Jess, I'm relatively new at makeup so it took awhile for me to put up a face picture. I post so darn much on here I did put up a face avatar on here as soon as I was comfortable with it so people would know I'm for real. My current avatar is there because a few of my friends like it, and it goes with my current signature. Anybody can click on my avatar to see my profile pic that is me.
When I first joined the site I didn't feel comfortable about using my picture as my avatar. But after being here a while my opinion has changed. When "talking" with people I like to have some idea of who I'm chatting to, so seeing a picture of someone helps.
My avatar is me and one that I think of me looking my best. I do from time to time change it. I haven't used a close up of my face as I wouldn't want to be recognised. I'd be amazed if anyone recognised me from my avatar.
If I had a decent pic of myself dressed I would use it. I do love my avatar tho so Im happy for you all to think of me as a little angel x
Well, I'm a cartoon girl right now, and for those of you who have been on here a while, probably know that in the past i've posted my photo as my avatar, and i'm sure it can still be found in some photo threads.
The reason I changed it recently is that I came out to my significant other, and should she start searching about the topic, I don't want her to have my photo come up - because she has told me that she IS NOT ready to see my picture yet. So I have switched it out of courtesy to her.
I suspect in the future I will go back to having a real pic as an avatar.
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Kaylee
Just not tech savey.
joank
Southern California
Same here I do have pics elsewhere due to that site was a hosting a CD event that I attended, 3 pics total.Originally Posted by joank
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There is a certain reserved set of actions why I have neither. Although computors have come a very long way from just a few short years
ago, there are tons af despicable people who live by what they find on the net. If you know where to look , there is so much information
available about anybody that it is scary. If someone wants,this reply can be put into real life and used for something it isn't designed to be.
Putting a warning in the signature will not stop someone although it can be more of a force in a legal document. That is not to say that
I wouldn't someday. . . . . .
Pink is more than a color: its an attitude!
I use a picture showing what I consider to be my best quality.
Other than at Halloween, nobody has seen me with my makeup on so I'm not sure how revealing/concealing my efforts are. I may just look like me with a wig for all I know and I don't want to be recognized, even if the risk is low. Any curious schmuck with a computer and eyeballs can find this place and potentially see someone they know. I also don't want my picture taken from here and posted somewhere else by some unscrupulous sort to either be ridiculed or used for anything other than it was originally intended.
Someday, maybe but not today.
My avitar is a picture of me from my view point looking down.
That's what I think matters to me is what i see not what I see in the mirror.
Athough I do spend a lot of time in front of the mirror making sure that I look as good as possible the rest of the time, I'm looking out or down.
Renne....
When you walk into someones house they don't have a picture of themselves when they first wake up or after they get done changing the plumbing under the sink. You see the best they have even if you look at them and say, wow that doesn't look like you.
<----that's me. One of many I have that took a long time to get ready for. I have many many more (yes even on the net) that are not as good. And if anyone works hard enough they can figure out who I am anyway. (It ain't rocket surgery...my car has personalized plates to start with and I have several photos of me in my office, everyone assumes it is my GF, flattering to me, kind of an insult to her). But the thing is that many here never progress to the point of total transformation. So they choose what they want to look like, what they think they look like, or just a picture or legs, feet . heels, whatever. That's OK because we all start slow and work up. My MIL told me I was the ugliest woman in the world (evidently her mirror was out of order), so I know how some here feel they can't represent. They are wrong, we are who we are and if you are happy with how you look, usually the picture shows you at your best.
Mickey Gilley said it in his songI don't mean to criticize the girls at all
'Cause I know Robert Redford even overhauls
An' we all picture in our minds a girl that looks just right
The earth is the mother of all people and all people should have equal rights upon it.
Chief Joseph
Nez Perce
“Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” - Fred Rogers,
When I first started posting, not that I've been doing so all that long, I used a picture of my legs, which is still on my profile. The reason being whilst I'm out to my friends and live as a woman I don't consider myself out to the world in general, I don't dress at work for example, and when out and about I just want to be ignored (as in just taken as a female element in the crowd).
