I feel weird about this thing I've noticed

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To be honest, I have this feeling that there's one thing that was the most important part of passing for me. A sort of unearned confidence that a lot of guys project. It's not tangable and I don't think I could give any list of things to do or not do that would give you that. But when I interact with people, that's the thing that people seem to pick up on. I guess T probably helps with giving you that mindset. It's so untangable and indescribable and it's so unlike me to talk about things that you can't see like that. It's in a walk, in a tone of voice, the way you hold yourself, posture. It exudes from a person. And yet I don't think I could tell you anything about what a person does that makes me think that. Because like all of it is stuff you could do and just look like an asshole or a dunce without even giving it off. Plenty of dudes trans or cis do just look like an asshole when intentionally trying to do it. I guess there's probably a thousand things someone does in a moment that all collectively give that without any one thing being the make or break of it.

Posted Jun 11, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC

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