FtM and school uniforms.

[Ribbons]

School uniforms and MtF don't seem to be much of a problem for me, at least in western society. Girls wear pants all the time, however most boys don't wear skirts.

When I was little I was very feminine. A skirt wearing, dress loving 'girl'. Around six or seven I dropped my dress habits in exchange for polo shirts and turtle necks most of the time, and since then I haven't work a skirt. For formal events they always allowed girls to wear pants, so I wore that.

My current school requires me to wear skirts though. I want to wear the male uniform, but obviously I can't. I'd love to go into school wearing it and see their reaction, but I'm so not gonna do that.

I'm fine with skirts honestly, though I prefer pants by far. My mom recently brought me a skort, and it's pretty nice. It doesn't feel like a skirt at all.

So, FtM who had to wear uniforms.. How was it, and what did you wear?

[JohnAlex]

Omg, I would be in a complete outrage if someone tried to tell me to what to wear.   My parents used to make me where skirts to church as a kid and I hated it.  I hated skirts, I hated church, but more than anything I hated being told what to wear.  Even if I was a girl and glad to be one, I would probably still refuse to wear the female uniform just for the sake of breaking the rule.

No judgment, but I am pretty surprised that you're so content to where a skirt.  I won't even wear something that was bought in the female clothing section, even if it looks male or gender neutral.  Of course, I can be a pretty stubborn and difficult person, too.


Btw, I like your avatar ^_^

[Wolf]

Ok, this is a big one for me. I used to cry when my mum would make me wear a dress or skirt! And in the summer, my primary school would make us wear these horrible chequered dresses... I'd come in and say I was scottish or something and that's why I was wearing it (back then I didn't know I wasn't 'supposed' to tell everyone I was a boy so I did, vehemently, and argued with anyone whole told me different until I left primary- and my mum had 'no idea' I was 'trans' and everyone thought I was just a tomboy... Who said they were going to cut their boobs off when they grew). Maybe that is where my hatred for Summer and heat started?

I went to one secondary school who allowed pants, but left because it was horrible, and went to a JEWISH school were I HAD to wear a skirt... Whilst like everyone used to roll theirs up to look more slutty or something, I wore mine to like, my knees, which really helped the whole 'butch, frumpy dyke' situation I had going on back then (since I had accepted I wasn't actually a boy on the outside and never could be). And I dyed my hair red and it was always a curly mess. *cringe* Plus I have chunky man legs and really thick knees. Which is good now but when I was ... 'trying' not to look so bad at being female, it was not so helpful and I always felt like a stumpy stump stump. In 6th form we finally got to wear trousers, and I have not worn a skirt or anything similar since! Yippee! Although I would want to try on a kilt with the little bag and the socks when I have super hairy man legs... Chicks dig that scottsman look.

DEATH TO SKIRTS YARRRRHHHH

[Martin]

Although I would want to try on a kilt with the little bag and the socks when I have super hairy man legs... Chicks dig that scottsman look.

Not to divert the topic here, but my family's Scottish (though I was born in the USA) and I eagerly await the day when I'm transitioned and can wear a kilt to formal events. It'll be awesome. 

Yeah, I've never had any experience with school uniforms though, which is probably just as well. I actually have no problem with the uniform thing in general, I'd happily wear it as long as it was the boy's version. No way in hell, though, are you telling me I have to wear a dress. Nuh-uh.

[Ender]

I am thankful I did not have to go through this.

I would probably just show up wearing pants. 

Isn't it kind of sexist anyways to require girls to wear skirts?  (Same goes for requiring boys to wear pants instead of skirts, too).

[Ribbons]

I remember when my mom said I had to wear a skirt to go to this school I had a fit. I hate wearing the skirt, but I have to deal with it; I hate it because people connect it to me being a girl.

I see no problem with wearing skirts though. They're cute and they feel okay, they're just another article of clothing to me. If girls can wear pants, why can't boys wear skirts?

I buy girls clothing a lot; people think I'm gay or just transgendered for some reason. 

Like.. I want that. Hello Kitty hoodie, heck yea.

..I'd hate to live in other countries where female uniforms are skirt based. That's horrific, even if I were a girl; at least most North American schools allow pants for girls.

[PandaValentine]

I don't wear skirts ever because it doesn't really go well with legs after being on T and my only interest in ever wearing a skirt would be to wear a kilt or for something like cosplay.

The year after I left school they started uniforms, I was lucky to have missed it because I hate everyone dressing the same (no matter what people still pick on you for how you wear the outfit, I see no benefits). I did however have the experience of school gym shorts that were short and pink (if you forgot your shorts) but the only benefit was if a guy forgot his shorts he was made to wear them too.

