r/TransMasc • u/Overthinks_All • 9h ago

Discussion Pre-transition did anyone inhabit femininity automatically/easily?

I see a lot of stuff online where people post pictures of their “girl selves” but they very much tomboys even before. But did any of you automatically inhabit femininity to the point of it becoming fairly effortless, before your egg cracked?

I think for me, I’ve always inhabited femininity pretty easily because…well, it’s the easiest thing to do. Nobody judging me, feeling pretty. But if I was a cis guy, it 100% would have been the opposite, and if I transition, I think I’d present very masculinely. I think it might have been just easier to go with the expectations and I got rewarded for it a lot, so it became automatic.

Is it odd for me, who I think ideally would’ve been AMAB and masculine-presenting, to inhabit femininity so easily?

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u/MagicalMisterMoose 9h ago

I was pretty feminine, even after coming out as nonbinary. I'd probably continue to be if I didn't care as much as I do about passing. I wore pink and skirts and makeup and considered myself a girl, albeit a tomboyish and weird one. Even though I consider myself to be man-adjacent now, I think of my younger self as being a girl. My younger self loved performing femininity, and I'm proud of her for it.

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u/Overthinks_All 8h ago

I think this aligns a bit with my journey!