TFW you pick up your food and the bottom of the ticket just says "tg" which are not your initials. [eyes emoji]

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A few months ago I did a cursory search on "voice training trans men" & apparently the basic idea is that you should flatten your speech. To which I say fuck that, I was a theater kid, my intonation is practiced & purposeful & I like the way I sound. So even if I eventually "pass" in some narrow sense, I will always read (to the cishets) as Probably A Homosexual. To which I say oh well? It's not like going stealth will be an option anymore.

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Sometimes I think about how the folks with the clearest eyes on my transition are the counter guys at the corner shawarma place. I've been going there for years, at least 3x/week. I keep calling in my order, and they recognize my number or at least my name (I always give my surname at restaurants, always have), but my voice keeps changing. Sometimes I wonder how long they'll keep on calling me ma'am. I won't be able to pass for much longer. #transmasc #EarlyTransition

I've been fortunate to experience little to no transphobia in my personal life, but I live in a majority-Muslim neighborhood. Here the most crucial division isn't race or even religion, but whether you are a Man or a Woman. That pretty much determines everything. My voice is still within plausible female range, I shave as often as necessary, but six months from now I may not be able to pass as my former self.
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Sometimes I'm really stoked about all the changes T has wrought and sometimes I think about how many weeks I have before I gotta worry about being hate-crimed in the parking lot outside my shawarma place.
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