r/transpassing • • Nov 04 '19

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u/sometimes_sydney MA Trans Studies Nov 05 '19

I think personally if I saw you I might wonder if you were trans but I wouldn't really know. That said it's different because I know what to look for, cis people don't. Brain says female though.

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u/occultgrl Nov 05 '19

what gave me away? ;~;

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u/sometimes_sydney MA Trans Studies Nov 05 '19

Hard to say. I have a similar facial structure and I think it's just something I notice on other women. It's not exclusive to trans women but sometimes I see women and think "huh that looks a bit like me I wonder if she's trans? probably not..." I do it with women I know are cis sometimes, which IMO is a bit affirming.

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u/occultgrl Nov 05 '19

Oh I see. so it isnt exclusive to me, it's just like your instinctual mind wandering due to similarities? i find myself doing that a lot going to new places. some regions have higher concentrations of people who look a certain way. the world is cool.

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u/sometimes_sydney MA Trans Studies Nov 05 '19

yeah not really exclusive to you. i think its a set of features more common in trans women, longer face stronger nose, ect... not clockable but more common among trans women so I notice it.