public comments on appearance

[Pica Pica]

Cheers,

Turned out at least one kid did notice they were ladies jeans I wore the other day, and they certainly noticed the babygro...I had a range of comments from 'stunning', 'indescribable' to 'christmas peado tellytubby'.

[insideontheoutside]

It was really only in grade school, middle school and highschool that I got direct "are you a boy or girl" questions. After that it was something that I would catch people having a discussion about in hushed tones type of thing. That's a pretty direct question for an adult to be asking. If I ever got it now I'd ask, "why would you want to know?"

[the Ghost]

Pica, the pictures made me smile - I've been zealously listening to headphones in the grocery store for a month now to avoid Christmas carols, but now that it's December, I'm starting to feel a little more in the holiday spirit.  I've been really interested to read about everyone's experiences as well as Julian's thread about how and why people present the way they do.  I've been feeling better and thinking that, in terms of the OP, I got caught off guard in an insecure moment and shouldn't let the comments bother me.  I guess having surgery was kind of a big deal for me and even though I was told "it's a major change and some people feel insecure for a while afterwards" I just didn't think it applied to me (haha).  It also brought up a lot of issues for me in terms of how much I really want to "pass" as one gender or the other.  I got so confused that I finally decided to think of it in terms of Tinkerbell walking up to me and asking me "if I could sprinkle you with faerie dust (yay for faerie dust) and you could pass perfectly - would you want to?" to which my reply is "Absolutely - sometimes," (to either question), therefore plunking me back down in the forest where I once again am (pretty) sure I belong.         

[supremecatoverlord]

Years ago, people were constantly questioning my gender, because I presented myself as extremely androgynous.
My cousin, who was four at the time, was even extremely confused by my appearance and was unable to properly gender me. He actually didn't know if I was a "he" or a "she" up until then. Unfortunately, this was before I came out as trans, but I still knew I was, so the situation was extremely dysphoria inducing. However, causing public inquiry had its perks. Oddly enough I was read as male sometimes even then though by stranger - even people who attempted to sexually pursue me; I didn't bind at the time, and merely hid under layers and layers of clothing. Still my buxom chest was ultimately the give away - I did sound like a girl when I spoke, but some people seemed to totally disregard that. For some reason, Asians always seemed to read me as male 100% of the time, even when I was andro. Kind of a weird thing that I noticed.

[Jude]

Yesterday was own clothes day, I wore a pair of bootcut jeans, a blue and grey stripy top and blue canvas trainers. A kid giggled and said I looked like a girl, I swished my hair and said I hoped it was a beautiful one, which had him giggling more.

Pica you are too cute!

[Pica Pica]

Cheers, a photo from that day of me putting together a santa's grotto.

[caseyy]

You kind of remind me of a blonde version of my brother in that picture, Pica.