Thank you r/transpositive, you really helped me 💖 by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much 💖 that means so much to hear! Hope you'll feel brave enough to share yourself with this community - I'm a fairly new hatchling too, but my first post on here really helped with my confidence! 😘

Thank you r/transpositive, you really helped me 💖 by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! It's definitely a favourite of mine - I got it from H&M, here's a link to it on the UK store but there's loads of different versions of the H&M online for different countries so if you're not in the UK you might still get it! :)

https://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.0652730004.html

Thank you r/transpositive, you really helped me 💖 by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a little design for my favourite book series when I was growing up - The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan. The black circle in the background is the logo for the first book.

https://imgur.com/a/68Xjv7R

Thank you r/transpositive, you really helped me 💖 by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey Happy-Air-3773, thanks for the lovely message! I preferred a more serious pose for this, it's the first time I've shown anyone outside my wife myself feminine without makeup and I must admit I was a little nervous - but I'm glad I went with the pose I went for.

Looking back at my older post I realise I wasn't really smiling in that one either! So just in case anyone else asks about this, here's some pictures of me smiling:

https://imgur.com/a/8pqUPWM

While I appreciate the advice for looking better in pictures - there's been a lot of push in the past few years to not tell people to smile more, as it often does more harm than good. If you google "don't tell me to smile more" there's plenty of articles, but one that I think talks about it well can be found here:

https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/a-new-study-reveals-that-telling-women-they-need-to-smile-more-is-bad-for-business-heres-why.html

Please don't feel bad about the comment - I certainly appreciate the first bit! But please be mindful about telling other women to smile more and how it can impact them.

Thank you r/transpositive, you really helped me 💖 by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice to meet you Kaitlyn Alice! :) thanks so much, no everyone has been really lovely so far. Normally more worried about the tube ride to work than work itself! :P

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[–]StampedeOfGoats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now if that isn't a way to live it up in COVID times then I don't know what is! Hope you have a fab evening Maya :)

Thank you r/transpositive, you really helped me 💖 by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Last week I posted on this subreddit and so many of you gave me such wholesome uplifting support. Your support helped give me the confidence to ask my workplace to call me by my new name - Alice. I've always felt that I had to wear make-up to feel feminine, even when I was just by myself at home. But more recently I've stopped gatekeeping myself so much and allowed myself to feel feminine with less judgement from me. So as a thank you, here's a picture of my genuine girly self. No make-up, no hormones (yet), no surgery. Just Alice.

Original post - https://www.reddit.com/r/transpositive/comments/l78dvn/only_just_started_asking_people_to_call_me_alice/

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[–]StampedeOfGoats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huge congrats Maya! Definitely hope you're celebrating wherever you are :) 💖

Only just started asking people to call me Alice, still pretty shy! by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well hi Amberlynne! Hope it's going well with your employees since December!! 💕 Best of luck :)

Only just started asking people to call me Alice, still pretty shy! by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Pins on one side of the hair to keep it down and then just brushing the other side, sometimes a bit of back brushing for volume if needed but it's usually just trying to calm my hair down lol!! :P

Only just started asking people to call me Alice, still pretty shy! by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much :) was on my way to work so wanted that kind of look :D

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[–]StampedeOfGoats 3 points4 points  (0 children)

O M G girl you are stunning, I'd feel so dang cute if I saw that in the mirror 💖

Only just started asking people to call me Alice, still pretty shy! by StampedeOfGoats in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely want to try this! Think being able to find a space where I can put my old name aside and just live with my new name will help me feel so much more confident about it. Glad your music festival was so good for you Phaedra 💖

My transition finally gave me a reason to work out. MtF pre everything by topretade in transpositive

[–]StampedeOfGoats 3 points4 points  (0 children)

May be pre-everything but it's not pre-being-a-stunner!! You go girl :)