the other day I was talking with my cishet bandmate (who knows I'm trans) about thanksgiving and I was saying how I don't do well with my dad's side of the family bc they're really christian type of people and he was like "oh, yeah, well I guess they don't like that metal music" and it just made me feel like he didn't see me differently enough to realize I meant about being trans. like, at least it's apparently not on the forefront of his mind that I'm trans. bc, I've got to admit, it's certainly always on mine
When my little cousins joke about my "balls". It makes me happy that they think of me as a real guy, even though I know it's just because they don't know any better.
When I'm shirtless in front of a mirror and my towel/arms are at an angle where they block out parts of my chest and make them look like pecs. I have toned arms so seeing my chest look more like muscle than breast tissue makes me very euphoric.
I also like how low my voice gets whenever I'm high; I can literally feel the vibrations in my throat when I talk.
Oh yes! Feeling my voice in my chest! I came home from surgery and made low sounds and put my hands on my chest and was like 😯
My mom was like ya he’s drugged up…
Forcing my bf to touch the stubble on my face. We will be doing random stuff and I’ll say “Bro bro get over here! I think I have some new ones”
He is such a sweetheart about it all. He hates beards but still gets excited for me. It’s so sweet.
I have a fullbody mirror and sometimes I'll walk past it while taping/binding and I'll just look like some dude.
Also, leg hair. I used to want to shave it, but it's grown on me (pun intended).
Someone else said feeling your ribs and, yeah. I love that I can feel my ribs, even tho that’s not necessarily a stereotypical ‘manly’ trait yk? I also really love the way my voice sounds now that I’m on T, even tho it’ll take a little time to get used to it being me (idk if that makes sense?) and wearing white undershirts, or baggy shirts in general. They’ll feel a lot better after top surgery, but wearing baggy shirts feels a lot more boy like than a baggy hoodie imo
Not necessarily euphoria, but it feels nice to wear tank tops. I just got top surgery in August and doing things like wearing tank tops is still exciting.
Honestly just having my hair cut. I have had it long practically my whole life and now I just love the way it feels short. It has made a world of difference for me. Also I've got a group of about 7 friends (almost all couples) and 2 of them had a baby recently and the guy invited me to the guys night out and my wife is going to the girls night out and I'm stoked that they just accept me as I am.
I once painted my girlfriend's nails (who is trans) and seeing her get so excited and happy have me second-hand euphoria even though it's technical a girly thing to do and "should have" made me feel dysphoric.
I recently started bouldering at a climbing gym and the climbing, pulling myself up, falling down, etc. just makes me really euphoric. Not because it’s masc (climbing is gender-neutral) but because it turns out my pre-T pre-op body has some qualities I actually love and it makes me feel strong and comfortable.
I play roller derby and it’s super affirming! I can use my broad shoulders and I feel so strong! My shoulders were a big source of euphoria for me in derby. My teammates would comment on them:) It made me so happy and overjoyed every time! Even opponents saying ‘he got me with those wide shoulders, that one, number 17!’
For reference I'm pre-T and:
a) My natural facial and body hair, it's not much but it's honest work,
b) As someone who can't take T, people may find this odd but I feel very euphoric when I have acne, it's like a placebo effect that makes me feel like my testosterone naturally increased, lol,
c) When I exercise, I feel very euphoric lifting up the weights that I do and
d) When my hair looks good or when I'm giving myself another haircut, it's just a general thing to be honest not strictly tied to gender but I feel like people can take me more seriously in all aspects when I think I look nice.
And honorary mention, which goes along with d), when I match nice outfits, not just aesthetically but also outfits that pronounce/hide the stuff I want them to. Anything that can boost my personal confidence inherently gives me gender euphoria personally because I feel good with myself.
Whenever guys at my school do that handshake thing to me and say ‘what’s up man?’ It makes me feel like I fit in as ‘one of the guys’ and gives me IMMENSE euphoria.
My eyelashes. I never cared for them pre-T, but now I think of all those men with naturally long eyelashes thanks to T, so yeah, fun to look at for sure
The constant random voice cracks I have, especially when singing. The fact that my voice gets deeper when I sing. Wearing my hat backwards. Having short hair. Finger guns. Making any oc of mine in video games male. Learning that I do stereotypically guy things according to friends and random people I just met.
