I think that these days all bets are off regarding gender and its presentation.
I have read stories of people transitioning with full HRT and then continuing to present androgynously because that is where they are comfortable. Not all genetic women are very feminine so why some transgender women not be the same?
The options are very variable and you get to make up your own rules and for me living part time is what works and likely will for the long term.
The other day I ran into another Walt Heyer interview where he keeps saying that being transgender is actually a form of mental illness. But then here’s the rub: if people are happy living the way they are after years of being miserable, they function well in their jobs and in society how is that mental illness?
You cannot speak for others only for yourself and that is where he errs.
Don’t worry yourself too much about labels and proceed slowly and organically to a resting point that works for you. There is pure magic in that. There …
I have read stories of people transitioning with full HRT and then continuing to present androgynously because that is where they are comfortable. Not all genetic women are very feminine so why some transgender women not be the same?
The options are very variable and you get to make up your own rules and for me living part time is what works and likely will for the long term.
The other day I ran into another Walt Heyer interview where he keeps saying that being transgender is actually a form of mental illness. But then here’s the rub: if people are happy living the way they are after years of being miserable, they function well in their jobs and in society how is that mental illness?
You cannot speak for others only for yourself and that is where he errs.
Don’t worry yourself too much about labels and proceed slowly and organically to a resting point that works for you. There is pure magic in that. There …