When did you first start passing?

[fusstangtroy]

For me it was at 4months.And now I got my papers all way back to my birth cert done.dome

[Club8698]

Beautiful transformation CrissyMarie

[Ashey]

Also, I've noticed that there is a point that most trans people reach, where even if you don't look or sound completely cis, even if people can possibly tell that you're trans, you're so close to your identity gender in terms of appearance and mannerisms that they really don't care, because they honestly can't imagine you as anything but your current self. And while very few can reach the mark where they're so passable that nobody ever suspects that they're trans, just about everyone can reach that "acceptance" point and go about their lives with nobody really caring.

There have been times where I've wondered if this is the case or if I really do pass. Like I could see a lot of people either glossing over my transness or not caring enough to call me out on it. But then I've had quite a few people think I was cis, including my boyfriend when he first saw me. I guess I probably do pass but sometimes my low self-esteem kicks in and hangs out with my paranoia and I feel like I don't pass at all. :/ I suppose even if people do know or even suspect but gloss over it, that's probably good enough depending on your standards or goals. If you want to be stealth, sure.. not a good thing. But otherwise if people are treating you how you want to be treated, that's probably okay too. In that regard, I'm passable and happy despite my occasional doubt-bouts.

[HelloKitty]

I will put it this way. Even when my hair was an inch long and before starting hrt...and wearing mens clothes, I was using the women's washrooms in busy shopping malls.

These washrooms were far from empty. So I passed early on.

[RosieD]

Shortly after I stopped giving even a ha'penny's worth of care about whether I passed or not. Seriously, it isn't the pills or the mannerisms or your digit ratio or any other of the bazillion and one other things people stress out about. If you are a woman then you are a woman and that is about as complicated as passing gets.

Rosie

[Eva Marie]

I have never been misgendered while presenting female except for people that knew the previous version of me. I got my first mam about 3 months into full strength hrt. Mams still take me by surprise.

[nikkit72]

Hmm, passing..... I guess it depends on who's test you are taking. I pass because I said so. Not because someone else said I did not, so I would say from day one.

However, I must admit defeat on the 'Rat's ass' test. Failed that one miserably as I do not give one.

Nikki

[Miranda Catherine]

Hmmm...You know, I think it's worth pointing out that there is a HUGE difference between being called "she" or "mham" and actually passing-I've noticed that a lot of the time people will know you are trans, overlook the fact and just get on with their day.  I was gendered as female before I came out of the closet, but passibility is something that's come only recently.  I still have friends I haven't disclosed to asking me questions about my transition...so eighteen months on hormones and I still don't full pass-even though I look like a girl, I am still often perceived as transgender. But that's getting less common as time goes on, which I am very thankful for.

Girlfriend, from the look of your avatar photo, you don't just pass, you're very pretty. I think we'd all be mindful that being a woman is a package and you seem to be, but is it possible that your lack of confidence could be your biggest problem?

[- Rachel -]

I got my first "ma'am" three months into HRT. I was floating on a cloud all day.
Three months later, I'm consistently read as female, especially when I'm wearing a skirt, dangly earrings, painted nails and most importantly, I'm feeling "all woman".