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Male characteristics you had before transition

Started by Greeneyedrebel, April 09, 2014, 10:19:59 AM

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Quote from: WhiteDustWolf on April 15, 2014, 09:48:45 AM
Oh, and most of my life my parents have mentioned how I walk like Donald Duck or a gorilla or something. Several times I got the "walk like a girl!" comment and I always refused because it felt so out of place and unnatural. Basically I've always been walking like a guy with my legs a bit apart. I have a male body language to begin with; sitting, standing and everything.

This.
Although I wasn't told I walk like those, only that I walked differently than women usually do. I've got lot of comments about my general body language, though, how it's very male. I think it helped me to pass until I had to open my mouth. Even if my voice wasn't THAT high, it was enough high to muck up things.

Kinda funny, considering I was around women when growing up and the only men were my grandfather and godfather that I didn't really see that often, and I still managed to learn typical male body language. :P
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Hex

I've always tended to be on the more hairy side of things. I actually had a "belly trail" long even before I started transitioning. My legs, arms, hands, feet ect. Only places that weren't were my chest/back/butt area lol
I've also had a semi lower casual voice (but would spike more female when I'm speaking to strangers/being polite) I have horrid posture too. My grandma would constantly nag me to stand straight and I hated it lol.

My body shape though really gives me away. I have the typical hourglass figure still right now, wonder women hips and thighs and butt to boot. So even as my shoulders are expanding a bit more now, it still doesn't help me at all until the whole fat distribution thing kicks in and I loose some weight.
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Rom

Everything I love about myself, ha... Broad shoulders, thick neck, big palms, hair on my arms, back of my hands, neck, navel, legs, pits, and a lovely little mustache that I've been cultivating. Peach fuzz, but it's still a little patch of hope  :D I kind of have sideburns, too.
I'm naturally muscular- I have decent biceps and huge legs. There are still a few things to "get off my chest" but hopefully I'll find some solutions. I don't mind the hips so much, but I hate the "lumps of shame." That's a good phrase, lumps of shame. My fiance (a male) says I walk like a man and have the mind of one, and he's getting used to the fact that I don't actually want the body of a woman, but that's a story for a different time, haha
:icon_chainsaw: Don't call me a girl


I'm just keeping up hope and reaching for the light.


I'm so much happier now, even though I never look like it in pictures.
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Daydreamer

I guess thick eyebrows and a strong jawline if anything.
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KamTheMan

I'm 6'3, broad-ish shoulders, deep voice, large hands and feet, strong brow line, yet still self-concious as $&@%.


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SparkesE55

The way i sit, the way i walk, the way i talk, this is beginning to sound like a rap lol. Ive never ever ever ever wanted to do things that even remotely hinted femininity because it just wouldnt interest me.
Also my mother says the way i generally act is the same as my brother not my sister so. Plus for the past 13 years (im 19 BTW) ive never wore any female clothing.
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alexclusive

My neck has always been pretty wide. My shoulders have always been broader than my hips. I had pretty hairy shins and underarms even before T. I always had a skinny but an athletic figure (still do). I looked fairly androgynous.
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Jason C

Nothing except that I'm very hairy (unfortunately none of this hair decided to grow in the facial hair region), really.
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xsmittyx

I've always been muscular and have fairly broad shoulders. I was being read as male beginning in my teenage years.
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ChrisRokk

relatively flat chest, minimal hips, broad shoulders, hairiness, good upper body strength, and a low singing voice (although my speaking voice was not particularly low until recently)
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Sir Real

I've been told I look a lot like my brother.  I'm the same height as my oldest brother and the tallest FAAB in my family by a longshot.  My hips are very small and so is my chest.  My legs are quite hairy. My voice is relatively low...





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Erik Ezrin

I am really andro in my general appearance. Only my voice is obviously female.
I have an andro face, and a very average length (1,78. I dunno what it's like in the rest of the world, but in the Netherlands, that is average-short for a guy and average-tall for a girl) average feet (41/42 European size) and equal shoulder with to hip with.
The main thing that has always been female about me is my eyebrows (they are nearly absent and also have a typical female curve. It is easy to fix with some dark makeup) and my voice.
The main thing that has always been male about me is the way I carry myself and act.

Oh and my chest. I have a small chest (chesicles). Very happy about it! :)
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Polo

Similar to Erik, I'm average short for an American guy and have a large enough frame to wear men's small in most stores pre-T. There's something about my face or something that I've been mistaken for a boy or guy reasonably often for most of my life, even with shoulder length hair. I'm guessing I've got a decent jawline because a guy I met recently who knows I'm trans made a comment that I've got a better jawline than him  8)


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Satyromania

Low 2nd to 4th digit ratio
Left handed as a child. Had a playground accident and was forced to use my right hand, so Im pretty ambidexterious.
Deep voice
Adams apple
Hairy
Walk and carry myself as a guy
And good downstairs growt :P

But I am sadly also extremely short and have a pear bodyshape. Not beause I have big hips, but because I have such small shoulders and ribcage :I
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Ryan55

idk really, i guess I always had broad shoulders and muscles, everyone would always comment asking if I'm in a sport, and yeah I can be pretty hairy if I don't shave,my voice isnt deep but its not really light either so andro sounding, the way I act and walk and sit is more like a guy


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Erik Ezrin

Satyromania, yup, I have the digit ratio thing too.

And I have a decent jawline as well, but I also have rather high and prominent cheekbones, which is a feminine feat. But I figure it'll make me a hella sexy guy once on T! 8) harharhar!
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