GENDER EUPHORIA

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[robt]

i accidentally came out to my older brother, and he went through all his old clothes and let me have whatever i wanted. it was the first big cloud of euphoria i had ever felt.

[aristaello]

my 'euphoria' moment was when i gazed at my friend's phone and she was talking about me to another friend and they were calling me my chosen name and he/him pronouns. it was so good and made me so happy because neither of them knew i saw it and it was natural to them. it also helps because i'm not out to very many people.

[marte]

I finally cut my hair short over Easter break, after wanting it for *years*, and I had such a strong feeling of gender euphoria for days. I'm an agender AFAB person, but I'm not out to anyone, and it felt so good to just cut all my hair off. Just a few weeks ago, my friend told me I've got "a handsome androgynous vibe going on", and that's the best compliment I've ever gotten on my appearance.

[amaliadepinho]

two months ago i cut my hair really short for the first time and i actually cried. i don't even liked the style of it, but the fact that it was short made such a huge chunck of my dysphoria go away.

[FriendJamie]

I LOVE it when we encourage each other to be unique and unapologetically ourselves <3

[TheSharpieGod]

since top surgery i feel euphoric so often .. it's been 10 months and u know i thought i would get used to it, but i still smile so big whenever i see myself in the mirror after i shower and i still feel a wave of happiness every time i notice myself standing up straight and remember how impossibly lucky i am.
gender euphoria is one of the best things about being trans. our love for ourselves is an active love, because we had to fight for it and we don't take anything for granted. <3

[alexrothery]

I'm working at a special needs school atm and one of the kids turned around and went (jokingly) "yes sir of course sir" and the fact that these specific 7 kids.. 6 of them use correct pronouns and these particular kids see gender so black and white but over the past few weeks I've showed them that the boys can wear princess outfits and girls can play with cars and watching these kids learning so many new things about gender and also about sexuality even just since if been there ... it makes me so happy

[parkermiles]

My dad and I were just hanging around in my cousins’ pool earlier today. He was chilling in a floaty thing and I was just laying on my back in the water. I looked down, saw my shirtless chest, and just felt this feeling of contentment — this is what was always meant to happen.

[milocochrane]

When I came out as trans to my boyfriend 3 years ago, we came REALLY close to breaking up (we had been together for a year and a half at that point). I can’t quite pin point the exact time period after (I think it was a couple of months or so) he called me his “beautiful man” and I just broke down in tears because it was the first time I had felt affirmed and loved as the gender I truly was 😭❤️

[deadboy]

My moments of euphoria I remember most are when my brother first shaved one side of my head for me and then again months later when he did the other side to give me a mohawk. Also the times I've ordered stuff from the men's section of stores and seeing them fit how I hoped they would have been KILLER ✨

[FriendlyGhostFriend]

I remember the first time I put on my binder. Feeling so fucking good. I remember when I bought this cute button up shirt and I felt super androgynous and feeling so good in body.
I felt Euphoric when I asked my best friend if he could try a different name for me and he said "of course."
It's such a good feeling. I hope everyone of you can feel that way sometimes.

[charliebeare]

I got a haircut yesterday and I always feel euphoric while getting my hair cut. Just thinking back to all those years ago when my hair was so long and I dreaded haircuts because they made me think about my hair so much and knowing how much freer I am now is a very good feeling.

[abbiesmith]

My first euphoric moment
(I'm AFAB non-b)
At prom my mum convinced me to wear a dress and get my hair "done nicely" I felt uncomfortable the while day. But good that I spend that much time on myself.
A week later I cut off all my hair. Up in a ponytail and snip. GONE I had the biggest smile on my face I came out almost in tears from happiness. I couldn't stop touching my bare neck. Washing my hair for the first time short. I didn't know what I was feeling was Gender Euphoria but I felt Vailated.
The second time. I was wearing shorts and got into a lift with my mum. And a person said "excuse young man" and I had this buzz for hours. Of course my mum didn't understand. But my god someone looked at me and thought I was a boy!!!
And standing up for myself. I helped educate several people and opened up to them in the process and this was a sense of Euphoira for me as it meant that I was vaildating myself!! I was accepting myself!
I actually experience Euphoira more than Dysphoria. This and I'm glad that I do. I do gas dysphoria and it can ruin my day. I will cancel plans if it's worse one day than another. But Euphoira is something I experience everyday. And I do it on purpose
Like putting boxers on, sleeping topless, wearing 'mens' clothes, purposely hanging around with people who vailate me, buying something new that's not typically feminine.
This needs to be talked about more.

