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Thinking about learning sign language, because casually communicating without speech actually sounds neat as hell. Area trans woman gets around voice dysphoria with one weird trick.
@ikea_femme I've thought about this so many times, oh my gosh lmao
@tipsytentacle Yeah, I could do voice work, but it's hard and never really feels like it'd be easy for me. It's not like changing how you dress or walk, it feels like a difficult and stressful performance, while so much of transition has felt natural to me.
@ikea_femme I did not even consider that my walking might be gendered. (<_<;;)
@tipsytentacle Eh, there's a stereotypical male and female gait, but it's not as different as you think. Basically, cis women tend to have a lower center of mass, lower pelvic floors, and bigger thighs. So they tend to move their hips more, and take smaller steps.
BUT! HRT changes your fat in that area so that those changes just kind of happen, it's wild.
I highly doubt any woman would get clocked for her walk alone. She'd probably just get read as clumsy.