the biggest sign is having icky on your recommended

“If I’m not a woman, at least I’ll have a female body”

Wow… that hit close to home.

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If you dissociate, it doesn't mean you're trans, it means you're a soluble compound obviously

I'm a cis, white, hetero, male who is almost 60 years of age. He, him, his pronouns. I have no questions about my own gender identity. I am watching this video because I'm actually doing research for an original character I have an idea for for in my own comic universe. She has a lot of questions about her gender identity and her sexual orientation.  I'm not going to get into why and what that has to do with her character's abilities and that sort of thing. But I will say her abilities do play a role in her questioning herself. What I LOVED about this video is how you talk about what you had been thinking about and some of your "aha" moments on your journey. I really got a lot out of that. So thank you for sharing this part of your journey. This really helps a lot. I've watched many transgender videos and this is the first one that gets into this. Perhaps i haven't watched enough of them yet. I also myself had not asked the question, "How does one know if they're transgender?" As a cis person, why would I ever think to ask that question? The answer is, I wouldn't because I've never had that question about myself and no one I know has ever come out to me as a transgender person. So, it's only through research I'm able to learn about all of this. I find it all quite interesting. I also wanted to applaud you for being courageous enough to share this information. This topic, I've learned, is quite misunderstood by many. If one hasn't ever gone through this journey themselves or known anyone who has, how would they know much about it? That said, it seems many people find it easier to hate or deny  what they don't understand rather than try to learn more - which is really sad to me. All that to say, thank you. I wish you much love and success on your journey. Thanks again for sharing. P.S. First time watcher and now new subscriber to your channel. 🏳‍🌈🏳‍⚧

Time for my 85th day of watching “How to know you’re trans” videos even though I’ve been on HRT for…85 days.

“Becoming a person” is EXACTLY how I described my feelings when I started HRT.

I’d had enough of being an automaton that walked the path of least resistance and obediently swallowed all of the pain.

I was in a relationship with someone who used my female name, used she/her pronouns consistently, called me her girlfriend in front of her friends. Even her parents took part. And I still didn't get it!
I did't accept it until I met a trans-person IRL and explained her my gender identity to which she said: "to me this all sounds like you are just scared."
Oh she was so right. It then became obvious to me that most of what dragged me down every single day was dysphoria.

the advice i give ppl, as a trans woman who questioned for a long time: it was so much more productive to ask myself the practical questions like "do i want to take hormones?" and "what pronouns feel affirming for me?" than the bigger picture abstract questions like "am i trans?" or "am i a woman?"

realizing that was a big turning point for me so i really relate to "well even if i'm not a woman at least i'll have a female body"

Thank you for saying that questioning your gender doesn’t always mean that you're trans. I've seen way too many people saying that you have to be trans if you’ve questioned your gender, even in the trans community

theres this bit in the new matrix film, were Bug offeres new!morpheus the red pill/blue pill choice and says something like, (paraphrased): "by the time you get to this 'choice' the choice doesn't exist any more, because during the journey that lead you to this moment... you aleady made your decision."

and I had to get up and take a walk around my flat at that because damn.

Who here knows they’re trans but is here anyway 😂

For me, the greatest barrier was I didn't really care about gender that much, I think because I'm kinda autistic, I just knew I wanted to be more feminine. so I never felt like I was trans enough to start the process, but it was honestly seeing Finn coming out and seeing that you didn't have to be just a trans woman to transition to be more feminine and start hormones. I started hormones about 3 months ago, I've never been happier with where I'm going with my body.

One thing that has been a sign for me was "falling in love" with some girl but I wasn't into her romantically. I didn't want her, I wanted to be her.

i fuckin love how stupid it is that r/egg_irl cracked so many of us.
like this mix of "i feel attacked repeatedly" and "i found my people" moment, it's so amazing for a silly meme internet board.

Icky: “if you watched this video all the way to here, it’s at least 70-30 that you are.”

Me: smiles for some reason. “Wait why did that make me smile”

Biggest sign I missed, beyond the standard body issues, was, at 14, being in love with sci-fi that explored the idea that our bodies were not the definers of our identity, à la Ghost in the Shell. Took me another 10 years to connect the dots.

Personally, another huge thing that also pushed me over the edge...  Was thinking if by the time Im old I'll look back on that moment and regret not transitioning.

My family did their best to shelter me from all things queer, so it took me so long to figure out that you didn't need to start as a child, so I started at 28. 32 now, 2 years HRT, couldn't be happier. At first I definitely didn't feel good that so much of my life was "lost",  but that feeling quickly went away when I started actually experiencing my present for the first time.

Finns little "he he he" caught me off guard

Sitting here in a skirt, with a Blahaj, still need this video to tell if I’m trans