Clothes Shopping

[stormdog]

I do not identify as trans, but as someone who is biologically male and not of the male gender, every detail in this brief piece about shopping for women's clothes as a trans woman is accurate about the fear and anxiety that I feel when shopping for traditionally feminine clothing. I've gotten comfortable enough that I'll at least look through women's jeans (not really because they're feminine, but because they can be so much more *visually interesting* than men's jeans!) in thrift stores, but I'm still nervous about that and can't bring myself to look at skirts or dresses. A few people have gone with me and just been present while I did so, and I am so grateful to them.
(Special mention to my housemate for giving me a lot of his old feminine stuff as well as having offered to go shopping with me!)