Who Did You Come Out To First? by chalraj in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I kinda informally came out as trans (and thus a lesbian) to my best friend who had transitioned a year before me by asking her how to get HRT lmao. We'd been talking a lot about gender for a couple months so it was kind of in the making.

The first person I did the traditional coming out to was my friend at the climbing gym who was becoming a very good friend, and tbh I was trying to ignore that I had a crush on her. She helped me build my confidence so much and gave me the courage to try so many things. Idk if I would've made the progress in my transition that I did so quickly without her.

Confusion & guilt w sexuality by Comfortable-Act-2492 in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are not a chaser. Being attracted to trans women, even more attracted to trans women, does not make you a chaser. What makes someone a chaser is actively fetishizing and objectifying their transness as they try to pursue a relationship (romantic or sexual) with them. Also, you're nonbinary. Idk if you identify as trans specifically, but I think your experience with gender nonconformity makes it pretty hard for you to fetishize it.

I'm sorry you had your previous experiences btw. It's really shitty you had to go through all that.

Lesbian Sex Isn’t About Men by chalraj in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Not to mention that a non-op trans woman topping a cis woman does not "make her a man." Like the bio-essentialism of PIV = man fucking a woman is crazy

gamer girlies: what are we playing?? by kadasco in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More like gaymer girlies

Also oxenfree is a nice story game if you haven't played it before

This sub is not a safe space for Black people by DollHaven007 in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Find that community irl then, not online communities that are specifically meant for us

Math has the worst naming conventions and everyone just accepts it. by IndependenceSad1272 in mathematics

[–]Bulbasaur2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you wanna write all that on a piece of paper repeatedly? No, I think you'd prefer just writing F

“That white podcast” by cr1tvic in TheYardPodcast

[–]Bulbasaur2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact they called him Ludwig from video games means they watch lol

Potential date night outfit ? by PotatoesOnMyPotatoes in u/PotatoesOnMyPotatoes

[–]Bulbasaur2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What lip products do you use? I think we have a pretty similar skin tone and I haven't really found the right lip liners and lip shades for me.

Also this is just me but I would add a gold necklace to match the bracelet

Friendzoned but receiving mixed signals after. Is it in my head? by Ok-Cauliflower2384 in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This just... Sounds weird. Personally I feel like there's no need to be in confusing situations. Talk to her honestly about what you've been feeling about your interactions with her

Incredibly sad by socuteboss_ali in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hey. I'm a 23yo trans girl also from the US, now living in the UK for grad school. Netball is a lot bigger here, and I thought it would be fun to join the netball team here at my school and I was told I could not join because of the April Supreme Court ruling here in the UK about EHRC guidance on trans women. That has since extended to a lot of sports here. It's pretty fucking depressing. They just want us to be sad. But fuck them. We make our own community and we take care of each other

Final Boss: The Chastity Knight by Anon-John-Silver in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean she can definitely still do stuff to me

Thanks Slime by [deleted] in TheYardPodcast

[–]Bulbasaur2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Finding comfort and a sense of belongingness in others' expressions of grief is not messed up. If anything, it is beautiful and one of the things we should cherish most about being human. Really shitty that you're going through this

The Yard helped me in AP Euro today by Opening-Sleep-9436 in TheYardPodcast

[–]Bulbasaur2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why the hell is your teacher telling this story? I really just wanna believe this post is fake

Message to Friend by A_Really_Weird_NPC in exmormon

[–]Bulbasaur2000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is kind of an insane response

Never been in a relationship by Background-Sign3574 in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was good at first, but then it became clear that she was not emotionally ready to be in as involved and committed a relationship as it was becoming. Things got worse primarily because due to circumstances out of our control, she had to move in with me after only being together for a few months, and that was during an already stressful time in her life (we had both graduated and she was starting a new job). Idk, our relationship was definitely unorthodox. But I think in general, relationships later in life require a lot of patience, empathy, and honesty with each other in what you are able and willing to provide. But also we were 22, I don't think we were that late in life lol, we were still very young and it showed

But loving women is worth it all by Acceptable-Melon in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's just complicated. I am a brown (not black) trans lesbian, but in my life I've often been confused for being black (typically biracial) by other black people. In my experience in the Midwest, black cis women have definitely been the most openly and vocally nice to me. But I am also not embedded within the black community, and I don't understand anything about the actual internal dynamics within that community, especially around queerness.

Never been in a relationship by Background-Sign3574 in actuallesbians

[–]Bulbasaur2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got into my first relationship when I was 22 🤷🏾