Would you pose naked?

[Guest Promethea]

I'm currently saving so I can move to Sweden where I will do my medical transition.

Well, I got a message from a friend from Sweden. She has talked about me to some friends and one of them said I can live in her farm at first, paying a quite low rent (actually all rents are low in that area).

She also said she could hook me up with some jobs to do the same thing she does on the side (for a decent pay): posing naked. Not for porn. She mentioned drawing, so I guess it's for an art school or maybe painters.

I've transitioned socially, but I haven't been able to afford doing anything to my body yet, so at first I thought it was crazy, that my friend's friend either didn't know I'm trans or wanted to confuse some art students. However, the more I think about it, the more it tempts me.

It would be good for giving visibility to trans bodies. I'm also a naturist, so showing myself naked in the right environment wouldn't be a huge trigger.

There's also a project I have. Once I begin hormones I want to do one of those a-selfportrait-a-day projects to document changes to my face and maybe my chest. If I were to keep doing modeling, and if they allowed me to keep a copy of at least some of the drawings, I think it would be a nice complement to that.

What do you think? What would you do?

[tracy_j]

It's something to get details of first before making a decision but, being into drawing myself and mainly people, I do see great value to artists that a model provides.

I should say though that it maybe is not quite the easy money it sounds as apart from the obvious issues of feeling vulnerable or even, from the trans angle, mental uncertainty, the job can be hard work as there is the need to pose in a position for some time. I have done it - not naked - was when I was at school. I remember I was tired after the session even though I was sitting down. It was also quite boring after a while.

That said - in the right circumstances - maybe, but I'd want to know the details first as you may well be showing yourself to the world!

I would also look well into costs of living in Sweden and plan well as, although I have not looked into, Sweden is regarded here as expensive in some respects.

Tracy

[Guest Promethea]

Tracy,

The decision of going to Sweden is one I've taken a while ago and has been very thought through. I'm a Swedish national, and I still have family there as well as friends. It is expensive, but salaries are good too, and unlike here I will be able to work in my trade. The highest costs are housing (but for a number of reasons I'm moving to an area where living costs are lower) and taxes (which you do get back in a number of ways including healthcare, and it's the people with the highest incomes that pay the most anyway).

I have no problems showing myself to the world, if it can help to bring awareness. As I said I was planning on doing it already, just not in the same way.

I don't think of nude modeling for an art school of glamorous or easy money. But it's good to already have a job opportunity. And well, it's something I hadn't thought of as something I could do, but it is one more reason why I love Sweden!

[Charlize]

My tendency would be to return to Sweden especially if you are a Swedish national. I would certainly think that as a trans* person you would find greater acceptance and medical care. You would know the realities of this better than i do.

I posed naked as a student at Princeton. I was painting seriously at the time and had to earn enough to live on. Posing paid well at the time but as mentioned above it wasn't easy. Some poses were painful rather quickly. I often only worked nights as i had classes or my own painting to do during the day. I was always treated with respect. I have to admit i wouldn't want any of the images created as the students were not particularly talented.

Above all this is your decision. Best of luck whatever direction you choose to travel.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Guest clearleeraines]

, , , , , , , Yyyeessss!

[Carolyn Marie]

If you're comfortable with it, and you seem to be, then you should go for it.

In my case, I would decline in the interest of public safety.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Clair Dufour]

Hell yes. But, Im a nudist. Back in the 80's When I was in San Diego I would go to Blacks Beach. On a weekend there would be 20-30 thousand people there. All along the beach but moreover at the LGBT end were every type person one can imagine. It was great that when we took off all the polyester and plastic armour we could communicate our inner feelings and goals so much better. We do some of that here in the virtual world but, its not the same, which is why this old girl still goes to the local (clothing optional) hot springs.

[Ravin]

I would. It's a job and your plan to move to Sweden sounds well thought out.

[JJ]

One particularly dysphoric day I decided to look up pics of naked transmen. Many were pre-op as far as bottom surgery because many of us find the risks and costs outweigh the results> I figured as dysphoric as I was feeling anyway what I saw couldn't make it much worse.

Surprisingly it actually made me feel better. I saw men -unquestionably men -who had mixed bodies as I do. And somehow seeing others like myself made it easier for me to love with my own body as long as it is necessary as it is financially now.

We tend to be harder on ourselves than others and so seeing these men with no secret hidden shamed reaction that they were in any way less men made it so much more comfortable for me in my own body. A man with a difference.

If posing naked is comfortable for you then it may well help others see us as we are. Men and women whose bodies can differ but still ne masculine or feminine.

Besides it's not for anyone else to judge or decide really except yourself

Johnny

[Tejana]

I have done so, when I was much younger.

[gennee]

I've never done it but would consider it.

[Guest]

I agree with Carolyn Marie. Hugs. Amber l

[Guest]

Why I did it just last week on a freeway overpass... Nobody noticed. Well, until some guy came up and pinched my sides, said he had a flat and he thought from the road below my size would fit!

Giggle, just playing!

Pose nude? Maybe in the next lifetime...sigh...

[Guest Sarah1967]

I think I would do it

[Guest Alicia Rose]

Once I feel comfortable in my own skin, for who I am as a person (aka: living publicly as myself) then Yes, I would consider it if offered by a trusted friend or source.

I'm a fan of the Suicide Girls group, and have often wished I could do that stuff. For those unaware, here's a quote about them from Wiki - "SuicideGirls is a website that features pin-up photography and profiles of alternative female models who are known as the "Suicide Girls". " Which for the most part means female models with dyed hair and tattoos, expressing themselves nude.

Anyways! For Art, that's something I'd consider if others involved knew ahead of time. To prevent uncomfortable or unnecessary issues for those involved. And the pay was good.

[VickySGV]

It is interesting to me, that since my surgery. I have had almost NO body problems, even though I still have remnants of an old well earned beer belly. I have been to clothing optional sites and situations and without hesitation opted out of the clothing, and found out that human bodies without clothing are frankly less of a problem to me than the clothing they wear often presents.

There is a vast difference between nudity and porno. I have several friends who do modeling for art schools in my area, and they actually prefer full nudity for their posing. Two are actual clothing models who do the nude posing as a "vacation" from the clothing on type. Go for it and have a good time.

[Jennifer T]

Honestly, if I looked as I desire to look i'd have no problems doing that. But currently, heck no...

[JJ]

For my part, like my singing and dancing, I stand a whole lot better chance of being asked - even paid-NOT to do it

JOHNNY