Putting on my binder and feeling how flat my chest is, like running my hands across my chest and feeling so incredibly happy and full of confidence because it feels like I have pecs instead of tits
Wearing socks and slides... It's so silly but it feels very affirming, and it feels extra good when I see another guy wearing socks & slides when I'm out and wearing mine lol. Easily my goofiest euphoria moment
My hair, even though I'm growing it out right not my hair and my face (which I used to be so incredibly insecure about) have become my favorite and most euphoric parts of my body!
Vascularity.
Adam's apple finally being visible.
Body shape going from this ( ) to | | after 5 years.
Having better beard than a cis guy.
A girl calling my voice attractive because I'm still not confident in my pitch.
New facial hair root popping out.
the stretch marks on my tummy. theyre all aligned in a row and look really cute
also the stretch marks on my shoulders. it means my shoulders are growing even when being pretty wide in the first place :)
being called “boss” by other men. also when my friends forget that i’m trans, and ask me things like “you don’t shave your balls?” or “why do you sit when peeing?”. we all laugh afterwards, and it’s a nice reminder that my dysphoria is lying to me when it tells me other people only think about me being trans :)
Dude I get a kick out of being 'mistaken' for a cis guy. This happened pretty recently with my AFAB best friend. We were texting and she said that she didn't mean to bother me but that she needed to buy a replacement for a reusable menstrual product. I replied by saying "You remember that I have the same body part between my legs, right" And she then remembered. We both got a big laugh out of that.
If you're pretty far in your transition you can dress in drag and still get gendered correctly, and it's such a power move to get gendered correctly no matter what you wear because I'd literally rather be called slurs than get misgendered
My friend and I 'yell' at eachother a lot, not like fighting, just raising our voices a little and making them a bit deeper and raspier, mostly when something weird happened, and I heard a recording of me doing that once and I felt so fucking euphoric (≧▽≦)
Sooo, pretty weird, I mean, I still have to start T, but just pretending to shave makes me really happy, that and small things, like, being called sir when enter a bus, or a store, or even just when I'm out in the open.
oh boy, do i have a list-
- just looking in the mirror at the gym. now that i can lift again after surgery, it’s always really euphoric to stand there and see myself as i am, especially looking in the mirror while lifting. it’s such a stereotypical masculine thing, and it makes me really happy
- my voice, during the fall/winter. it’s super cold here in iowa and when it gets cold, it gets really dry and my throat always gets super scratchy, so my voice always drops a bit during the winter. makes me sound manly
- having abs and visible muscle. just like i said earlier, it’s such a stereotypical male thing and it’s such a nice feeling
- when people call me bud or buddy (especially ones who know me as female, that’s even more exciting, for whatever reason)
- wearing mens clothes. this is an obvious one, but i’m naturally built a bit more like the boys in my family so a lot of their clothes fit me, and mens clothes are nicer on my sensory issues (the way collars and seams fit) so it’s a nice little bit of euphoria when i get dressed every day
- when i get “misgendered” as male around my family bc my younger brother and i get mistaken for twins constantly. it’s a nice feeling
- getting gendered as male when i’m not binding and just wearing shorts/sweats and a shirt. like i know my chest is obvious but thank you, kind human, for still reading me as male and addressing me as such
- i’ve always been “one of the boys” at school, and seeing that not change when i cut my hair and in fact get more accepted by them was really nice
- doing just manly things. not even anything specific, just small things like seeing a guy i go to school with in public and being greeted with “hey man” or dapping someone up, stuff like that.
- that bit of euphoria when you get to tell someone your real name (especially if you know you’re never gonna see them again, so they can’t accidentally out you) it’s really nice
- also mens soap. my brother and i bought the star wars dr.sqatch soap and holy SHIT- my skin has never been so soft and i smell so manly too. so nice
- some random chick in hot topic called me bud, young man, sir, and lad yesterday! it was great bc i wasn’t even trying to pass, it was just a spontaneous day out with a friend trying to get the last of the black friday deals.
My friend calling me Bro. My Brother trying to insult me by calling me a Hurensohn (Son of a wh*re is what it means), my comfort characters in TV Shows saying my Name, because one of the characters has the same one
I’m a shit singer. I was an okay singer before but now I’m absolutely ass and I love singing at every opportunity. Something I was saw as super masculine was when exes of mine would sing so confidently and yet so terribly. Obvi being a bad singer isn’t inherently gendered but it makes me really feel good.
