What did you look like when you started your RLE
Pictures please!
I can't exactly pinpoint when my RLE started but I would say I looked gay. Really really gay.
No pictures. Sorry.
Same here, I looked pretty gay and I destroyed all pre-FFS photos.
I destroyed all of mine too except for a few I have in a secret rar-archive should I ever grow old enough to be curious about what I once looked like. My parents had to remove all pictures of me from their homes.
Quote from: alice89 on September 12, 2012, 06:11:41 PM
What did you look like when you started your RLE
Pictures please!
Not in your wildest dreams. And what Noey said.
Scary, Very Scary. I have a few on a flash drive bury in a drawer.
Here you go.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1088.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi329%2Fcam94080%2FrleStart2.jpg&hash=afe6670a68e64c4b88a71cf148a4fe50dea800d3)
I'm 41 in this picture, had been on HRT for 3 months and had been having laser on my face & neck for 13 months. Those are C-cup breastforms I'm using, too.
Thanks for the replys so far. I guess most people delete the old pictures. I understand why. I guess I kinda keep my memories. I just hide them.
Quote from: alice89 on September 12, 2012, 08:21:18 PM
Thanks for the replys so far. I guess most people delete the old pictures. I understand why. I guess I kinda keep my memories. I just hide them.
and the whole thing with google images.
only post pictures here that you're REALLY certain you wouldn't mind other people connecting you with Susan's. If that's not an issue for you, have at it.
Quote from: alice89 on September 12, 2012, 08:21:18 PM
Thanks for the replys so far. I guess most people delete the old pictures. I understand why. I guess I kinda keep my memories. I just hide them.
I like tracking my progress. On my FB page, I even have a small album of pre-transition pictures.
Quote from: Ave on September 12, 2012, 08:34:09 PM
and the whole thing with google images.
only post pictures here that you're REALLY certain you wouldn't mind other people connecting you with Susan's. If that's not an issue for you, have at it.
For me, that's a calculated risk. I'm out, so I'm pretty public about my history.
I looked like a man who likes to wear girlie stuff...dangly earrings, bright nail polish, feminine flourishes while talking...
OMG that would look [ fairy voice] tho, tho GAY![ /voice]
But, everyone was cool with it. Then when I actually went FT, I started with makeup, eyeshadow, etc and everybody knew (I told 'em in a letter LOL)...and they're still cool with it. Both my co-workers and customers.
Now I'm really starting to show breastage...and I had a customer (who is really supportive, btw) see me and shout out to the world, "I can see your BOOBIES!" ROFL...I mean, what can you say? I'm proud of my l'il girls... ;)
I guess I'm a bit different than most of the folks. For me, being seen as female while still legally and socially male was WAY less scary/upsetting than the idea of being legally and socially female and being seen as male. Maybe because I had to deal with being periodically seen as female for most of my life, so I was used to that.
I waited (while on HRT) until I was completely unpassable as male before officially switching everything over. By the time I started introducing myself as Sarah and going into women's-only spaces, I hadn't successfully passed as male to a stranger in over a month.
So, ya, basically I looked like a girl. The biggest difference between then and now is that I was presenting a lot more feminine. I had hair down to my shoulders (now it doesn't reach my jaw), and was wearing some pretty different clothing. And I hadn't had my facial surgery yet, so my face looked a bit different.
I'm sorry, I'm not comfortable posting pictures of myself on Susan's.
I looked just a tad more mannish than I do now and had shorter hair, but not by much. I was being ma'amed by the sight impaired at the time though.
This is really the day I went full time. Right after I got my haircut.
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4247/1302325536040.jpg (http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4247/1302325536040.jpg)
I had to stop after a bit because I lost access to my meds, however now it's 100% fulltime thankfully. Only wear one guy shirt and that's when I feel super tomboyish :P It's my lucky death shirt :3 grim reaper on it, side story inc. I wore it the day I found 20 bucks on the ground, I know it's lucky cause I made a 90 on my final exam in psych when I didn't study.
