I hope i can go stealth. I'm like a bodybuilder right now

Quote from: fionabell on December 18, 2011, 10:25:03 PM
Oh so stealth is just not bringing up that you are trans and letting people think you were born female.

But I don't know what anyone is thinking, nor do I care.

I just exist.

Quote from: fionabell on December 18, 2011, 10:25:03 PM
Oh so stealth is just not bringing up that you are trans and letting people think you were born female.


I've been reading it as , taking hormones but still going around as your man self lol.

Thanks. It's cleared up.

Mental note: Must work on voice and possibly a hand-o-rechtomy

Kia Ora Fiona,

The alternative 'stealth' as used by some... [Well according to Zenda's observations-so take with a pinch of salt ]

Stealth =Feeling like one should have been born the opposite sex, but not disclosing ones true feelings to others.

Deep stealth = Living as ones birth sex but still in denial of ones true feelings-[For M2Fs some become very 'macho' in an attempt to deny their trans-nature]

Semi-stealth = Still living as ones birth sex, but have just come to terms with ones condition and have told a select few,[and perhaps have started HRT but not living as ones opposite birth sex yet] or in private have experimented [dressed up and may have even gone out in public] but not yet ready to tell  others...

Another 'in a nutshell' moment: [Or an according to Zenda moment, have salt at the ready]....

Stealth = Swapping one closet for another = Living as ones birth sex one is in the closet about ones true feelings["I feel like a man/woman !"] ...Then one comes out for a period of time,[transitions] before venturing back into another closet= either deep stealth which can be quite claustrophobic at times or semi stealth where the closet door is left a jar wide enough so one can either step out or invite others in !

Metta Zenda

Quote from: Cindi Jones on December 18, 2011, 03:04:45 AM
I don't come out to anyone. It's been many years since my transition. I am who I am. The people I now know have always known me as "Cindi". I have no desire to complicate my life. I wanted to be a woman, not an object of curiosity.

It took many years to reach this place in my life. I moved a few times, took different jobs, and here I am. I like it just fine. My only connection to my past is here, where I might be able to help someone along the way.

This sums up what stealth means for me as well. It took a lot of work moving, taking different jobs, changing my last name, changing every bit of contact information and saying bye to everyone I ever knew except my closest family. Even living with protected identity for a while.
Now I don't take any measures to hide anything because there is nothing to hide. Time passed and your past become more and more distant. I kind of figure myself living in stealth as well since no one "knows" and if they would know or suspect it's not an issue and no one has ever mentioned anything (I doubt it but you never know if HR department or something found out by chance somehow). I actually met someone I knew when I was 16 the other day in a night club. Someone who used to bully me a bit for being who I am/was and I had MAJOR fun making him think I'd go home with him and letting him buy me drinks without disclosing he used to know me.

That's what stealth means to me.