[leighquillan]

it's the "firsts" that stand out for me. first time wearing a binder. first time buying a piece of mens clothing. first time packing. the best way i can describe the actual feeling is a feeling of wholeness. in those moments of euphoria, i feel complete.

[reubenbryant]

For me, my experience of gender euphoria came when I was invited to a stag do by someone who knew me before coming out as trans. It felt like the ultimate acceptance as a guy.

[snaiiled]

i've on;y experienced gender euphoria twice - when i first got my binder and looked at myself in the mirror, being proud of what i saw for the first time in years, and when i first got called a boy in a restaurant. i wasn't out at that time yet and my parents were super confused about how smiley and stuff i was for the rest of the day. but those are moments i still hold onto until this day.

[lucasmannion]

Putting on an actual binder for the first time was amazing. I'd been apprehensive to get one and wasn't sure if it would make me feel any better because I was still sort of denying being transgender, but I put it on and just stood in front of the mirror with the biggest grin on my face. Similar thing happened when I got a proper packer. I messaged my best friend and my sister saying "welp I nearly just cried with happiness over a silicone penis" lmao.
Something that makes me feel so happy as well is when people are surprised to find out I'm trans. I know it's not something you should assume about someone because that's kind of shitty and implies that trans people "look" a certain way and the concept of passing is shitty, but being told by other trans guys (including guys on testosterone) that they thought I was cis/ on testosterone is just the best thing to me. Passing is a lottery, but it feels so goddamn good when it happens.

[WhichDoctor]

I LOVE this! This isn't something I've ever heard of but even before starting the video, just reading the title I new exactly what this was referring to and couldn't believe I didn't already have a word for it. I dont experience a lot of acute dysphoria, what's there is like a background drone for the most part, to the point I didn't even start noticing it till I'd been on this journey for a good while. I just had a vague desire to dress and act more feminine. The thing that convinced me that this wasn't just some odd hobby or "a faze" was the unchecked surge of pure joy I'd feel every now and then when trying on a dress for the first time and it looking good on me. Or trying on makeup, looking in the mirror and seeing a face I'd never seen before but somehow looked more right than the one I was used to. This feeling is so crisp, so bright and so profound that it helped clear the doubts and uncertainties I had about myself. It also allowed me to tell my family when I came out that this thing I I'm doing makes me truly happy. And I think from the reaction I got when I did that some portion of that feeling must have shown on my face because all the wariness they had about what I was telling them stopped and they were just happy for me from then on. Exactly what it is I'm doing, what it is I "am" is still an open question but I know for certain I'm not cis, I'm not just a man. I dont know where I will end up and I still have a lot of worries and hangups to work through but at the core is that feeling leading me onward.

[CaspianKeskin]

a really cool gender euphoric moment I had was just yesterday. I was coming out the barrier at Brighton station and showed the person my ticket and he said “thank you sir”, and that’s the first time since starting my transition that anyone in the public, without knowing how I identify, has called me sir. It made me so happy, I love Brighton so much and I’m so happy I live here now! 💗 I know I’m gonna have so many more gender euphoric moments and I’m excited ^^

[deadboy]

I think my first huge euphoric moment was a few years ago when I finally got some basketball shorts that fit me perfectly, put on a loose band tee (since I used to think I had to buy them fitted), and then put all my hair in a snapback. It was the most masc thing I ever put on at that point. It was so incredible! 💖💖💖