There's no set number or anything like that. The amount of passability I can live with is the amount that allows me to be accepted for who I am without having to face the constant judgment of others. It's sort of a give an take thing. The more passable I am, or the more comfortable I am with the people I'm with, the more I feel like I can let myself go. This is why I want  to push my passability as far as I am able to. But I think I can also find a way to live with myself at whatever level of passable I end up being when I've done all that I can. If I had to set some sort of arbitrary goal, I would say maybe the level of passability where I could wear a dress in public without being horribly self-conscious about it.

I had a harder time passing as male than I ever have as female. Due to a lack of testosterone during puberty, my transition has been quite... different.

Quote from: Juliett on July 26, 2014, 12:07:19 PM
I had a harder time passing as male than I ever have as female. Due to a lack of testosterone during puberty, my transition has been quite... different.

I wouldn't say I have a hard time passing as male but I have been mistaken for female twice when I was 15-16 and been asked if I am male or female, which is weird considering I have no intersex cobdition that I know of.

I'd say 99% is the minimum I could live with. I'd still be pretty displeased if 1 out of every 100 people thought I looked like a guy, but as long as that 1 jerk didn't make a big deal or publicly try to "out" me then it wouldn't matter to me.

I cared about "passing" for about 3 days (quite literally) and then it ceased. Today, I could care less what other people think or their perception of me...just don't care.

I had a difficult time because I had put off transitioning for years thinking I could never pass. 

Now that I can pass consistently as I tweak my look to be more feminine, I can't get enough of it.  I'm only satisfied getting gendered correctly 95% of the time and I get extremely dysphoric if I'm misgendered.

I preface what I'm about to write by saying that I have no idea whether I pass 100% of the time, but I can't recall the last time I thought I might not be passing. AND I want to say that I have great admiration for those who might not pass 100% of the time.

When I decided that I had to transition, I knew that I was undertaking the most significant project of my life and was willing to commit as much time to practicing as needed to undo masculine socialization and was willing to go to almost any financial extreme available to me to alter any non-passing physical features. I was lucky enough to have the available credit (if not the cash) to allow me to do so, if necessary. I do NOT wish to suggest that women don't pass because they haven't worked hard enough. I'm merely trying to convey that to my mind anything short of full passing was unacceptable. It was essential for the way I wanted to live my life. AGAIN, I'd be horrified if anyone here read my attitude as a referendum on the behavior or attitude of others. I'm trying to give honest feedback about how I felt. And how I continue to feel about me. 

My minimum would be:

(1) Removal of penis, testicles and scrotum; with proper urethra reroute.
(2) Enough facial and body feminization so that I could pass (unquestioned)
......as either female or male when dressed casualy in either's clothing.
.....(a) Female facial appearance with lack of facial and body hair.
.....(b) Reversal of minimal male hair loss.
.....(c) Female appearing breasts (up to "C" would be nice).

Quote from: Jane's Sweet Refrain on July 27, 2014, 07:14:28 AM
I preface what I'm about to write by saying that I have no idea whether I pass 100% of the time, but I can't recall the last time I thought I might not be passing. AND I want to say that I have great admiration for those who might not pass 100% of the time.

When I decided that I had to transition, I knew that I was undertaking the most significant project of my life and was willing to commit as much time to practicing as needed to undo masculine socialization and was willing to go to almost any financial extreme available to me to alter any non-passing physical features. I was lucky enough to have the available credit (if not the cash) to allow me to do so, if necessary. I do NOT wish to suggest that women don't pass because they haven't worked hard enough. I'm merely trying to convey that to my mind anything short of full passing was unacceptable. It was essential for the way I wanted to live my life. AGAIN, I'd be horrified if anyone here read my attitude as a referendum on the behavior or attitude of others. I'm trying to give honest feedback about how I felt. And how I continue to feel about me.

I think to OP is looking for honesty one way or the other for the purpose hopefully of  helping others with this situation. It's such a weird condition to have because  just in the matter of a few hours my brain is telling me wow, I "pass", then 3 hours later I look in the mirror and go oh crap! what happened. It would be great to be totally invisible , but the reality is a little different. I just know I'll die  if I don't give it a go. Honestly I'm just not male material.

Quote from: Juliett on July 26, 2014, 12:07:19 PM
I had a harder time passing as male than I ever have as female. Due to a lack of testosterone during puberty, my transition has been quite... different.

Likewise. I started HRT (officially) at age 17. By 19 I couldn't pass as male among strangers so by the time SRS became available at age 24 'passing' was easier than 'not passing'.