After a while I came to feel that I was being slightly dishonest with everyone else here by hiding my face, I'm not ashamed of who I am (any more) and wanted something which I felt summed me up, which is why it isn't a good picture, it has awful lighting, taken on a camera phone in a mirror, not much makeup (and what I was wearing you can't really see). But, it sums up who I am, I'm not trying to be a beautiful woman, I'm just being me, a rather plain girl who was unfortunately born a man. I don't wear tons of makeup or spend hours getting ready to go out, a cute top and jeans does me just fine most of the time.
Running, jumping, climbing trees, putting on makeup when you're up there, just like the army, except for the talking squirrels.
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Lynn Marie
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are you suggesting I don't look like Jessica Rabbit
I understand avatars other than a photo of ones self - I post my pic and usually only a pic that I personally like and feel "pretty" as I look at it. I am only out to a handfull but don't really care. If someone recognizes me on this site - we must be of kindred spirit, and I like to see in reality who it is that is posting......................Debra
I use two photos of myself--one for my avatar and one in my profile---both were chosen to at least partially reflect my personality.
Those who choose not to post photos have a number of reasons not to do so---one being their personal privacy and protection--if you are not really out or not out very much, having your photo dressed would not be something you would care to have made public to your friends and family---and although most of us look quite different in makeup, wigs, dresses etc, some of us still look familiar enough to be identified and if youre not ready for that, then maybe a photo is not advisable
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As you can see Jess your question has put a lot of the members here on the defensive.But speaking personally, I am a transgendered adult but I use to be a
transgendered teen.And although now I can defend my self and my position, as a teen I was the subject of constant bullying, taunts and namecalling.Whether
I look back or look in the future, it hurt and its going to hurt tomorrow.Saying why one chooses to post a picture of themselves or not HAS NOTHING to do
with crossdressing or the need to do so.So whether you dont have a camera, cant figure out how to post photos, concerned about security, scared of
being found out, havent learned good makeup skills, or whatever, posting a photo DOES NOT give validity to anything....I hope your not being a bully.
dana.......the ugliest crossdresser in the world..
Sorry sweetie, but I don't think you were drawn that way!are you suggesting I don't look like Jessica Rabbit
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I agree with a lot of the gurls here. I just joined so I haven't made the time yet to even consider my avatar. Like I have stated, I am in the closet. Some days I am more risky than others but most of the time I do everything I can to make sure I am not outed until I am fully prepared to be, was reckless enough to be, or I arrive at that point in my life when I fully accept who I am unconditionally.
Not when someone finds a pic , copies it, prints it and starts sending it to everyone they know because they have nothing better to do with themselves or to prove they found the darkest secret in the world. I am not saying that I will never put up a real pic because one baby step leads to another but it will be of my time and choosing.
The main reason though is because this very forum can be seen by anyone, member or not. I know because I lurked for a very long time to get a real feel for this baby step. Once I am allowed into the private section......who knows.
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I am trying to get my head round this “I could be recognised” thing.
First, will I be recognised by someone I know? Well it’s possible I suppose.
But why would anybody I know be looking through the members on a crossdressing site?
But having said that, if they do and come across Suzy they are going to be a bit gobsmacked at the sexy beauty they see before them and look harder I suppose.
SUZY
I was never trying to put anybody on defense, I just wanted to know the story behind their Avatars.
I really don't think most took it badly, they are just honest about their feelings. I think some fear comes hand-in-hand with the CD/TG thing, I have certainly had my terrified moments. And although I have a much better grip on it now, it's still there, just behind the excitement of being dressed.
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I guess the answer would be if someone in your family, friends, or circle of acquaintances SUSPECT that you might be a CD, they might to go to the length of proving themselves right whether they actually asked you or not about it.I am trying to get my head round this “I could be recognised” thing.
First, will I be recognised by someone I know? Well it’s possible I suppose.
But why would anybody I know be looking through the members on a crossdressing site?
But having said that, if they do and come across Suzy they are going to be a bit gobsmacked at the sexy beauty they see before them and look harder I suppose.
SUZY
People do strange things for stranger reasons, I stopped trying to second guess peoples motives for anything anymore lol
I never took or read it badly hon
What you see is what you get.
No photoshop work, just me smiling into the lens.
Julia
Just like my clothes and wigs from the past, wish I had kept some of my picts I've gotten rid of. Here's mine.
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