Has anyone experienced this? I'm currently taking baby steps into my transition as I don't go "all out woman" in regards to how I present myself. I would never pass regardless of how much effort I go to, largely because I am 6'1" with broad shoulders and at the age of 46, my facial features are just a bit too masculine. For that reason I don't even bother with makeup. Due to these factors, I present myself as androgynous but perhaps leaning slightly more towards feminine. My presentation, I believe, is why people hardly seem to notice me as being different when in a crowd. Sometimes I may catch someone staring but they always seem to have a "puzzled" look on their face.
As I add more and more feminine elements to my appearance, I've noticed that for the most part, people seem to be nicer and friendlier towards me. It's quite a surprise to me as I've always expected nothing but ignorance and hate. Could my location (Melbourne, Australia) be a better place than I had expected? Does society (or Melbourne) simply hate men so much that being anything else is better? I actually think this may be a big factor as women tend to be far more welcoming with me now than they were when I was a "man". As a man I felt like everyone saw me as a thug, or like someone who just wanted to "get into women's pants". I guess the latter was true, just not the way they thought. lol
Has anyone else had that kind of experience? As much as I am enjoying it, it's also weirding me out! Sometimes I feel like I'm in the twilight zone. I'm a very pessimistic person so I keep thinking I should brace myself for that inevitable day when someone eventually is nasty to me and sends me crashing back down into reality. What do you think?
