Outside waiting for my follow up and lab work 😊

Be confident no matter what your size is 💗

Hi, just a general advice ask post here. I'm a 32 yr old trans woman who came out 9 years ago, and have been on HRT for a long time now. I'm on a waitlist for gender affirming surgeries but I've been feeling a lot of body dysphoria lately.

When I first came out I wore skirts and did my makeup, however I had some bad experiences and returned to my t-shirts/hoodies/jeans and never do my makeup. I have been really down on myself lately since I can't seem to bring myself to dress the way I really want to, even though I'm in a safe place to do so right now. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on a couple things:

-Tips on gaining confidence in wearing more feminine clothes and makeup

-Any recommendations for trans makeup artists who do makeup tutorials on YouTube

Thanks to anyone who takes time to read and respond, I appreciate any advice anyone has for me!

I’m getting a little better at it every time I try.

Oh wow you can see my Cow Girl holster in the background 😮

What do you know about strategy of preliminary six-month solo usage of drugs that suppress functioning of the ovaries before starting androgens?

Would it be safer compared to direct start from androgens without anything before?

My friend from AZ who i wasnt sure was going to accept me, due to them being republican and in a red state, has been an amazingly supportive person more then i could have imagined and she sent me this today.

Its so small i doute she even knows how much it means to me. But she wants me to read this book so we can "fan girl" over it. And i just loved that.

Im dyslexic so reading is incredibly difficult for me past a few paragraphs. Its just really taxing on me mentally. So reading never was my thing and audio books fail to keep my attention because i get distracted in thaught and miss a bunch of reading.

But i was so moved by the offer and loved the idea of doing a "girl" thing and being invited by a cis girl feels really nice. Its all just words and like anyone could do the same thing as any gender but i liked it this way and thats how it felt 🙂

I think she knows it ment a lot cuz she told me i was awsome later because i was going to try and listen to this on audio book and she mentioned how her husband wouldnt even try. So it ment a lot to her i was going to give it a go.

Tldr: best friend cis woman invited me into the "girl club" to fan girl over a book shes reading and it means a lot to me and dispite being an awful reader im doing it because it ment a lot to me to be invited 🙂

My friend from AZ who i wasnt sure was going to accept me, due to them being republican and in a red state, has been an amazingly supportive person more then i could have imagined and she sent me this today.

Its so small i doute she even knows how much it means to me. But she wants me to read this book so we can "fan girl" over it. And i just loved that.

Im dyslexic so reading is incredibly difficult for me past a few paragraphs. Its just really taxing on me mentally. So reading never was my thing and audio books fail to keep my attention because i get distracted in thaught and miss a bunch of reading.

But i was so moved by the offer and loved the idea of doing a "girl" thing and being invited by a cis girl feels really nice. Its all just words and like anyone could do the same thing as any gender but i liked it this way and thats how it felt 🙂

I think she knows it ment a lot cuz she told me i was awsome later because i was going to try and listen to this on audio book and she mentioned how her husband wouldnt even try. So it ment a lot to her i was going to give it a go.

Tldr: best friend cis woman invited me into the "girl club" to fan girl over a book shes reading and it means a lot to me and dispite being an awful reader im doing it because it ment a lot to me to be invited 🙂