Hair??

[Guest Cody_T]

okay, so I'm totally not out at all to anyone who lives near me at all... and won't be like, ever. So far all i've managed to do is buy the guy pants instead of the girl pants for our school uniform... however, I really want to cut my hair short, just for my own peace of mind, etc. I need to do it in at least two-three stages, so it won't seem so shocking, and at the end I want it to look unambiguously male when i'm binding, but pretty androgynous when I'm not. I have like DD or w/e so I don't need any help in making myself look female, but I want something that won't cause way too much suspicion.

So, I got a haircut today because I had to take my senior picture and wear girl clothes and makeup (which is pretty much why I look peed off in the pictures... this is after I took off the makeup), and here are pictures of the current state of the union (or, my hair).

So I was hoping people might be able to help with what I should do in between and what the final should look like.

ideas? suggestions? anything? lol

[Guest Seth]

Well, to avoid harassment, I got a medium guys haircut. It was pretty adrogynous.

Try that?

[Guest CharlieRose]

Well, I'll start off by saying that once you cut your hair, and if you can hide your chest, you will pass INCREDIBLY well. Your face is like, perfect.

I first cut mine short with long bangs that hung in front of my face. (like Peter Petrelli on Heroes) Now it's cut really short; complete guy's cut. I used to have hair than hung all the way past my boobs, it was LONG, and I chopped it all off, ha ha! I got lots of comments, both times, seeing as I went from really long to short to REALLY short.

But guess what? BOTH times everyone was telling me how cute it was, how cute I was; first time I got Posh Spice, second time Audrey Hepburn, from TWO different people! I KNOW I pass, because I've been called a boy god knows how many times by strangers (and my little sisters) after I got the cut. I guess people I know are just in a lot of denial; it doesn't fit in their schema that a girl would have a boy's cut, so they assume it's a girl's. And they fawn over it, I'm not kidding or exaggerating. It was having intercourse annoying. So... I don't know how much you have to worry about, though, of course, it varies with different people. I'm in California and know openly plenty o' bisexual and lesbian people... I think one of my aunts is perceptive enough to suspect me of being a lesbian... She still called it cute.

But every time I pass, it makes me feel special and happy. I can look in the mirror and play around a bit with the style, and am all self-satisfied for the first time in a while. It's awesome.

So, yeah, that's my experience with hair cutting.

[Guest Shane Lukas]

I think you would look good with a skater haircut guys wear. I don't know what its called but I think you could pass fairly well with it. You could always go shorter from there.

[Guest Grady]

Well, I'll start off by saying that once you cut your hair, and if you can hide your chest, you will pass INCREDIBLY well. Your face is like, perfect.

I totally agree. You'll pass so well once your hair is cut! Crazy.

[Guest Cody_T]

hey thanks guys. I meant to answer earlier... but anyways, I got my hair cut

I didn't really have any style in mind, because I just mentioned one day that I wanted to get my hair cut short, and my dad liked the idea too, then when we were out my brother wanted a haircut so I tagged along.

It was a little too long for my liking, but it was slightly above my shoulders... except my mom didn't really like it, and so she took me to get it 'styled' and the lady took soo much more hair off

so here is the current finished product:

from the side it looks worse, but like, it's way better than I was expecting, and I think my parents realize that it makes me look kind of like a boy because my mom is obsessed with me using a whole bunch of gel to make it stick out and stuff lol

I've gotten a lot of "cute haircut" and "I like it" comments from people, but I think they're just being polite because it's really not that great if you're trying to be a girl.

I got "trying to look like a lesbian?" from one of my friends, and I was disappointed because she told me i looked like a boy with the haircut I first posted (she's just weird like that) and I was hoping for another comment like that lol

I doubt that I'll go shorter while i'm still with my parents (who don't know), but you never know lol

and Charlie are you north or south? I'm stuck in republican central

[Guest CharlieRose]

Wow, that looks awesome. I'm from North, less than an hour away from San Francisco.

[Guest Cody_T]

thanks

that's cool, I wish I lived up there

[Guest raydub]

dude! nice cut! can definitely be rocked male-style. ...SWEET!

Ray

[Guest J-Walker]

LOVE the new hair cut. Kind of looks like mine. XD

I am personally a fan of hair, so I see no need to go chopping it all off. You can pass just as well with long hair as you can with short hair (With the exception of some gender specific hair styles). It's all in the attitude.

[Guest stevieboni]

looks great. really works for you