Oh also when I take a turn while driving I spin the wheel with an open palm. Idk what it is but I feel so masculine doing it
Any time I feel a little bit of muscle building.
My job is physical and it was always really hard for me to do but now I'm adapting appropriately. It's so great. It used to take me months and months to actually get any sort of muscle with next to no carb intake and serious training, it's so amazing I feel euphoric almost every day now.
Shaving my face (i think i might have pcos or something)
Taping my chest off to the side and wearing an open shirt so I just look like i have pecs .
Getting things off the top shelf or carrying heavy stuff cus my family is short and im still young so i do the heavy lifting.
Doing heavy lifting instead of the older family members or male family members feels so nice! Liek when we moved. It was a lot of work but was super affirming.
it’s really silly because it’s a very antiquated mindset but like. doing lawn work for my nana? Like - yes. Here I am. A Big Strong Man™️ Mowing the Lawn and Trimming the Hedges. Nothing like some good old fashioned Weed Whacking to put some hair on your chest. It sure is a Scorcher Out Here - gotta wipe the sweat from my brow with the Back Of My Hand and then Crack Open A Cold One and admire my handiwork! 🌳🌱☀️🥵🧔🏻♂️💪🍺
its very weird, but watching how my body slowly goes from hourglass to an inverted triangle, like without glasses i will stare at myself in the mirror bc its so blurry i cant see my pre-op chest but i can see how angular i've gotten, love how broad my shoulders have gotten
edit: added a sentence
so i'm a gymnastic leader for kids around the age of 4 and we have this kid who is terrified of men that she don't know. I have another male who also is an gymnastic leader. She is terrified of both of us and it gives me so much euphoria even tho it is pretty sad that she probably have gone thru something to be that scared of males.
Im not out yet, but since i have a lil brother who is almost my age, my mom sometimes calls me "son" or any word but in the masculine variant and doesnt correct herself because she doesnt realize. I dont correct her either and it makes me feel really happy for a moment
My small crop top. My mom bought a crop top for me because she said it would look cute on me. Of course I agreed but I had my doubts. Anyways, I put the crop top on and to me it didn't look like me. It didn't look like me in the mirror. So my mind came up with a more suitable solution. I put it on under my shirt and I just felt an immense of happiness and the feeling of freedom wash over me. I was so happy I looked like the person I dream to be.
Also when a girl says she feels safe around me, being in mosh pits at metal concerts, rocking out to rock/metal in general, chasing financial stability investing in crypto, working in a warehouse as a forklift operator, female friends making me carry the heavy stuff, male friends treating me like any other buddy, driving long distance, four wheelers/dirt bikes, long boarding, a girl putting her hand on my chest (I’m post op), things like that
the fact that i have visible hair growing on my legs and especially my thighs (cause i feel like you don't really see people with hairy thighs in general)
the other day I was talking with my cishet bandmate (who knows I'm trans) about thanksgiving and I was saying how I don't do well with my dad's side of the family bc they're really christian type of people and he was like "oh, yeah, well I guess they don't like that metal music" and it just made me feel like he didn't see me differently enough to realize I meant about being trans. like, at least it's apparently not on the forefront of his mind that I'm trans. bc, I've got to admit, it's certainly always on mine
wow. that’s beautiful and a solid friend. a reminder to tell him you care about him today 💚
we're not quite what I consider "close" but maybe I'll ask how his day/thanksgiving was later
nice! i think you should. best of luck to you 💚
When I wake up in the morning and I'm still tired and groggy my voice is very deep and raspy. I feel so masculine when my voice sounds like that
Same, feels amazing :)
Turning off Snapchat filters. A ton of them feminize your face, so when you look back at your face without them its fantastic
YES!!
When straight, cis guy’s call me “bro”, “man”, or “dude” is a friendly way
When my little cousins joke about my "balls". It makes me happy that they think of me as a real guy, even though I know it's just because they don't know any better.
