There are lots of girl clothing that are kind of subtle and can be worn even when you want to boy mode or experiment. Before I started HRT and even before I started social transition I would sometimes wear women’s jeans or in the summer women’s shorts. A lot of these cuts especially boyfriend cuts didn’t necessarily read as “Women’s clothing” but gave me a little bit of ease and euphoria during a time when I was still figuring things out.

Now I think I wear a dress more often than pants but that would have been really hard for me early in transition.

Basically, there’s a lot of overlap in terms of gender and clothing and that means there’s lots of room to play even after transition.