High school gym uniforms were unisex. No problems with that in Canada I guess.

[bojangles]

No uniforms, but my grade school required "girls" to wear skirts or dresses (or be sent home). Where I grew up, that was grades 1-7. It stunk.

This boy in a skirt was always getting talked to about walking and sitting incorrectly. Oh, and ladies don't scratch. har

[Alex37]

I never had a problem with wearing skirts either, though I didn't wear them too often if I could help it since they got in the way when I played.  It's just another article of clothing to me, and it actually makes me sad that our culture doesn't let boys wear skirts like girls can wear pants.  The only reason I don't wear them now is because it is perceived as feminine, and I'm trying to get away from that.  Otherwise I'd wear them.  Before I figured out I'm ftm I almost solely wore skirts with tights in the winter because I could never easily find pants that fit me- skirts are more generic.  It upset me a bit when I realized that I wouldn't be able to continue wearing some of the feminine clothes that I own; then I realized that I could just go buy men's clothes that I like too, and I got over it. 

But considering how our culture is, I'd still probably try to find a way to wear the male uniform because I'd want to be perceived as male. 

[BloodLeopard]

I got into so much trouble in Elementary School because I went to a Catholic one.
We had to wear JUMPERS. Things of hideous evil. Not skirts, not dresses... those weird horrid looking things.
And they wouldn't let me wear shorts under it! Which rank of me being uncomfortable (I'd wear the shorts anyway.) and I even put on pants and they instantly told me that I have to change. So I "did" and would roll up the pants under and then go to Mass and let them slip down.

It was just embarrassing and sexist.

[Robert Scott]

I don't like wearing skirts and never had ... I didn't want folks to see my silly girl underwear with flowers and stuff my mother bought when I was little.  Plus I didn't want the guys to know I didn't have any junk down there -- I know a bit unrealistic but I was a kid so not everything connected with me

[Kohitsu]

I've always hated wearing dresses/skirts and I always will. Mom used to make me wear them went I went to church. DIE DRESSES!!! I did go to a school for one year (the 8th grade) that required uniforms. Thankfully the dress code for girls wasn't super strict and they could wear skirts or pants. Of course I wore pants, no way in hell I was wearing a skirt to school, had to put up with it at church all the time. 

[Wolf]

I think in most schools in the UK you can wear pants but this being a Jewish school there's a law thing that you're not supposed to wear the clothes of the opposite sex or something and the frum Jewish ladies always wear skirts. This also reminds me that, at Jewish events such as bar/batmitzvahs (though I only ever went to like 2) I also had to wear a skirt type deal, which made me uncomfortable .... Extremely.

Plus there was prom where my mum lived her sick prom dream through me, and I looked like a man in a drag for sure looking at the pictures (plus I am miserable in every picture) somehow, after a few hours of my friends begging me to dance I broke through the humiliation and decided to boogie and pretend to enjoy myself since I seemed to be attracting more attention trying to hide than... Not.

Uniforms in general I am fine with, as Martin said as long as they are male. I love suiting up and looking sharp.

[Michael Joseph]

I have always had the freedom to dress the way i wanted, and im glad, cuz i couldnt imagine having to wear a dress or skirt to school. i remember when i first moved to a new school in 2nd grade and they sent a note home to my mom that i should "dress like the other girls." i was so angry because i wasn't one of the girls. my mom didnt do anything about it though.

[Devin87]

I think in most schools in the UK you can wear pants but this being a Jewish school there's a law thing that you're not supposed to wear the clothes of the opposite sex or something and the frum Jewish ladies always wear skirts. This also reminds me that, at Jewish events such as bar/batmitzvahs (though I only ever went to like 2) I also had to wear a skirt type deal, which made me uncomfortable .... Extremely.

One word my Hebro-- Reform.

I didn't really care about wearing dresses although I don't remember wearing them all that much.  I didn't start caring until like middle school, when I was the only girl in the school to wear a pantsuit to 8th grade graduation.

[Mr.Rainey]

I remember being about two and my mom putting me in a frilly dress and I kept trying to tear it off. My dad would call me princess and I would pitch such an epic fit he stopped doing it.

[Darth_Taco]

I fought to wear the boy's uniform. Fortunately, the school didn't fee on fighting me on that so they let me xD. The hell came in high school and I had to wear a uniform of JROTC. I had to wear the girl's uniform ;_;. It looked similar to the men's uniform, but still kinda girly XP. Thankfully they don't make women cut their hair, so I took full advantage of that xD. Pissed me off when I found out the year after I quit the women can suddenly wear boy's uniforms due to a girl's shortage @_@...