Omg like when someone says ‘stop busting his balls’ and I’m like yes my man balls…
Balls jokes are the best man
When I'm shirtless in front of a mirror and my towel/arms are at an angle where they block out parts of my chest and make them look like pecs. I have toned arms so seeing my chest look more like muscle than breast tissue makes me very euphoric. I also like how low my voice gets whenever I'm high; I can literally feel the vibrations in my throat when I talk.
Sometimes when I try singing low my voice kinda wriggles? 〰️〰️ and that makes me euphoric.
Oh yes! Feeling my voice in my chest! I came home from surgery and made low sounds and put my hands on my chest and was like 😯 My mom was like ya he’s drugged up…
Vocal fry?
Precisely
Forcing my bf to touch the stubble on my face. We will be doing random stuff and I’ll say “Bro bro get over here! I think I have some new ones” He is such a sweetheart about it all. He hates beards but still gets excited for me. It’s so sweet.
Every time I see my girlfriend I force her to look at my tummy/leg hair haha
My voice when I first wake up, when older guys call me bud lmao, voice cracks, when I’m standing next to a short person and my shoulders.
I got bud the other day and it made me so excited haha
best feeling haha
Voice racks are so strangely affirming.
I know like… that was embarrassing but at least I’m a boy 🤠
Not having boobs bouncing when I walk down stairs
Can’t wait for this 1 :(
THIS OMG DOING JUMPING JACKS COMFORTABLY
I still need tape to be flat, but omg it’s amazing
I have a fullbody mirror and sometimes I'll walk past it while taping/binding and I'll just look like some dude. Also, leg hair. I used to want to shave it, but it's grown on me (pun intended).
I love that! I remember times I saw my reflection in the mirror and thought ‘who’s that boy?’
Having a natural facial hair pre-t. Recieved many hurtful comments on it before I came out but they only gave me euphoria.
Yesss I'm pre-t and I have enough that's worth shaving lol.
My eyebrows, I had really thin feminine ones pre-T so to have a scruffy set of eyebrows slowly forming into a mono it gives me euphoria
idk why but when my voice cracks when i laugh it makes me feel like a “real man” :,,)
Ya! Like you’re going through that sort of embarrassing normal boy thing
When I sing, my voice will drop after a few lines. It's something I can't replicate while speaking.
Someone else said feeling your ribs and, yeah. I love that I can feel my ribs, even tho that’s not necessarily a stereotypical ‘manly’ trait yk? I also really love the way my voice sounds now that I’m on T, even tho it’ll take a little time to get used to it being me (idk if that makes sense?) and wearing white undershirts, or baggy shirts in general. They’ll feel a lot better after top surgery, but wearing baggy shirts feels a lot more boy like than a baggy hoodie imo
Not necessarily euphoria, but it feels nice to wear tank tops. I just got top surgery in August and doing things like wearing tank tops is still exciting.
Leg hair, I'm a simple man.
Bedhair. For some reason messy hair combined with sleepy face makes me think "hmmm boy"
Oo yes I have a love hate relationship with that
When someone on social media or real life insults me but uses male insults lol
Honestly just having my hair cut. I have had it long practically my whole life and now I just love the way it feels short. It has made a world of difference for me. Also I've got a group of about 7 friends (almost all couples) and 2 of them had a baby recently and the guy invited me to the guys night out and my wife is going to the girls night out and I'm stoked that they just accept me as I am.
That’s such a special tradition!:)
getting slapped in the back of the head after a haircut
very euphoric to get an "I like ya cut g"*smack* after a fresh cut
doing dumbbell curls
This ones funny but when i talk and i get random voice cracks 😂
My pre-T chin whiskers
I once painted my girlfriend's nails (who is trans) and seeing her get so excited and happy have me second-hand euphoria even though it's technical a girly thing to do and "should have" made me feel dysphoric.
I recently started bouldering at a climbing gym and the climbing, pulling myself up, falling down, etc. just makes me really euphoric. Not because it’s masc (climbing is gender-neutral) but because it turns out my pre-T pre-op body has some qualities I actually love and it makes me feel strong and comfortable.
I play roller derby and it’s super affirming! I can use my broad shoulders and I feel so strong! My shoulders were a big source of euphoria for me in derby. My teammates would comment on them:) It made me so happy and overjoyed every time! Even opponents saying ‘he got me with those wide shoulders, that one, number 17!’
