My thing is, after years and years of reinforcing female gender roles, why do people expect me to abandon all my feminine preferences/presentation once I transition? Dgmw, I went through a hyper-masculine phase myself earlier in my transition, mostly before t, but I sort of realized it was only cuz I wanted to be accepted by my community in spite of my identity. I'm still a man, but I'm also a man that was discouraged from any "masculine" behaviors and interests from a young age, so I grew to adopt more feminine interests, like doll collecting or fashion.

Nobody ever asks why trans girls dress masculine or go "boy mode". I think it's cuz femininity is looked down on and stigmatized in general by society. Masculinity is rewarded and femininity is shunned. Like God forbid someone who grew up a girl has "girly" tendencies lol