Reply To: How do you look?

[Emily Alt]

Obviously this is all subjective and we are our own worse critics.

I’ve been told numerous times that I pass but I know I don’t.  Not really.  From a 2 dimensional image with good lighting and makeup….maybe. That’s not real life.  In reality there are too many clues for me to pass.

That said. I know I can look good.  Good enough to blend in.  Good enough to get compliments.  Good enough to be gendered correctly.  If I were to give myself a compliment, I’d say I’m a pretty good looking trans woman.

There was a time when showing myself seemed like a fantasy.  Like many girls here, I felt like I couldn’t possibly look good enough.  My attempts at makeup were clown-like failures.  But I know that low expectations usually deliver exactly what you expect.  I decided that a professional makeover would be the true test of what was possible.  I got my first one 4 years ago and it changed my life.  I saw an attractive woman in the mirror for the first time.  That makeover got me out of the closet and was the catalyst for everything that’s happened since.  I joined CDH a few months later.

Every girl should get at least one makeover.  It’s a game changer.