justanormalgirl wrote in m2q

Butching It Up?

X-posted to genderqueer and m2q

So, I'm still genderqueer. Came out at 16, parents put a stop to that (well, they can't touch what I do at school) so I explored being gender-variant and genderqueer (I was always a rather girly boy). I started transitioning at 19 and I'm almost 21 now. Everything seems to be going well and I pass decently but I'm still genderqueer.

I guess I look more tomboyish than average straight girls on campus but I do own a skirt and I do have long hair and stuff. Point is that I want to look butchier than I do but still pass. I don't want to be like super-Harley riding, leather-wearing beer-chugging butch, I just want to look more boish than I do now. I've been looking in the little boys section of the thrift store but I haven't been seeing anything I like (a cub scout uniform would rock -- wish I could have said that 10 years ago... ^_^).

A few months ago, I took my girlfriend out clubbing and I butched it up with a suit jacket that I used to wear. It was way too big for me now but I loved going out and showing my girl off. I need to get my hair cut soon and I'm trying to figure out how to do it. I keep trying to tell myself that next summer I'll pass better and then I can do all this but that's frustrating.

I guess I'm going for yet-another-andro-dyke, any tips?