Hobbys and general interests

[Sandra_V]

Hi everyone,

My question to you all is, what are your interests? Why am i asking? Well im very insecure when it comes to mine. Im a very geeky girl, i love Teknology and Sci-fy. I built my own 3D-printer i have read about a hundred novels from the expanded Star Wars universe (Love Star wars) i have seen nearly all episodes of Star Trek (All seasons). I alsow love to play online game like "Wow" and "SWTOR" or other mmo's. When i play whit my friends online i never get miss genderd partly becaus i play female characters but mostly becaus the way i act in the game,  according to my friends there. But my fear is that the general public will see my interests as nothing but the interests of a boy. It is worth noting that my feald of study is applyed physics which meens that nearly my entire life is spent doing what most would say is only for men.

So my real and final question is should i dropp some of my Interests and replais them whit somethings generaly thought of as girly?? Bear in mind im not talking about my studys thay will stay as is no mater what im only talking about replaising som of my free time interests.

Thank you all so much, and i hope you will all have a wonderfull Day/evening/night where ever you are.

[stephaniec]

to me it seems totally irrelevant what your interests are  , you like what you like. My interest are mathematics and just about everything I encounter in life, although I like cooking a lot.

[Martine A.]

If I may offer my humble opinion, if you have interest in something, just keep doing it.
The girly element in it is you.

[Jill F]

Yes, for me it was a case of "Same monkeys, different barrel."

I still love playing metal on my guitars.  If you look at my avatar, I had 5 of those 6 guitars before I came out.

[zog]

Yeah, screw gender stereotypes! Do what you want. That's what I do.

It means that I'm a butch nerd girl, but I'm enjoying it.

If someone ever questions if something I do is "girly" enough, I simply say to them that I'm a girl and I'm doing it, so clearly it is.

[Greeneyes]

In my case, my interests are mixed. I used to have hobbies that I now have nothing to do with. This is due to the fact that my interest was to "fit" into my gender role assigned at birth. In never really enjoyed them. Then I have others that are still with me. I like strong narrative video games, and playing the piano.

[JoanneB]

What's the point to living if you aren't able to do things that you enjoy and that give you pleasure?

Offhand, I'll guestimate that a good 75% of what I do and love, as well keeping me gainfully employed is what many would call "male". I also know plenty of females with the same interests. I mostly doubt that they consider themselves trans

[Serenation]

It saddens me when people stop doing things they love after transition. I love star wars with a passion, as much as I love clothes, my wardrobe is full of starwars toys. I really enjoyed playing mmo's, they helped me transition. So cool you built a 3d printer.

I like cars, guitars, gaming, clothes and being a geek. I really want to get a motorbike this year or next too.

I did learn to sew after I started transitioning though, that was something I always wanted to do.

[Metanoia]

Trekkie and obvious star wars nerd here too... Lucky people build things with 3D printers... Extraordinary people build 3D printers. Uffda.

Gamer too. Love me some RPGs... Always loved playing female characters... Need a KOTOR3....

Be you. Go pwn some noobs

[Marlee]

with no HRT yet to make a comparison, my hobbies range from remote-controlled car racing to baking. I've also taken an interest over the last few years in growing flowers...and somehow I've managed to collect three laptops, two desktop computers and two different kinds of Kindle LOL...computer geek perhaps?

[Valwen]

well sandra you intrests seem very similar to my own, in addition to that I work at a game store not electronic games, board games, rpg's, minature war games, we had a magic origins pre release last weekend. I run a dungeons and dragons encouners group every wednesday introducing people to the game, and about a month ago went full time showed up as myself continued right where we left off...ok I may have dropped a subtle hint that mis gendering me or negitive comments may result in dead characters but that's ok :-P

I am far from the only female gamer at the store and they come in all shapes and sizes and so far all of them have been very supportive of me. One of them is a 10 year old girl who regularly crushes grown men at magic the gathering, I nearly giggle every time some 30 year old guy rage quits because a small girl in a pink tee shirt beat him at a game. :-)

so no your hobbies and intrests are yours alone, I doubt many women could be found who don't have at least a few "male" hobbies or intrests just like few men lack any "Female" hobbies or intrests.

