Transgenders Showing Photos to Friends

As my make-overs and pictures get better, I've been tempted to show them off to current friends or family... I've posted them here and on Flickr... so why am I still so hesitant to get feedback from those closest to me?

If you asked me that a year ago, I would have said that it's because most of them are still ignorant to what a transgender is and a lot of them are homophobic as well...

Also, although I love my friends and family, I do not like the way they sometimes categorize people and make degrading comments out of ignorance and/or fear of the unknown.

Even if they fain support, I'd be the object of ridicule once I left and slowly be "phased out" of gatherings with family and friends.

At this point, none of that matters to me. I love who I am and if they can't accept me as I am, it's their loss... but considering how difficult everything else is right now in my life, I just don't need the added drama that showing my photos to them would bring.

A Transgender Test - Differences Between Transvestites and Transgenders

While most transvestites can dress up and then go right back to male mode, most transgenders find that very hard... even painful at times. It's not about wearing the girl clothes for us... it's about allowing ourselves to be who we are and allowing ourselves to be feminine.

I can't remember the last time that I was able to go to sleep at night without wearing something that was feminine. Even if I have to still fake the guy role at times during the day... from the moment I get home, til the moment I have to go back into "tom-boy mode", I need to allow myself to be who I really am. 

The other reason for my sleep-time "addiction" is... When you go to bed feeling pretty... You wake up feeling pretty...

Side note: Although I own  hundreds of feminine outfits and dozens of sexier nighties, I posted these because they are a few of my favorites to sleep in. 

Again... it's not about the clothes... it's about feeling feminine.

   

Transgender Bodies: Transforming Your Look

Beauty and the Beast

 

The beast is in our minds...

I hate my chin, knees, skinny ankles and "puppy paws"... but the more I learn to accept my faults and body flaws... the easier it becomes for me to allow the inner beauty to shine through...

   

Non-Trangender Related

I just saw another clueless and/or paid commentary about how safe fracking is,
so sorry... but I need to inform the uninformed...

Please spend some of your time on the Internet
researching the reality behind fracking
and how many of your elected officials
and supporters are getting paid off
to cover up the known side effects
that fracking is causing to the heath and lives
of your family, friends and millions of your countrymen.

People are dieing... Lives are being ruined...
Millions of us are affected so a few can profit.

We ALL need to know the truth and speak up.

Taking Transgender Cell Phone Selfies - Part 2

OK... Just to prove the point.... 

The photos above were cell phone selfies.

The photo below was taken the same day, with the same make-up.... on a real digital camera.

Nuf Said!

Side notes:
Both were taken with regular room lighting (no flash)
using GE Reveal light bulbs
(they tend to be less yellow than normal light bulbs).

Transgender Cell Phone Selfies

I'm not a big fan of selfies... especially when somebody takes (and posts) several every day.

That being said, I've always been SO JEALOUS of transvestites and transgenders that can take a cell phone selfie that comes out very cute, as a lot of us can't pull that off.

The reason for that is simple. Cell phones have wide angle lenses which tend to overly accentuate the chin, nose and all the other parts that those of us who were born as male do not want to be exaggerated when we are trying to pull off a female look. I highly suggest using a regular digital camera over the cell phone when you are taking pictures of yourself.

That being said, I was just going through my cell phone and noticed this attempt at a selfie. No make-up or pretty clothes... just chillin in overalls on a cold  January morning. I was suprized that it actually came out somewhat cute... so yes... you are looking at the first selfie that I have ever posted (but I still recommend a regular digital camera).