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Sex reassignment: How I became a woman. Incredible transformation of men into women

You will need

  • To achieve similarity with a woman, a man will help:
  • - underwear;
  • - clothes;
  • - shoes;
  • - wig;
  • - cosmetics;
  • - costume jewelry

Instructions

Nowadays, the purchase of tights and stockings by a man, as well as women's underwear, no longer surprises anyone. The most that can cause your purchase is a benevolent smile of the seller. Choose what you like and feel free to buy, just get ready to answer typical questions, for example, what size is your girl. Of course, if you are embarrassed to say that you personally need stockings and a bra.

If you don't want your dress-up experiments to go public, order whatever you need for your makeover (wig, dress, shoes or boots) from online stores or online auctions such as e-bay. There is a risk that the product will come in the wrong size, but it can be replaced. Another drawback is the delivery times, which sometimes last up to one and a half months.

When ordering dresses and shoes in the online store, specify which size scale the seller is guided by. Correlate Russian sizes with sizes accepted in European countries. As for China, where clothes and shoes are most often supplied from, they sew things in accordance with European standards.

When all the packages are received, and you are satisfied with your new outfits, do your makeup. You will need: foundation, thick foundation, powder, foundation sponges, concealers, blush, shadows, mascara, eyeliners, eyebrows, lips, lipstick and mascara. Try not to save money if you want to achieve stunning results. Travesty artists use special makeup. In a domestic environment, you will not need it. And you can buy cosmetics without shame in specialized stores. When purchasing a product, look at the expiration date.

Allocate a few hours to the ritual of reincarnation, turn off your phone, tune in to a meeting with the beautiful.

The first step is to shave as cleanly as possible. Rest your irritated face. Start by shaping the eyes, apply eye shadow, and add eyeliner. Before applying eyeshadow, a make-up base should be applied to the eyelids. Many makeup artists advise using foundation as a base under the eyeshadow, which will make them brighter and more saturated.

The next step is dressing up. Changing clothes is preceded by applying foundation to your face, as there is a possibility of splashing it on a new dress.

Finish your eyes, paint your eyelashes with mascara. If a little smudged, gently remove the mascara from the face with cream. Form your eyebrows, if they are not thick, with an eyebrow pencil. It is better to pre-seal thick eyebrows with a special plaster or paint over with a tonal pencil, and then again on top.

Start applying the foundation. Let it soak in.

The foundation is spread over the face and hammered into the skin. Your task is to close the pores with the cream, to even out the face. Of course, the face will resemble a mask, but the alternative to the translucent blue from the stubble is much worse.

Lips. Apply a little bit of foundation on them to paint over the contour, and then outline with a lip liner, increasing or vice versa decreasing. Powder and blush.

Many men come up with the idea to reincarnate into a woman for a while, get new sensations, give their appearance a new image, try a female style of behavior. What is capable of radically transforming a transvestite man for a short time, giving the usual appearance of femininity? The answer is obvious - first of all, it is women's clothing, makeup and jewelry.

It should be understood that simply putting on several pieces of women's clothing that are suitable in size is not enough. To get new sensations, to enjoy the fullness of reincarnation, one must try to make the created image natural, elegant, refined. Ideally, when transforming into a woman, you should try to ensure that the created look does not differ from the appearance of the best female representatives, so that the reflection in the mirror becomes a reflection of a beautiful stylish woman.

Many transvestite men on the way to reincarnation into a woman received the experience of reincarnation by trial and error, long and painfully going to the desired result. In order not to repeat mistakes, you should use the advice of experienced transvestites, which will help you to master the art of giving yourself a feminine appearance and a feminine style of behavior with the least expenditure of time and nerves.

In deep childhood, many boys happily dressed in women's clothes and flaunted in front of the mirror in the shoes and dresses of their mother or older sister, mercilessly spent their mother's lipstick and blush. At the same time, there was no problem with the selection of wardrobe - what was at hand was used. Her cheeks were not covered with stubble, the skin was soft and girlishly smooth. These years are gone, but the memories and experiences remain. They will come in handy at an older age, will help you take the very first steps in creating a female image.

Before you start giving femininity, you should prepare the body for putting on women's outfits. This applies to the skin, face, and figure.

Smooth female legs

Real female legs, of course, should be devoid of vegetation. If the legs are not naturally weighed down by dense dark vegetation, it is quite possible to drape an unobtrusive leg defect with dense tights or stockings. The result will be great if you put on two pairs of tights at once - translucent white or flesh-colored. It is necessary to choose tight tights, the density should be at least 40 DEN. If nature has endowed with rich vegetation that is difficult to hide, you will have to get rid of the hair on your legs with the help of depilatory cream, wax or shaving.

If the skin on the legs becomes dry after depilation, acquires a grayish or reddish tint, you should treat your legs with lotion and tint with a foundation. At the same time, one should not spend money on expensive cosmetics - the simplest cream or even the remains of an old cream, the expiration date of which has already expired, is quite suitable for the feet. When reincarnating into a woman, achieving the beauty of the legs, one should not forget to keep an eye on the fresh appearance of the feet - steamed feet should be cleaned with a pumice stone or scrub, calluses should be removed, and possible small cracks should be softened with cream. Toenails should be monitored as closely as fingernails. Nails are carefully trimmed, processed with a file. It is good to cover your nails with a discreet varnish. This is done in several layers - the first layer is colorless, as a base, the second layer is colored varnish. This will help to hide the imperfections of the toenails - yellowish color, bumps, etc. The hairs on the toes should also be removed, as well as from the rest of the visible areas of the legs. After these simple procedures, both closed women's shoes and light summer open sandals will look erotic on smooth, well-groomed legs.

