Hyper-vigilance in the Gender Machine: What It’s Like to Be a Nonpassing Trans Woman

If you don’t look and sound “like a woman” then the gender machine will refuse to play along and you will get hurt. You will get “sirred”. You will get nasty stares as you walk out of the bathroom. You will be harassed, threatened, or maybe even violently assaulted or killed. The gender machine will attempt to chew you up and spit you out. You will be called “freak” and seen as less than human. You will be called slurs. You will be slandered as a pervert.


Rachel has written an excellent, and brutally honest, assessment of, What It’s Like to Be a Nonpassing Trans Woman.  This post is a must-read for anyone considering transitioning from male to female.