Serena

[Beth Andrea]

I still shoot firearms...AR15 mainly, but others too. Interest in black powder is slowly gaining momentum, too. (1858 Remington, also looking at a 32 cal Rem pocket pistol).

I just discovered DCS games, it looks kinda hi-tech, you almost have to be a pilot to fly it, but....hmmm....I've always liked flight sims...Did you know some people make full-size cockpit mockups?!?

I used to like FPS, but the blood and gore and carnage is a turn-off now.

Cooking, occasionally.

Sewing, occasionally.

I would say I'm 80% the same as before, with some new interests.

[Serenation]

I still shoot firearms...AR15 mainly, but others too. Interest in black powder is slowly gaining momentum, too. (1858 Remington, also looking at a 32 cal Rem pocket pistol).

I just discovered DCS games, it looks kinda hi-tech, you almost have to be a pilot to fly it, but....hmmm....I've always liked flight sims...Did you know some people make full-size cockpit mockups?!?

I used to like FPS, but the blood and gore and carnage is a turn-off now.

Cooking, occasionally.

Sewing, occasionally.

I would say I'm 80% the same as before, with some new interests.

I was right in to flight sims for awhile, just have a flight stick and trackir 5 and had some of acusim planes on FSX, I do have DCS though though I havn't played it much, so hard to remember all the keybinds between sims. Some of the home cockpit builds are amazing

[Lady Smith]

I repair my own bicycles, I can weld, use a lathe and I'm slowly working on building a cyclecar in my garage.  I've always built up my own computers from parts and I play the Elder Scrolls series of games with custom characters I've created myself.   Sometimes when the mood is on me I build large scale railway models from scratch.

The biggest mistake I ever made when I transitioned was thinking that my old interests were no more and selling off all my tools.  I've slowly been able to build up my range of tools again, but it would have been nice if I hadn't sold them in the first place.  If you enjoy doing something keep on doing it and don't let anybody tell you that girls don't do xxxxxxxx.

[Sandra_V]

Thank you all for taking the time to answer, i realy appreciat it.

To be honest i was afraid that you would say that you all sacrificed your "male" interest to meet the norm. Sins you all show such overwhelming support of me i'll try to be more confident as a woman instead of conforming to societies gender norms.

Thank you all again

Skickat från min GT-I8730 via Tapatalk

[Annabelle]

My hobbies didn't really change at all. I still like sports and water sports such as water skiing and I still enjoy playing the guitar and piano. The most important part is I'm still an avid gamer for the mmorpg and moba genres and enjoy all sorts of geeky/nerdy sci-fi shows.

[RavenL]

If something interests you stick with it! I'm still pre HRT but like playing video games and watching sci-fi movies. And can't see those going anytime soon. But I have started to fall in love with cooking, reading and cross stitching. Have given up other hobbies playing guitar, metal music, horror movies and action figure collecting. None of it holds my interest anymore.

[Valwen]

I think the best way I can explain things is that I am a huge gamer geek who happens to be a girl who happens to be transgender.

Given almost all my friends are also gamer geeks reassuring them about that has made the transition easier on them I feel.

[Lady Smith]

I used to be a fantasy gamer geek and still have my armies consisting of hundreds of miniature figures.  Modding, painting and making custom miniature figures from scratch were the big draw cards, but I liked to play as well.  I don't play anymore because it's impossible to find any opponents to play against living as I do out in the rural countryside.

[Willowicious]

Pretty much all of my interests are gender neutral, e.g. geek culture (especially Doctor Who and anime), cosplay, playing the sax, scuba diving. Most of these were considered to be only masculine a few decades ago, but now they're enjoyed by everyone ^_^