AlixJungle: you look amazing! Total pass! I think you absolutely belong in the badass thread with those pics.
Jay: you always look so happy in your pics. I always end up with a grin on my face when you post one if your smiley pics. It's awesome! I love that tache! Very cool.
Spacerace: In my opinion you should avoid buzz cuts like the plague. We tend to have smaller heads than cis guys and it can be hard to judge overall hairline. Buzz cuts accentuate a smaller head and while they can seem like a go to for a masculine look, more often than not they wind up looking more feminine than masculine bad-ass. Short, but not too short is, in my opinion, the best way to go. There's a fine line between short and masculine and too short and you're in Sinead O'Connor/Alien3 Ripley territory and it becomes a more feminine look. Even cis guys can't always pull it off. When Matt Damon was growing out his hair after shaving it for Elysium, for a while it looked pretty awful until he had decent length.
Imo your hair in the 2nd pic looks great for the age you're passing at.