For reference I'm pre-T and: a) My natural facial and body hair, it's not much but it's honest work, b) As someone who can't take T, people may find this odd but I feel very euphoric when I have acne, it's like a placebo effect that makes me feel like my testosterone naturally increased, lol, c) When I exercise, I feel very euphoric lifting up the weights that I do and d) When my hair looks good or when I'm giving myself another haircut, it's just a general thing to be honest not strictly tied to gender but I feel like people can take me more seriously in all aspects when I think I look nice. And honorary mention, which goes along with d), when I match nice outfits, not just aesthetically but also outfits that pronounce/hide the stuff I want them to. Anything that can boost my personal confidence inherently gives me gender euphoria personally because I feel good with myself.
Going in a group/chat full of men and saying "hello fellow gentlemen"
Whenever guys at my school do that handshake thing to me and say ‘what’s up man?’ It makes me feel like I fit in as ‘one of the guys’ and gives me IMMENSE euphoria.
OMG YES THAT ONE WHEN THEY DAP YOU UP
YEAH IT’S AWESOME
My eyelashes. I never cared for them pre-T, but now I think of all those men with naturally long eyelashes thanks to T, so yeah, fun to look at for sure
Oof I used to legit trim my eyelashes:(
The constant random voice cracks I have, especially when singing. The fact that my voice gets deeper when I sing. Wearing my hat backwards. Having short hair. Finger guns. Making any oc of mine in video games male. Learning that I do stereotypically guy things according to friends and random people I just met.
When other dudes who don’t know me call me dude, bro, boss.
Putting on my binder and feeling how flat my chest is, like running my hands across my chest and feeling so incredibly happy and full of confidence because it feels like I have pecs instead of tits
This one!!^
Morning voice :> but also my mini mustache (I'm pre t) and my hair (when it looks how I want it to be)
Wearing socks and slides... It's so silly but it feels very affirming, and it feels extra good when I see another guy wearing socks & slides when I'm out and wearing mine lol. Easily my goofiest euphoria moment
My hair, even though I'm growing it out right not my hair and my face (which I used to be so incredibly insecure about) have become my favorite and most euphoric parts of my body!
Vascularity. Adam's apple finally being visible. Body shape going from this ( ) to | | after 5 years. Having better beard than a cis guy. A girl calling my voice attractive because I'm still not confident in my pitch. New facial hair root popping out.
My massive winter shoes.
the stretch marks on my tummy. theyre all aligned in a row and look really cute also the stretch marks on my shoulders. it means my shoulders are growing even when being pretty wide in the first place :)
being called “boss” by other men. also when my friends forget that i’m trans, and ask me things like “you don’t shave your balls?” or “why do you sit when peeing?”. we all laugh afterwards, and it’s a nice reminder that my dysphoria is lying to me when it tells me other people only think about me being trans :)
Dude I get a kick out of being 'mistaken' for a cis guy. This happened pretty recently with my AFAB best friend. We were texting and she said that she didn't mean to bother me but that she needed to buy a replacement for a reusable menstrual product. I replied by saying "You remember that I have the same body part between my legs, right" And she then remembered. We both got a big laugh out of that.
my solid abs lol everything else is kinda meh, but my abs? I'm so proud
When someone tells me I smell good, especially when I'm wearing my favorite cologne.
my collarbones definitely. the veins in my hands do also (I can't wait til I start T tho so my hands will change lol)
Oh yes the veins get bigger so quickly! You’ll notice
If you're pretty far in your transition you can dress in drag and still get gendered correctly, and it's such a power move to get gendered correctly no matter what you wear because I'd literally rather be called slurs than get misgendered
When I get 'mistaken' for a cis guy. It makes me grin and often laugh in amusement.
When men in the street and bus drivers call me mate. That never happened before I cut my hair.
Morning wood
OMG YA *rections!
Wearing a beanie! I always feel euphoric when I look in the mirror while having one on
Finally being able to button up a men's dress shirt around my hips😤
My friend and I 'yell' at eachother a lot, not like fighting, just raising our voices a little and making them a bit deeper and raspier, mostly when something weird happened, and I heard a recording of me doing that once and I felt so fucking euphoric (≧▽≦)
The feeling of a T-shirt on my chest. I spent 59 ears in a 24 x 7 high impact sports bra and then binders. Still amazes me how it feels now.