Quote from: Connie Anne on September 12, 2012, 07:58:21 PM
Here you go.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1088.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fi329%2Fcam94080%2FrleStart2.jpg&hash=afe6670a68e64c4b88a71cf148a4fe50dea800d3)
I'm 41 in this picture, had been on HRT for 3 months and had been having laser on my face & neck for 13 months. Those are C-cup breastforms I'm using, too.
I forgot to add that this picture was taken at the very beginning of my RLE, after I left work as David for the last time.
It really is scary looking at pictures of me back them. What was I thinking :P But I was happy so that's all that mattered. I wouldn't walk out of the house to get the mail looking like that today! We all started somewhere and if you wait till you have a perfect look, you likely never will.
At 29 years old I was very lucky to pass right out the gate. In fact I never got sir'd once the second I decided to present female so I went full time before HRT. The amount of customers I had to deal with at work was overwhelming so I fully expected to get misgendered consistently but it didn't happen >.<
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg259.imageshack.us%2Fimg259%2F9756%2F20110610190142859.jpg&hash=ea3bd107e4a509d5b45380808146a6c3fcb29ec4) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/259/20110610190142859.jpg/)
That pic was pre-HRT but I had 2 laser sessions behind me.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVnMgD.jpg&hash=8a729866f23c7d1993c0931b900c36d52f0424d6)
EDIT: This is sometime in September 2010..
Thank you for taking the time to talk post pictures. It's nice to hear how and when it happened
When I first go out? So
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimb.lide.cz%2Flide_photo_big%2F201201%2F1011%2F41%2F4f0c217f41610fd7ad920000.jpg&hash=a769ade94a02e2e46472140e916b73c41b214995)(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimb.lide.cz%2Flide_photo_big%2F201201%2F1011%2Fc6%2F4f0c217fc6f3fb18d3b50000.jpg&hash=9890a60eb19fdea4f86c0eaa6a0dae958f372399)
It is like 2 years ago
Funny experience, that little boy asked: So you are painted? Like Indian, yes? ;D Cute kid in his nescience.
By the time I was FT, I already had FFS and had been on HRT for a couple of years. My approach was very laid back. I was working for/with an embryonic company with one employee, me, so had that luxury.
Well I still looked (and look now prob) exactly like I did pre Hrt :-\
But I guess luckily, my features were enough to just give my face some character rather than make me not pass :D
I am still obsessive about not having any hurting factors so I don't wear some things I want to until I soften up a lil :)
May 5, 2012
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs7.postimage.org%2F7d199gi9j%2F4_28_12.jpg&hash=908f61400da5cb1a2d3451cb6259b125e029a76e) (http://postimage.org/image/7d199gi9j/)
I have been changing pretty much every week since then!
I think it's time for the OP to give us a before pic..
A lot like this:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F3%2F38%2FHumanNewborn.JPG%2F250px-HumanNewborn.JPG&hash=38598693dbf22a984db7b757d72fab1a4cf60568)
Quote from: kelly_aus on September 14, 2012, 01:52:04 AM
I think it's time for the OP to give us a before pic..
Who, alice89? She's posted many photos on this forum.
I'd almost forgotten this gaunt dude - me in April last year, just after my first visit to the gender psychiatrist, and out to pretty much everyone (didn't get to start HRT for another 5 months). Good grief my ears are big :(.
(Oh, and I seriously need to get a new pose!)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yoxi.net%2Fanitya%2Fme-blue-shirt.jpg&hash=1fdb3a489b8563cee8c0fa71684cc3bddd523d2e)
Before I started RLE and HRT I felt like:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi688.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv246%2FKeairaElisabeth%2FPhoto0263.jpg&hash=a7495b8031d6aa3f1b6bad944d726489d6938620)(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi688.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv246%2FKeairaElisabeth%2FPhoto0205.jpg&hash=9f9325e3b35b007a9b346c59ae52f5a0a347a457)
I was full time at work within 3 months of starting HRT.
And now, 1.7 yrs later I feel like:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi688.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv246%2FKeairaElisabeth%2Fphoto-98.jpg&hash=88adf04f49def54f612ca526f8d3f58502e12134)(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi688.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fvv246%2FKeairaElisabeth%2Fphoto-114.jpg&hash=4bc52f39b1cc6eba092f9827ac1f4e7714754025)
Quote from: Felicitá on September 14, 2012, 03:08:25 AM
Who, alice89? She's posted many photos on this forum.
