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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

After moving states to a much more progressive one i feel like i get clocked all of the time here, whereas back home that rarely ever happened. When i pass by male strangers they dont do the nod thing to me. its very disconcerting. I get they'd by people who don't know me. I wish I could know what it was that makes people clock me like that. It feels like I'm not man enough here. Not being stealth feels like being naked. I don't like it.

Part of me wants to talk about my experiences as a trans man because it is a unique expierence that needs to be known, but at the same time I feel like as soon as I tell people I'm trans I automatically become Man Lite™ and a bunch of assumptions are made about me. And then I'm not man enough and am not treated as any other man would be treated. I wish T would do its magic already. I'm constantly feeling dysphoric these days.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

where i am nod thing is only usedfor men u know an frends so could be regional thing meowmeow i hav found is more man thing to ignore strangers in public at least where i am

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's the nod down which is for men you dont know and the nod up for men you do know from my expierence

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Honestly? I'm not from the United States so culture might be different, but I rarely ever see random men around me giving me the nod. Men I know sure but on the street? Almost never.