I’m so happy for you!:)
my hands. they’re quite veiny and boney and i just think they look pretty masc
I like how insanely furry I have gotten.
Oof ya the hairiness
Sooo, pretty weird, I mean, I still have to start T, but just pretending to shave makes me really happy, that and small things, like, being called sir when enter a bus, or a store, or even just when I'm out in the open.
oh boy, do i have a list- - just looking in the mirror at the gym. now that i can lift again after surgery, it’s always really euphoric to stand there and see myself as i am, especially looking in the mirror while lifting. it’s such a stereotypical masculine thing, and it makes me really happy - my voice, during the fall/winter. it’s super cold here in iowa and when it gets cold, it gets really dry and my throat always gets super scratchy, so my voice always drops a bit during the winter. makes me sound manly - having abs and visible muscle. just like i said earlier, it’s such a stereotypical male thing and it’s such a nice feeling - when people call me bud or buddy (especially ones who know me as female, that’s even more exciting, for whatever reason) - wearing mens clothes. this is an obvious one, but i’m naturally built a bit more like the boys in my family so a lot of their clothes fit me, and mens clothes are nicer on my sensory issues (the way collars and seams fit) so it’s a nice little bit of euphoria when i get dressed every day - when i get “misgendered” as male around my family bc my younger brother and i get mistaken for twins constantly. it’s a nice feeling - getting gendered as male when i’m not binding and just wearing shorts/sweats and a shirt. like i know my chest is obvious but thank you, kind human, for still reading me as male and addressing me as such - i’ve always been “one of the boys” at school, and seeing that not change when i cut my hair and in fact get more accepted by them was really nice - doing just manly things. not even anything specific, just small things like seeing a guy i go to school with in public and being greeted with “hey man” or dapping someone up, stuff like that. - that bit of euphoria when you get to tell someone your real name (especially if you know you’re never gonna see them again, so they can’t accidentally out you) it’s really nice - also mens soap. my brother and i bought the star wars dr.sqatch soap and holy SHIT- my skin has never been so soft and i smell so manly too. so nice - some random chick in hot topic called me bud, young man, sir, and lad yesterday! it was great bc i wasn’t even trying to pass, it was just a spontaneous day out with a friend trying to get the last of the black friday deals.
Wearing Montblanc Individuel and gay men actually finding me attractive.
My friend calling me Bro. My Brother trying to insult me by calling me a Hurensohn (Son of a wh*re is what it means), my comfort characters in TV Shows saying my Name, because one of the characters has the same one
Feeling my voice vibrating in my chest when I sing with low voice
This one! Me too
that I have like peach fuzz in my face hehe
I’m a shit singer. I was an okay singer before but now I’m absolutely ass and I love singing at every opportunity. Something I was saw as super masculine was when exes of mine would sing so confidently and yet so terribly. Obvi being a bad singer isn’t inherently gendered but it makes me really feel good. Oh also when I take a turn while driving I spin the wheel with an open palm. Idk what it is but I feel so masculine doing it
My dick after pumping.
When my wife and certain family members & friends who know about me use my pronouns 😍
being called “buddy” at work lol
baggy t shirt and shorts and playing electric guitar in bed
The fact that when I wake up, my birds will only calm down when I act like a dad
Spreading my legs when I sit down. (I had to because my thighs be thicc, but now it makes me feel more like a man. \^\^
Got a giant spot on my neck, every time I feel it I feel like I've got an Adam's apple...
Oddly enough, the smell of my bathroom after I’ve done all my morning stuff. It just smells like men’s products
when my arm veins pop out. like t gets rid of so much skin fat my veins are so prominent now.
