I was riding my bike and a hippie looking guy called out to me,"hey my brother", as I rode directly by and then passed him he changed it to,"sorry my sister". I said, t"he first one was good" and waved. I'm pre anything and was wearing my binder for the second time. I have wavy shoulder length hair still. When he called me his brother it was like a shock of electricity right in my gut and a warmth started to spread out from that. it abruptly ended when he tried to "correct"himself but it felt fantastic while it was there and I'm pleased I can pass at all right now in any situation, even that briefly. Iv e been told by people who are used to looking at me that they think when my hair is cut I'll pass l well. I'm still tring to figure what haircut will look best on me and read as guy instead of butch dyke. When I was young and had short hair that I would think of as butch dyke cuts, not mens cuts and was wearing nothing to try to hide my chest our trying to pass I got sirred quite a bit.thats encouraging to me. Anyhow it was cool, it felt great while it lasted and even after he changed his mind about my gender I felt residual warmth and glow.i grinned all the rest of the way to my destination.