I've posted that pic here before too - in fact it was my avatar for a while.. I just think it's just simply courteous to post a pic in a thread that requests pics.. I could have made a snide comment about having a look at my earlier posts, but no, I was nice enough to post a pic - is it unreasonable to request the OP does the same?
Heck, just for laughs, here's a slightly earlier pic..
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fu7Nm7.jpg&hash=bcf33b76238f3620032f96505df4ed0923bf83d5)
Well, if we're going for laughs...
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yoxi.net%2Fanitya%2Fvyuhadali.jpg&hash=6e531d73126b25b5b7d2b2885968cff0a53a6371)
Quote from: kelly_aus on September 14, 2012, 07:17:16 AM
.. I just think it's just simply courteous to post a pic in a thread that requests pics.. I could have made a snide comment about having a look at my earlier posts, but no, I was nice enough to post a pic - is it unreasonable to request the OP does the same?
OK, I have to agree. I had the same taken-aback reaction to the one way photo request, but rationalised away the annoyance.
Padma, you're kind of got a Salvador Dali/Vincent Price look there in the one for laughs!
Padma, I am so terrified of you right now.
The eyebrows are real, by the way - if I let them, they turn into antlers. I don't let them.
Quote from: Padma on September 14, 2012, 11:04:13 AM
The eyebrows are real, by the way - if I let them, they turn into antlers. I don't let them.
I know what you mean. I actually have only 1 eyebrow, so I trim it.
Much the same as I look like today...
Give or take a few subtle 'variations' FFS, longer hair, boobs (subtle?) hum.
Same clothes, shoes, hairdo, voice - the lot.
And BTW, this came about one weekend in one fell swoop.
Axélle
Im not fulltime time yet. I have not had any RLE yet either but this is what I look like pretty much every day
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1140.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn577%2Faechick10%2F120911-102515.jpg&hash=7ef1a6e80a2b6b56399d34d0886280106616e171)
2 years or so ago
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1129.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm515%2FMandy_Dawn1%2FDCFC0011.jpg&hash=841f92a5c90a1e6eb70e9610dd3731216ba8c66b)
After- few days ago
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1129.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm515%2FMandy_Dawn1%2Fa.jpg&hash=f3b0e46209e51e97e6a2c1f4b8f7498b16623033)
Some people misunderstand the point of the thread it seems! It's not before/after, it's how you looked when you started to present full time as your target gender.
*But BTW RLE is a backward concept that is no longer applicable in many countries or perhaps 1 year only for GRS but not for HRT.
Like your typical very balding 6 ft tall slavic peasent farmer complete with boney wrinkled skull :(
On the plus side side I have few worries about being recognized in fem mode by my some 1500 co-workers in a rural area :D
Hi,
From age 10. my facial features have only progressed to much as i look now very male features, though softer then .
So any pic's that were taken then will still show a likeness to how i look now, as youll know im not trans or a dresser, im intersexed.
Some time's it has got to me that my features were not more female . iv had to live with that,
Body shape & features are pretty good for my age & in line with a normal woman.
My beauty is not in my looks my beauty comes from with in & that counts far more than my outer look,
Im very well accepted as a normal female / women , & i belive that says it all as far as im concerned, & that means women only groups,
sorry no pics other than my avatar, because of computer issues,
...noeleena...
this was my first day of RLE (it was also my first day at Seminary as a Student):
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3192%2F5830509573_b7b22e75e2_z.jpg&hash=c876cc8b0ce8afca5b707c32c1b3a6b075a432db)
Spent 9 months on HRT and 6 months of voice therapy before I even entertained RLE.
I was kind of thrown in to my 'RLE'. any sort of chance of coming out on my own terms was pretty much taken from me because so many people thought I was on HRT before I really was to begin with. I honestly cant understand why they thought that though.
What was really weird for me was that, even though I have not changed my voice, people soon started calling me Ma'am on the phone. It was like someone threw a switch on how people perceived me.