Being a 6’ 5” trans women is an agonizing nightmare
Hello. I’m a 19 year old 6’ 5” trans women who’s about 1 and 1/2 years on HRT and lives just outside of New York City. Here‘s what my life is like (keep in mind, everything on this list happened while presenting fem)
- Women always sit as far away from me on the Subway as possible. If the subway is packed an I sit down, whatever women are next to me will move to the other side of the seats once they become available.
- Recently at night (while in fishnets and a dress) I was walking behind a women and she sped-walk to the otherside of the street. I was walking home at the time and when I got to my place I cried.
- I walked through a very Christian area of uptown Manhatten (for anyone confused by the idea of hardcore Christians in Manhatten, it was a black Christian neighborhood), and was heckled and called names by so many people there. I know I shouldn’t expect to be liked by Christians but it really hurt.
- I get gendered correctly by cis people maybe 10% of the time, and it’s usually when I’m with other trans people, so I assume they just “get the idea”.
- My own parents tell me being a trans is a terrible idea because I’m tall. Maybe they’re right.
I’m feeling so incredibly down about this. I’ve been only trans for two years and nothing has gotten better

((. Being trans well being this tall is an unbelievable curse I would never ever wish on anybody. I know going “what did I do to deserve this” is incredibly pitiful, but I don’t know why other trans girls get to be happy and live there best lives and I‘m just… not allowed to. I’m thinking of de-transitioning. Is there any light at the end of the tunnel? Do any tall girls (or tall trans girls in general) have any messages of hope?