Clocking trans girls/guys

[=celestica=]

Being able to tell if someone is a transsexual.

If a trans woman walks down a mall and people are giggling as she walks by, she was clocked.

[Violet Bloom]

Being able to tell if someone is a transsexual.

If a trans woman walks down a mall and people are giggling as she walks by, she was clocked.

The only time I've ever been out in public fully done-up as female was for Halloween one year (before my trans-epiphany).  A female friend wanted to go out as a gender-reversed pair.  (I've concluded since that she has gender issues of her own.)  I went right along with it and although I wasn't trying really seriously to pass, I did look pretty decent.  Most people paid no attention of course, but I did get giggled at once.  However it's not what you might think - the person in question was a rather masculine black man who was quite obviously giggling uncomfortably because he found me attractive even though he knew!  I found it oddly pleasing

[Kelly J. P.]

 I don't have any sort of "transdar", but if I see someone who is visibly trans, and if I am to interact with them, then I go out of my way to be extra pleasant because they deserve it.

[Trans Truth]

I think I can clock 98%+ of transpeople at least after a short while.

I usually just do nothing about it.

[Trans Truth]

Being able to tell if someone is a transsexual.

If a trans woman walks down a mall and people are giggling as she walks by, she was clocked.

It's often not as crude as this. People are more polite these days, and the amount of androgyny out there means everything is sort of normal nowadays. More often, transwomen are clocked as they interact with others. It may be the voice, the height, the shoulders or just the movements. Being clocked feels very unpleasant, of course, no matter how polite people are about it.

[Kitty_Babe]

Being able to tell if someone is a transsexual.

If a trans woman walks down a mall and people are giggling as she walks by, she was clocked.

Not 'really' shouldn't let yourself assume that's what its about, tell you what ! lets go ask them okay ? people giggle at things for all kinds of stupid reasons, those girls could well of been giggling at that 'trans girls' dress, or shoes or the way she did her make-up, not because she is trans anything. Just my thoughts on that, I am not nit picking, just wanted to give you another thing to consider in what you claimed.

It's often not as crude as this. People are more polite these days, and the amount of androgyny out there means everything is sort of normal nowadays. More often, transwomen are clocked as they interact with others. It may be the voice, the height, the shoulders or just the movements. Being clocked feels very unpleasant, of course, no matter how polite people are about it.

Edit:

True that ! - BUT, I have actually seen a couple of women who live locally to me, who are as tall as me, and pretty slender too actually. Go figure, could be trans.. don't think so ! when I was out a few months ago at this local bar, saw a lady that night same hight as me, and BIGGER shoulders, than me even, - mind mine are not huge or anything by any means, but my point here is that you do get women with larger shoulders.

Fact is women come in all shapes and sizes same as guys, only the really narrow minded and basically 'stupid people' seem to think that all women are shaped like goddesses.

[Michelle G]

I live in the country where there are lots of horse ranches and vineyards, lots of sturdy country farm girls around here that look way different than girls you see in the city! broad shoulders, strong arms...I know full well they are natal born girls but it still makes me look twice