Succi
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Joined: 3/30/2010 Status: offline
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Well...I will offer my help here. Having been off and on this site for years and two accounts (one from before I was transitioning). I've actually been considering switching my profile to just female, with a disclaimer for a while now. But each time I think about it I get frustrated and just rather X the window than adjust my profile xD But, I definitely agree with the picture thing. The trans section of CM is mostly populated by cross-dressers/transvestites/sissies. Nothing WRONG with that, but there is a big difference between them and women who identify as transsexuals (hell two of the above groups still identify male, but those groups do it so their penis gets harder, not to ignore it, by and large). The problem here is there's a big generalization that the /T/'s on this site are A) chicks with dick fetishists, B) usually not very "passable", and C) very online-no-real-time-cyber-hunnies. Whenever I do clean out the bulk folder from all the guys who email me, at least half of them are all eager about the penis. Except I don't like it and have plans to rid myself of it. You, not HAVING a picture, will automatically be assumed to be too ugly to post a picture of yourself and be one of those guys with an obvious beard and a light blue disco wig and obnoxious make up. It isn't fair, no, but it's what we have to deal with. Honestly, I wouldn't even PUT pictures up here (people I'm looking for wouldn't let that stop them) if it wasn't for the fact that the "Trans" option was so "non-passing" as a group. And half of that is the cultural expectation that you WON'T pass, ever, as a transsexual woman, so I put mine up in the hope of at least saying "Here's what I'm fighting with". I don't agree that you should limit to real time, as that could be very unsafe, even as a domme. Presuming you had a decent therapist (as I hear Texas is one of those states with heavy hoops to jump through) you've already gone over the fact that pursuing transition should be assumed to be a solo activity, for life. It's not easy to deal with, but it's easier to just assume you never WILL find anyone. I have used my profile as a "Trans-Education" platform, posting bits and issues about transsexualism and transgenders as it pertains to me. I might recommend doing the same to yours, at the very least declaring if you are pre-op, non-op, etc. and how you plan to see yourself. I kinda take the Phil Hendrie stance: While we are in this "pre-vernacular" phase of transgendered identity, it's really our responsibility to declare outright what we are and why we are, because memorizing the library is too much for a "normal" person to keep straight in their head xD The added bonus is, when you run into people like Focus50 who think "Trans" is just another step of "complicated" you can set them straight. You will have to be the initiator (I'm not sure what your "browsing" style is, but more aggressively pursuing subs is almost mandated for transwomen on this site). Not only is the very fuzzy etiquette of "oh someone looked at my profile, are they interested? are they shy? did they stay for ten minutes or 3 seconds?" bad enough on CM, but the added "Trans-shyness" will tank a lot of your admirers. *Whistles* Phew, okay, I didn't exactly want to make this a book but oh well xD I hope that gives you some help. And give it some time, you've gotta play it for keeps.
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