Majority of trans people probably won't ever pass, and I regret taking a gamble on it instead of taking my life earlier. MtF (
self.honesttransgender)
submitted 2 days ago by
GamesNPainsTransgender Woman (she/her)
Hi, so basically I'm giving up on life. I have been transitioning for 1 year since I was 19 (I'm 20 now) and I'm destined to never ever pass.
For the longest time I've been hiding and not going out into public unless I really needed to. I've only been hanging out with my boyfriend, and I've seen one other friend once out of our whole friend group for the time I've been hiding which is pretty much the whole 1 year. My boyfriend tells me I pass, the one friend told me I pass. And I had some confidence, even though to myself I still didn't pass but I felt I wasn't too far off.
Anyway I decided to go get my hair and brows done. Went into this salon owned by a gay couple in hopes of them being kind to me and such, and they were. And two things that clearly stuck with me was "do you ever wear your hair in a manbun?" And as my hair dresser was talking about my brows which I was getting done right after he basically said to the other worker "he, I mean she sorry". So basically it's an obvious indicator that I don't pass. I was also looking on the mirror as my hair was getting done and I realized, holy shit I absolutely don't pass, I don't look a day different from when I started hrt. And I just wanted to cry right there but I hid my feelings.
So the little confidence I have is shattered, I feel awful, and I desperately want to die. Before I started I was being told "oh you'll pass you have a good bone structure" and stuff like that. No the fuck I don't! My jaw is wide, my chin is wide, my nose is big and very masculine, my brow ridges aren't that bad but dont help either. My hairline is awfully masculine, and I don't know. Sometimes looking at my face, it's just a mix of things that make it look masculine, like I'm not even exactly sure what about it. But it really is. FFS is expensive and wait times are insane.
I want to end it. I want to fall asleep forever and be forgotten. But at the same time, I don't want to. I love my boyfriend and he loves me. He's there for me for everything. He's been my best friend for 10 years and he's been my boyfriend for 5 months. I can't imagine dying, everything fading and losing the love of my life. And I don't want to do that to him. But I can't live on this way. I don't know what to do. I want to give up. I don't want to be non passing. I don't care what anyone says, being non passing is my biggest nightmare. I should have known not to gamble on this since most trans women will never pass unfortunately. And I ended up not passing either. I gave myself an option before I began, I pass, or I kill myself. And I don't pass.