Tucking is not a requirement to affirm one’s gender, but it is a technique often used by trans femmes, trans women, and people who were assigned male at birth to feel better about their gender presentation.
Generally speaking, chest binding shouldn’t hurt. Pain or injury from binding likely means you need to adjust how you bind. Some methods have fewer risks than others. Here’s what you need to know: Everyone’s body is different, so binding can…
“I didn’t always feel transmasc. When I was younger I was a very feminine girl. It wasn’t until I got older that I started questioning gender roles and then my gender identity later on. The trans narrative I always hear…
It’s perfectly normal to take time before starting to transition. Everyone's timeline is different. There’s a lot to think about, and most trans folks need time to figure out how they want to transition.
Is it normal and valid, as a trans woman, to feel indifferent to my genitals as they are? Thanks so much to the brave person who wrote in to ask the Trans Lifeline team this question. Our answer is: Absolutely!…
Although “non-binary” (sometimes shortened to NB or phoneticized as “enby”) is becoming a more commonly used term in the trans community, for a lot of folks, it’s still an unfamiliar concept. In order to understand what non-binary means, it is…
How do I know if I’m non-binary? Is it ok to be non-binary while not dysphoric about my current appearance and male presentation? I feel like I should be more androgynous, but that’s not how my body is. Your gender…
