Very frustrated, if a little entertained, I eventually managed to make my way downstairs to get my day properly started. I pottered around for a while washing up, doing a couple of loads of washing and generally trying to get my act together. It was only when I sat down with a cup of coffee and started writing this post that I even thought about looking it up on-line.
The line I was interested in is "Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove" I felt that this said something about many trans people and how we dress. I have often observed that I have to dress to assert my femininity as it is not as immediately obvious as it is with most of my cisgendered sisters.
Although I have recently started to doubt this a little, as I am now beginning to concentrate on what type of a woman I am rather than whether I am a woman at all. Certainly as being female has become a dwelling place rather than an excursion the height of my heels and the length of skirts have traveled in opposite directions. I no longer feel that I have to be "obviously" feminine in order to present a feminine image to the world, as I grow in confidence I find that I don't need to try quite so hard.
Don't get me wrong, I do still like my high heels, and my glamorous dresses, it's just that I don't feel I need to wear them all the time, sometimes jeans and a sweater will do just as well. Maybe I'm learning to glitter more authentically as I find I have less to prove.
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