r/transmanlifehacks

Hello, my name is James .. I don't look like a James right now. My parents are transphobic, and I still live with them while I'm in college. I can't get surgery or anything, all I can do is rely on tips and tricks to make myself look more like a boy while at college. I hate being like this, I hate my long hair but my parents don't want me to cut it, besides the hairdressers around here are also quite transphobic. If I ever did ask for a boyish hairstyle, I'd end up like that one meme where trans men ask for their first boy haircut and it's just some butch style. How can I rock this long hair for the time I'm still with my parents? How can I hide my boobs without a binder? I just want to look like a boy for once, even if it's just at college. I don't want to be a girl.

I cannot change my haircut at the moment, I cannot get a binder.

Got a shorter haircut, shaved the sides of my face but kept the middle portions, and have been changing my mannerisms. Changing my mannerisms has taken me a LONG way! Going to be voice training as well to fully eliminate any T voice that I may have.

I've started lifting as well which will probably help me the most! Does anyone have any other tips or am I passing decently now?

cant get on T cuz minor

my dad says i look more "d*keish than dudeish" so i feel like something needs to change

how might i come off to people appearance-wise? i cant tell if people assume im a dude at first glance bcuz theyre being inclusive or if thats what they actually think

my voice is also androgynous so people switch up the pronouns as soon as i talk

I always struggled with how wide my face is and settled with longer hair to somehow cover it. But I really want to cut my hair short now.
What haircut would be best?
I looked through most masculine styles, but I feel like I am blind at this point since I am so insecure about it, so everything looks bad in my head. I’m unsure about skin fades, I feel like it would make my face even wider than it is. But I would appreciate any advice.

I'm about 10 months on T. I just got a couple new piercings(the lip and 2nd eyebrow) and I feel like they're masculine enough. I shaved my chin and mustache recently too. but even in my binder I still get misgendered. is there anything in y'all's opinion that I could try or do? I feel like my Presence is very masculine but something about my face, idk. my glasses maybe could change? I'm blind as shit so I need glasses, but I haven't experimented with different glasses before, always just these thick rimmed style ones. I know I need to lose weight and work out. I would like to have longer hair, like a middle part, think leo DiCaprio in gilbert grape or Titanic or Nick carter lol. but the longer my hair the more misgendered I get. so I shaved my head back in like july. anyway, I'm rambling. I just feel like I could benefit from this community. anything helps!

I’ve been feeling really dysphoric about my face and been getting misgendered a lot more lately. I was wondering just what exactly make my face so feminine