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transSo I was bus-hopping to save money instead of taking the Greyhound and I went through my home town. I was kinda hoping that someone I knew from high school would get on, but I knew it was unlikely. Well it happened and we got to catch up on each other's lives and talk about people we knew.
I was wearing a trenchcoat that my ex-boyfriend gave me so it wasn't obvious that I had boobs or was wearing a girl's shirt. However, I never have problems passing even if I'm dressed andro and I'm living stealth with three straight girls on-campus and I have a straight boyfriend.
Well, this girl and I talked and it was cool. I didn't tell her that I was now living as a girl, including a name change and everything and she didn't really act like anything was different. I wanted to say something but I didn't have the guts to. She said she was on MySpace (although I have yet to find her) and I decided that I might just send her a message on there about it.
To be fair, I was very effeminate in high school, to the point of camp, and I'd been out as gay since Sophmore year. Perhaps trans women who lived as more masculine men and now live as feminine women have more reactions (or even be not recognizeable) to people who knew them before. With guys, within a year of being on T, nobody would really mistake them for being their old selves (especially if they lived as butches, as most did).
Has this sort of thing ever happened to anyone (of any gender) where you're totally passing as your target gender but then someone who knew you before doesn't even act like there's anything different about you?
I was wearing a trenchcoat that my ex-boyfriend gave me so it wasn't obvious that I had boobs or was wearing a girl's shirt. However, I never have problems passing even if I'm dressed andro and I'm living stealth with three straight girls on-campus and I have a straight boyfriend.
Well, this girl and I talked and it was cool. I didn't tell her that I was now living as a girl, including a name change and everything and she didn't really act like anything was different. I wanted to say something but I didn't have the guts to. She said she was on MySpace (although I have yet to find her) and I decided that I might just send her a message on there about it.
To be fair, I was very effeminate in high school, to the point of camp, and I'd been out as gay since Sophmore year. Perhaps trans women who lived as more masculine men and now live as feminine women have more reactions (or even be not recognizeable) to people who knew them before. With guys, within a year of being on T, nobody would really mistake them for being their old selves (especially if they lived as butches, as most did).
Has this sort of thing ever happened to anyone (of any gender) where you're totally passing as your target gender but then someone who knew you before doesn't even act like there's anything different about you?