HRT and Stealth

[kaitylynn]

I think its possible to be completely stealth under MTF HRT too, but you're likely going to be read as "gay" by the rest of the world and not as a woman (at least not by majority).

It is funny that you bring this up.  A few weeks after starting HRT again, a sister and I were conversing about living closeted for a while before shifting to androgyny and finally getting far enough along to consider stealth living...

She said, "the worst that will happen is you get read as a very effeminate gay guy for a while".

Eventually, enough change takes place that keeping it hidden becomes more work than it is worth and letting YOU come to the forefront is the only practical solution.

[becky.rw]

Eventually, enough change takes place that keeping it hidden becomes more work than it is worth and letting YOU come to the forefront is the only practical solution.

Probably this will be what "outs" me at home if anything before I'm ready to make the grand entrance as it were.  I smile alot now, talk, laugh, and I haven't broken any appliances or doors since I started.   Eventually me being a happy person is going to weird out the people who've gotten used to living with the old, silent, angry me...   No complaints so far though!

I figure keeping the beard for a while should prevent complete boyfail. (that word cracks me up...); though its not exactly great for the modest dysphoria I'm beginning to notice..

[Wednesday]

Eventually, enough change takes place that keeping it hidden becomes more work than it is worth and letting YOU come to the forefront is the only practical solution.

It's right if you get optimal results from HRT, are not really masculine to begin with, or a combination, it can take lot of effort to disguise, but I think it can be done.

Anyway, nowadays coming to the forefront early usually is the best solution!

[Lady Sarah]

It is funny that you bring this up.  A few weeks after starting HRT again, a sister and I were conversing about living closeted for a while before shifting to androgyny and finally getting far enough along to consider stealth living...

She said, "the worst that will happen is you get read as a very effeminate gay guy for a while".

Eventually, enough change takes place that keeping it hidden becomes more work than it is worth and letting YOU come to the forefront is the only practical solution.

Before HRT, I was always read as the gay effeminate guy, and often mistaken for female. This is why I presented as female about as soon as my breasts started developing. I guess I was really lucky, in that there was no hiding it.