Exposing your breast buds?

[MsDazzler]

I have an awkward question to ask about showing your breasts while transitioning  and on hormones...

When should you start covering them up instead of exposing them as you could when you were a guy before?

I have very sore nipples and I can start seeing the formation of breast tissue after only two months now... I've been wearing a bra and covering up for the sake of ... well... being a woman.

But technically, am I still able to take my top off in public if my breast buds are just beginning?

I wonder?...

[JenJen2011]

This reminds me of the time that I went to a public pool years ago. My breasts were very small but noticable, especially with a wet t-shirt on. And that's what I wore, a t-shift and some shorts. I was still presenting as male.

I think if there's any definition, even if they look like man breasts that some men have when they're overweight, etc, you shouldn't be exposing them. I wore a t-shirt, had no bra on, and felt uncomfortable because I kept getting these looks from people like, "what is going on here?", lol. After I got in the pool and came out, I had to insert my hands through the sleeve to cover my breasts because it was obvious I had some growth. Awkward experience let me tell you.

[Bird]

Dazzler

If you aren't overweight, they will look like breast tissue no matter they size, so it is better to cover them up. For me, when I had just the tiny buds, my nipple were already fairly different and really not male.

[Alainaluvsu]

It depends on your tanner stage I think... But in reality, it depends on your comfort level and how your self-conscious is effected by it. I'm probably at  your stage too. Mine bounce whenever I jump but they don't quite fill an A yet. I'm at that point, for me anyways, where they don't look like female breasts, but I still don't want people to see my "moobs" (I am not overweight at all.. 5'5"ish 135 lbs). That is really just a "I don't like this aesthetically" thing, though. Shoot.. I have become more self aware about raising my arms because I don't really want ppl commenting on them!!

But to answer your question.. yes I think you are probably allowed to take your top off after only 2 months of HRT... unless you are just using every picogram of estrogen that you put into your body.

[Joeyboo~ :3]

I have the cursed "12 year old girl" chest right now.
Extremely awkward when I'm wearing just a shirt.

So I just wear a jacket(boyfriend's jacket, to be specific) over everything I wear lawl.

[Joelene9]

   It depends on your age and chest size.  This is what I have to put up when I go to those week long campouts with my middle aged friends: http://www.marvelousmanboobs.com/
  These celebrities don't hold a candle to some of my middle-aged friends.  I look like more like this guy: http://www.marvelousmanboobs.com/b/golf
  Joelene

[MsDazzler]

lol... I can't wait to start wearing halter tops without having to stuff them!

So what about wearing camis or sexy tops out in public without a bra?

[V M]

LOL... I didn't even feel comfortable going shirtless in public as a guy 


That said, I would probably be okay with it at a clothing optional beach    But I'm sportin' a pair of C cups now 

[stldrmgrl]

I'm not quite an A cup yet, but I would not be comfortable exposing what little boobs I have in public; they would most definitely be covered.

[Rosa]

LOL... I didn't even feel comfortable going shirtless in public as a guy 

Same here - I always wore a T-shirt when swimming.  If I'm around guys when I get out of the shower, I have my towel around my shoulders and hold it together in the chest area.

[NikkiJ]

LOL, reminds me of going on a vacation to Alaska when I was married, with in-laws in 2005. I had already started hormones a few months previous and was budding a little, and my hair was longish. I loved being in line to board a plane, and being called Miss.

[Keaira]

I didnt really feel the need to wear a bra until one day we had to work on a Saturday. When I was checking to see how long was left on the press job run the operator turned around, saw me, looked at my chest and said, very loudly I might add, "DAMN JOHN, YOU'VE GOT SOME TITS!! I THINK THEY'RE BIGGER THAN MINE!"
I turned bright red, explained to her that yes, this is what hormone therapy is supposed to do and walked away shaking my head.

[Lyric]

Well I haven't gone bare chested in public since I was 13, but I was always scrawny and rather self-conscious. I would suggest covering up starting now. Your going to have to get used to it sooner or later, so why wait until you have an awkward moment (like Keaira did)?

[MsDazzler]

I needed a personal opinion in real life - so i asked my best friend to take a look at my breasts... 'I showed him and he said, "yes, i am starting to see outlines of breasts now" so i guess i cant expose them anymore lol

[Annah]

lol i never had that problem because I always wore a tshirt no matter what.

However, the advice I would give is this:

If you are presenting female, covering em up...no matter how flat chested you think you are.
If you are presenting male, do whatever you want.

At least in the United States, this is norm.

[MsDazzler]

This made me think of an incident that occurred in Delaware at a beach some years ago -

Some transwomen were accosted by security for being topless at the beach.  :police:They argued that they were technically men so they could be "shirtless". They won.

[Annah]

This made me think of an incident that occurred in Delaware at a beach some years ago -

Some transwomen were accosted by security for being topless at the beach.  :police:They argued that they were technically men so they could be "shirtless". They won.

Yup, I remember that. Took place at Rehobeth Beach. Those people pissed off quite a few transgender people there. They strived so hard to be seen as women but when they got caught for going topless they played the "race card" (transgender style).

If I was there, I probably would have b**ch slapped them.

[Torn1990]

This reminds me of this article of this trans woman who was denied the ability to change her gender at the dmv
she protested by standing outside and flashing everyone!
She was arrested! Brilliant, no? 

[Dana_H]

Well, I'm not on HRT yet and only have slight "moobs" (nothing out of line for a man my size and age, etc.), but I don't ever go topless outside the house regardless of how I am presenting. It just feels like too intimate an act for the general public. Even when at home in the sweltering heat of summer (up to 95F inside my house due to poor insulation, 10F hotter outside), I usually wear a t-shirt, tank, sport bra, cami, whatever.

[noleen111]

I think.. when you nipples start looking like a womans then its time to cover up..

I never had this problem, as I starting transitioning during the winter and by the time summer can, I was past the point where I needed a bra so I just covered up.