Do you have any "gender role models", celebrities or fictional characters or whatever that you identify with? Those you immediately think "that's me" or "I wanna be like that!" when you see them?

Hope many people will chime in, !

Two of mine: Jared Leto & Johnny Depp

Honestly, no.  Im thrilled to be me, one of a kind.

    I am happy to be me  I spent too much time pretending to be someone else not too be
   but who do I admire I would have to say Laverne Cox


     bobbisue

 I absolutely admire Gigi Gorgeous and can only hope that my transition makes me as beautiful as she is.


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I think La Roux is one. Amazing musician. Read an article how she felt when younger she wanted to transition to male but then discovered that nb is an option and decided that fit her better

Sam Smith sort off. There was an interview written I think in the Idependant where he mentioned he feels both male and female. But haven't heard of anything about it apart from that. Hope its not just going to get forgotten about 

Freddie Mercury and David Bowie definitely. They had a don't care what other people think attitude. I aspire to have that sort of confidence

Quote from: extraaction on November 19, 2017, 11:33:44 PM
Honestly, no.  Im thrilled to be me, one of a kind.

Beat me to it. 

Hugs, Devlyn

Masculine personality traits. Extremes of exercise/ male body pre transition.
Date / marry very attractive women. Withhold information. Children lots of em.

Come out And not exactly the most feminine trans woman but authentic none the less.
Caitlyn!

I have to admit relate to her. Mixed feelings.

Ellie Kemper because we (somewhat) have the same jaw structure. The longer im on hormones I hope I can be as petite as she is too. And of course I like the character Kimmy she plays lol

It's funny because being trans feels like being trapped in an underground bunker. [emoji17] until we finally get out

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Isabella Bennett from steam powered giraffe. She transitioned in the spotlight. They're not super famous but did get a bit of youtube fame before she started transitioning. They have a couple transition related songs too. Overall a really great band and the upside is now you can tell the Bennett's apart because two of the members are identical twins.

Jenny Boylan.

I greatly admire the courage of everyone who is a well known public figure and still felt the need to transition.

No matter what their personal or political views are, they are to be admired.

I'm just curious, PurpleWolf, are you going to be writing a book?  Toni

I do have a role model: the trans scientist who delivered a fascinating talk at a convention I attended a couple of years ago.  I won't mention her name because I don't know if she cares to be outed on a public forum such as this.

Her professionalism and competence cut through all perceptions of gender and made me realize that being trans didn't have to be freaky.  Her acceptance among the other convention attendees made me realize that transition didn't have to be as scary as I feared it would be.

Quote from: Charlie Nicki on November 20, 2017, 12:27:12 AM
I absolutely admire Gigi Gorgeous and can only hope that my transition makes me as beautiful as she is.


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Scratch that. Though I admire her transition and how pretty she is, I'm also disappointed at some of her latest social media content so I wouldn't consider her a role model.

Quote from: Toni on November 21, 2017, 03:22:29 PM
I'm just curious, PurpleWolf, are you going to be writing a book?  Toni

Of you guys on this forum  ?! No! Don't be afraid. Or was that just a joke?

- Just a trans guy getting some peer support & inventing interesting subjects to talk about  -

No. I can't think of any celebrities I particularly admire. I've never thought " oh that's me" about a celbrity. I certainly don't have a physical resemblance to any celebrities. Not real people anyway. I was told I look like an alien character named Stahma Tar by some ->-bleeped-<- at a trans support group.  I do admire many of the people here though. Some of you have been through a lot and managed to survive it.

I don't wholly admire any famous person perhaps mostly because I don't know any personally, but I do make use of them in a "role model" way. When I first started trying to understand women's fashion it occurred to me that wealthy celebrities just hire expensive stylists to choose their clothes, hairstyles and makeup fashions. So why not pick a celeb or two whose look I like and adapt their style to an extent?

That's what I've done and I regularly check the fashion pages for my celeb role models' latest street looks. I save pics to a folder on my computer and refer to that before I shop for clothes. I don't buy the designer labels they're wearing, but I find it's easy enough to find low cost alternatives to most designer fashions if you search a bit.

I don't say which celebs I follow, though, so as to not be seen as a second rate version of someone else. Ha! Actually, when you do this you always end up creating your own look, just using the celeb style as a starting point.

Well there are certain actors I admire, since I'm into that particular craft myself, and there are certain gay and lesbian actors which it's nice to see doing well. Trans actors are pretty rare. I can't say I use actors as role models necessarily, but they can often give good life advice since they get around and they meet a lot of people and often deal with things like addiction, depression and social pressure.

I've never really looked at someone and thought they were just like me, although there are some people who have uncanny amounts of similar experiences to me. I just try to take useful anecdotes and info from them and make use of it.

Quote from: PurpleWolf on November 19, 2017, 11:21:34 PM
Do you have any "gender role models", celebrities or fictional characters or whatever that you identify with? Those you immediately think "that's me" or "I wanna be like that!" when you see them?

PurpleWolf,

You have a knack for asking questions that crawl under my skin.

There is such a person -- a fictional character with whom I identify more closely than I can say. She is the me I would have been, had I been who I was supposed to be. When I look at her picture, it's like looking into a mirror. That is not hyperbole; it's the literal truth. And that could be kind of scary, I suppose, under other circumstances. I had my first experience of gender euphoria, imagining myself as her. It was an incredible experience.

Ok am prolly showing my age now but always loved
the classic looks and demeanour of . . .


Catherine Deneuve


Lauren Bacall

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