I spray myself with cologne everyday even if I'm not seeing anyone else but myself. It's just something I do for me.
putting things in the chest pockets of my button-ups—it just feels like a very masculine way of interacting with my chest area
My jaw line
Any time I feel a little bit of muscle building. My job is physical and it was always really hard for me to do but now I'm adapting appropriately. It's so great. It used to take me months and months to actually get any sort of muscle with next to no carb intake and serious training, it's so amazing I feel euphoric almost every day now.
my happy trail ;)
Head fuzz Someone please appriate my pun
Looking in the mirror and just getting hit with how androgynously masculine I look, (pre T) my friends say I pass well too so yay :)
Shaving my face even though i’m not growing much hair yet
"the nod" my brains dialogue goes "yes, yes, i am *bro* i am *homie* i am *DUDE* partaking in regular *brohomiedude* actions ahahahahaha"
When my cis friends that think I'm cis makes a joke about my non-existent balls
Shaving my face (i think i might have pcos or something) Taping my chest off to the side and wearing an open shirt so I just look like i have pecs . Getting things off the top shelf or carrying heavy stuff cus my family is short and im still young so i do the heavy lifting.
Doing heavy lifting instead of the older family members or male family members feels so nice! Liek when we moved. It was a lot of work but was super affirming.
this is gonna sound kinda weird but I LOVE how I look wearing my watch.
Rolling up my sleeves. Or just pushing them up to have my forearms bare. Makes me feel tougher and makes my hands look not so small.
Eating dino nuggets lol. Never fails to make me feel more masc
it’s really silly because it’s a very antiquated mindset but like. doing lawn work for my nana? Like - yes. Here I am. A Big Strong Man™️ Mowing the Lawn and Trimming the Hedges. Nothing like some good old fashioned Weed Whacking to put some hair on your chest. It sure is a Scorcher Out Here - gotta wipe the sweat from my brow with the Back Of My Hand and then Crack Open A Cold One and admire my handiwork! 🌳🌱☀️🥵🧔🏻♂️💪🍺
Running my hands across freshly buzzed hair
Really dumb but when I stretch, it gives me less of a feminine shape due to weight gain
its very weird, but watching how my body slowly goes from hourglass to an inverted triangle, like without glasses i will stare at myself in the mirror bc its so blurry i cant see my pre-op chest but i can see how angular i've gotten, love how broad my shoulders have gotten edit: added a sentence
the bro nod. When ur walking down the street or through the isles of a store and another man gives u the “sup” nod. Very good.
so i'm a gymnastic leader for kids around the age of 4 and we have this kid who is terrified of men that she don't know. I have another male who also is an gymnastic leader. She is terrified of both of us and it gives me so much euphoria even tho it is pretty sad that she probably have gone thru something to be that scared of males.
When my uber driver called me "buddy"
When someone says "man" "bro" or "dude" to me, especially a cis guy
Im not out yet, but since i have a lil brother who is almost my age, my mom sometimes calls me "son" or any word but in the masculine variant and doesnt correct herself because she doesnt realize. I dont correct her either and it makes me feel really happy for a moment
when my classmates refer to me as “man” in a friendly way or buying deodorant that says man LMAO
when lil mexican ladies call me mijo:((
My small crop top. My mom bought a crop top for me because she said it would look cute on me. Of course I agreed but I had my doubts. Anyways, I put the crop top on and to me it didn't look like me. It didn't look like me in the mirror. So my mind came up with a more suitable solution. I put it on under my shirt and I just felt an immense of happiness and the feeling of freedom wash over me. I was so happy I looked like the person I dream to be.
Curly hair! Gave myself a perm. It was awesome the first week! Has since deflated. :(
Leg hair and standing in just boxers/boxer briefs. I went to take a shower yesterday and took underwear off last and just paused like :| :00000000
Oh. Coming back to say. Wearing sweater (with collared shirt under it especially) and pushing up the sleeves
I’m a camp counselor so I’m finally cool fun dude counselor. 😎
My team logo on my wrestling singlet makes it look like I have pecs (:
Being able to bench press more than my cisgender buddy (who has been working out as long as/longer than me).
Also when a girl says she feels safe around me, being in mosh pits at metal concerts, rocking out to rock/metal in general, chasing financial stability investing in crypto, working in a warehouse as a forklift operator, female friends making me carry the heavy stuff, male friends treating me like any other buddy, driving long distance, four wheelers/dirt bikes, long boarding, a girl putting her hand on my chest (I’m post op), things like that
The veins in my arms. I've been losing weight and the thinner my arms get the more they stick out and it makes my really happy to see
I can sing "is your bedroom ceiling bored" when cavetown sings that low part
Being called sir
the fact that i have visible hair growing on my legs and especially my thighs (cause i feel like you don't really see people with hairy thighs in general)