‘Femininity isn’t a virtue of being female unless it’s something that serves you.’ Life drawing of Jeremy Moineau by Melbourne based artist Eli Cottonwood.‘Femininity isn’t a virtue of being female unless it’s something that serves you.’ Life drawing of Jeremy Moineau by Melbourne based artist Eli Cottonwood.I made the decision to start hormone replacement therapy three years ago on Christmas Eve. I imagined I would feel unsure, or wildly different. But mostly, I just felt a warm wave of relief.
“Wait right here,” she said before bustling out of the room with the same energy she entered, only to reappear seconds later.I bought all three. No matter how much makeup I put on, or how high the heels I wore to the grocery store, I found myself in a dark shadow of never feeling worthy of my own womanhood and anxiously fearing I would be “clocked” as a trans woman. That was up until I mentioned how I was feeling to a cisgender friend who kindly explained how contrary that was to her sense of woman.
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