so girls... i wanna hear how tall are you and what size shoes you wear,
and does height pose a problem for you when it comes to passing?
cuz these are the things that can't be changed much (if at all) by
hormones or surgery
i am 184cm (which is 6' 0.5'') and wear size 44EU or 12US

I'm not really full time or anything that close to it, but I'm 6'1'' and wear like a size 8.5 to 9.5 in guys.  It's sorta just a small little thing you have to get over you know?  If ya can't change it, might as well accept it

I'm not really tall (174cm), so that's not a problem, but I do have giant hands and feet. -.-

Hands and feet usually correspond to height. Tall girls usually have bigger hands and feet.

I'm 6'2". Women generally don't notice. Men notice, especially as I get closer. But whether they read me not, I don't know.

~Kate~

I'm 5'10" but I'm very broad in the shoulders. I wear a size 11 wide shoe (US standards), I have to pick and choose the shoes as I have feet that look like blocks. My hands are large, size 15 ring finger. I think I pass, well anyway I get doors open for me and I'm called maam all the time. No one bats an eye in the ladies room or when I go to the gym to work out. So, go figure.
Sheila

Height: 5'6"

Wt  150lbs

Shoes: 8

Hands: small for us/size L ladies glove 

I am 5'6", hands have short fingers, but are alittle thick. Feet are small, but wide.

Height 6'6", shoe size EU44.

My height was always more of an issue to me than anyone else. I never really tried to pass , I just sopped pretending to be a man and allowed my true nature to show through. People just seem to accept me as a really tall woman which is what I am I guess.

Self acceptance seems to be key to getting others to accept.

Ann

I'm just under 6' (5.11 1/2, can't remember the metric) and a 12 in shoes, will take a wide if it's available.
Height is an instant attention-grabber, often people will look at you just because you're there. The key is not to lose one's cool under scrutiny, be nice and act as if you don't give a hoot about what they think. People will just see you as another  tall girl.

Quote from: soldierjane on April 19, 2008, 04:26:23 PM
I'm just under 6' (5.11 1/2, can't remember the metric) and a 12 in shoes, will take a wide if it's available.

-snip-

Yup, that's me too.  Except with a little bit wider feet still.  I've seriously considered surgery on my feet to bind them together. Apparently it exists but it's really expensive, fairly unsuccessful and kinda pointless.
My hand unfortunately are gigantically huge.  It comes from my mother, who has hands bigger than mine and she's only 5'5".

I'm down to 8.5-9 female, in shoes (was 9.5 in male pre-transition).
I'm just about 6 foot tall, size 6-8 US (8-10 UK) in tops, 4-6 US (5-7 UK) in bottoms
(26 inch waist, 38 inch hips, 0.68 waist to hip ratio)
Small hands (smaller than women 5 foot tall).
I'm super extra small overall, look like a very curvy twig :-).

For size, you have to look at proportions, many things like hands and feet
are proportional to height. No tall women wears size 7 shoes.

I'm 5'8.5" last time I checked, my hands are pretty proportionate to my size, and pretty feminine looking. My shoe size is 9.5-10... I usually go for 10 'cause I like comfy shoes and I usually get skater shoes (so, size 8 in mens... a lot of the shoes are unisex and have both sizes on there).

I don't remember my body measurements for other parts; I haven't measured in a long time and really haven't cared to.

I've never had a problem finding shoes and I'm pretty average for hight -- actually, a lot of younger girls are now taller than me. My recent ex  is 5'5" and wore size 10 (kinda big for her height). I have a lot of female friends that wear size 10, actually. I find it interesting in stores that cater to younger and 20-something size 10 is common, and so are longer clothes (long shirts/pants, etc) for longer bodies -- while stores that are meant for an older crowd usually have shorter clothes and lots of smaller shoes. And then walmart's clothes are just all uber big unless I shop in the kids section.

as for my body and how I "pass" I've never seemed to have any problems. Of course there are days when I see stuff that others don't seem to see, but I know that's my mind doing that -- it happens sometimes, to anyone, even non-trans people.

And I know plenty of women that look more boyish than a lot of people I know who are trans. My recent ex girlfriend, for example, who was often mistaken as my "boy friend" and once as my "son" by a taxi driver. So, I don't worry. And Iknow that many trans people do worry, but I find not worrying and being yourself makes a whole lot of difference rather than constantly thinking something about you is boyish (people pick up on you worrying, etc).

And then, of course, there's hrt and time -- it can be hard, but hrt combined with time really does a lot. I believe having surgery also helps with how you perceive yourself, as well as helping out the hrt.


--natalie

Quote from: soldierjane on April 19, 2008, 04:26:23 PM
Height is an instant attention-grabber, often people will look at you just because you're there. The key is not to lose one's cool under scrutiny, be nice and act as if you don't give a hoot about what they think. People will just see you as another  tall girl.

i feel the same way obut this... when you're tall you attract attention so
people look at you more and therefore are more likely to see imperfections
i feel that smaller (not neceseraly shorter) girls can easier get away with
some masculine threats and that taller/larger girl are more likely to be "read"
if they have anything but feminine features

Hi Natalie, still counting down I see, That is good. Have a wonderful day.

Cindy

My hands and feet aren't all that long, but they are almost square. Big slabs of unresponsive meat.

I'm 5' 7" tall

shoe size: U.K size 7

I'm 5'6", 135 lbs, small hands and head size.  I wear 8 1/2 women's US.

Kristi

Simone's Vital Statistics:

Disclaimer: Simone is not yet Full Time. Simone is a scaredy-cat about going out with vitals as listed below.

Height: 181cm (6.03ft tall)
Weight: Yeah ... right ... I will say though that I am fairly muscular and consequently fairly heavy. E be my saviour 
Shoe: Female Size 10 UK (Size 12 US, Size 45 EU, and Size 290 Japan )
Hands: Quite big, but at least not those huge soup-plate hands.
Shoulders: Broad from too many years of Karate and weights. About 45 inches circumference.
Pinky Nails: Very feminine looking. Pretty much the only part of my hands I can bear looking at! 

~Simone.

5' 3" tall 125lbs, no muscles, small frame. Never could gain weight over 115lbs until in just the recent 4 years, Estrogen I guess. Now I have a pot I want to get rid of but at least I got some results in places I want as well. I walk a couple of mile per day. Shoe size 8 women's and of course my mane of long dark brown hair that I have always been proud of. Surprisingly no greys yet.

Cindy