model's body! ......Can we dress you up?"

Admittedly, this was before I tried to pass and before any sort of gender issues hit me so I laughed it off. But hey, when I look back on it, it kinda makes me feel really good haha. ;)
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wendy

O.K.  I put on a hat and earrings and went shopping away from where I live because I am not out.  It was nice.  People were nice.  I decided to get gas at self serve for auto near my house.  A young man put pump into my car and said, "Mame pump is ready for you."  I thanked him softly because I feel uncomfortable with voice thing.

Went to drug store and young lady was very nice and my credit card would not swipe.  I have my male picture on back of card and lady needed to manually swipe.  She remained very nice and then said, "Happy Birthday." 

It made me happy. It was my first day to shop dressed as a female.  When I dress androgynous (masculine female clothes) I get called Sir.  When I dressed feminine I got called Mame or got no reference to gender.  I think people were being nice.  I might pass if I do not talk.
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parasol

My signs are just not getting clocked, which I have not gotten.  What I think is hilarious is when I try to tell some guy who is hitting on me that I'm transsexual, he thinks I'm lying or just making up an excuse to not flirt with him back.  It's like... why would I lie about something like that? Lol.
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VeronikaFTH

Quote from: Zoë Natasha on September 04, 2011, 06:31:15 PM
Went with my ex today as she tried on her wedding dress so that I could help with colors and accessories and whatnot.  Her soon-to-be mother-in-law was also there and my ex made no mention to her of who I was.  I sat and talked with the soon-to-be for a good hour in the bridal department at Nordstrom's and never once got the faintest hint that she had read me.  The best part is?  She's a speech therapist by profession. ;D

And it wasn't just her!  There were three other women trying on dresses, the two women working in there, and the lady in charge of alterations.  The nine of us talked the entire time about everything imaginable.  What a great afternoon!

Zöe, the speech therapist and the other women didn't clock you because you look completely feminine, and your female voice is great... and I mean stellar! You should be proud  of accomplishing that, most people never do. And it makes a HUGE difference in passing, because even if a person doesn't look particularly feminine facially (not that you have this problem.. you look very feminine, like an ex girlfriend of mine actually), if you open your mouth and you sound like a woman, that's the deciding factor.

I'd say voice is over 50% of passing, maybe 60-70% even. It's one of the most important things, and also one of the things people are least successful in mastering. Be proud of what you've accomplished.  :)

Veronika

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Bird

I just had my first experience with people not accepting me as the person who is on my ID.

I had forgot the password for a credit card and had to change it, thus I went to the bank. The people there didn't regonize me from my driver license or ID card and refused to believe I was once a male. I nearly had to call it quits and go change my pictures before changing the card's pass. In the end, they settled for me signing a declaration that I had changed my appearance and it was not possible to regonize me visually due to a old picture. I wans't even dressed up or anything, it was raining actually.

:D

I take this as a huge compliment and a sign that my transition is going well!
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