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trans2005-03-25 12:08 am
jennyemily.livejournal.com) wrote in trans2005-03-25 12:08 am
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I have a question to ask, because it is something that I used to do for very specific reasons, and I want to know if I was alone in doing it or not.
From my mid teens, I used to go out of my way to buy stuff like basques and very femminine underwear, gymskirts, as well as bridesmaid and wedding dresses that I used to get from charity shops. I can't explain it, but it seemed that these three things were - to me at least - the most femminine things I could lay my hands on.
I guess I was trying to acknowledge what I knew I was in the most obvios way I could. At one point I had over 30 basques - which is excessive for anyone. But since I started hormone treatment, I no longer feel the need to prove my femmininity to anyone. It's like that now I am happy with me, and the me I am becomming, there is no longer that need to show openly to the world "I am a woman".
Did anyone else experience similar circumstances, with excessively buying clothing or stuff to match the gender identity they identified with? And did the urge to prove go when you started hormone treatment?
Just being nosey :)
From my mid teens, I used to go out of my way to buy stuff like basques and very femminine underwear, gymskirts, as well as bridesmaid and wedding dresses that I used to get from charity shops. I can't explain it, but it seemed that these three things were - to me at least - the most femminine things I could lay my hands on.
I guess I was trying to acknowledge what I knew I was in the most obvios way I could. At one point I had over 30 basques - which is excessive for anyone. But since I started hormone treatment, I no longer feel the need to prove my femmininity to anyone. It's like that now I am happy with me, and the me I am becomming, there is no longer that need to show openly to the world "I am a woman".
Did anyone else experience similar circumstances, with excessively buying clothing or stuff to match the gender identity they identified with? And did the urge to prove go when you started hormone treatment?
Just being nosey :)