You can use self-tanning lotion to give your legs a tanned look. This should be done, observing one simple rule: apply the lotion in an even thin layer to avoid piebald spots on the legs. Moreover, you need to cover both the upper legs and feet.

Hips and buttocks

Nature has endowed transvestite men and women with different types of figures. A woman's hips are significantly different from men's, they are wider than the waist, look more rounded, which creates a unique feminine charm. To create a feminine look when dressing up as a woman, you should use tips on how to visually expand the hips compared to the thickness of the waist.

To fill the lack of a figure will help special inserts sold in stores for transvestites, in combination with corrective lingerie, models of which abound in all sales of lingerie. A cheaper way to correct the hips is homemade inserts made of batting or padding polyester, which the craftsmen sew in the right places from the inside of the tights. Foam rubber can also be used for these purposes. Its thickness should be within two to three centimeters. It is quite easy to cut out ovals from a sheet of foam rubber according to the size of the enlarged part of the thigh. To improve the effect, you can make a smooth decrease in thickness from a maximum in the center to a minimum at the edges. In a similar way, homemade panties are created to give the buttocks the appearance and volume of an elastic, convex "Brazilian" ass. All pads are adjusted in place and when the desired result is achieved, they are fixed on panties or tights.

A definite problem is the unwanted obvious protrusion of the male genitals. It is assumed that lingerie should tightly fit the body, so the prominent parts will spoil the overall feminine picture. The easiest way to hide the genitals is to use a thick, wide stocking belt, which easily hides male characteristics. Another way is also simple: from the same padding polyester or foam rubber, a volumetric overlay of a triangular shape is cut out, which can hide the male genitals. This insert can also be hemmed from the inside of the panties at the crotch. Using these tips, you can achieve an almost feminine smoothness of the lower abdomen.

Breast

The breasts are by far the most prominent part of a woman's body in many ways. And, having "made" myself an appetizing ass, I would like to most realistically reproduce this most important attribute of the female figure. The simplest way is obvious: the cups of a tight bra of the appropriate size can be carefully filled with soft elastic material - rolled stockings, cotton wool, or something similar. A very natural picture is given by balloons or condoms filled with water to the desired size. It is this method that most realistically imitates the elastic swaying of the female breast when moving, breathing or vigorous gesticulation. Of course, when handling rubber products filled with water, there is a possibility of a water explosion of the structure from touching a sharp object, so you should be careful.

The ideal way to create truly beautiful feminine breasts are silicone modern exoprosthetic onlays. These lifelike breasts come in four basic sizes and come in a variety of shapes and attachments. The shape of a silicone breast can be either triangular or teardrop-shaped; they can be made either in the form of separate pads or in the form of a conveniently worn bra. It remains only to decide what size and shape of the breast is most suitable, make your choice and visit the store for crossdressers or order in online stores.

A visit to a store is more correct, because there are certain subtleties when choosing linings, and in specialized stores, as a rule, qualified consultants work who will not only give information about the product, but also help you choose the most suitable model correctly. This is especially important, since silicone pads are an intimate product, they cannot be tried on, and in case of an unsuccessful purchase, they can be returned.

Choosing the right bra is just as important as designing the bust itself. It should not only decorate and fit, but should be comfortable to wear and not be a hassle. By and large, it should be such a piece of the toilet that you can carry all day without ever remembering its existence. A bra is not only a decorating thing, but also a corrective one, which makes it possible to model an ideal female breast when dressing as a woman. Therefore, when choosing this important accessory, you should remember some rules.

Determining the size of the bra

To determine the size of the bra, measure with a sewing meter (a construction tape is inconvenient for this) the girth along the lower cut of the location of the future bra, that is, along the lower edge of the breast implant to be applied. The resulting number (let's say 87), round up to five in any direction (we get the size 85 or 90). This value is used to determine the size of the bra. When rounded down, the product will fit more tightly and adjust the chest, and in a larger one, it will give more freedom and will be more comfortable to wear. The numbers are followed by the letter designation of the volume, that is, the size of the mammary glands themselves. The same letters designate the size of the silicone pads, so it will be easy to choose a bra for yourself, knowing that the breast to be applied has a size, for example, D. If the letter designations of the bra cup and exoprosthesis coincide, then the breast will ideally fit into the volume of the bra and will delight with natural beauty.

When buying a bra, you should give preference to durable closed models that can not only accommodate the entire volume of the imposed bust, but also withstand the weight of a silicone breast, the weight of each of which, depending on the size, can reach a kilogram.

The best model of a bra for modeling a large enough breast is a bra made of reliable, dense fabric with durable adjustable straps. It is the straps, or rather their correctly chosen length, that will be responsible for the reliability of the entire structure that makes up the feminized breast. In profile, a properly fitting bra should be nearly level and horizontal and should fit snugly against the body. At the same time, it should be soft, not cut into the skin and not rub on delicate areas.

After the feminine breasts are finally formed, you can select a dress or blouse for the available volume. They should be measured on a bra with inserts, so as not to overshoot with the choice of the size of the chest of clothing, which should be neither tight nor too loose.

Other items of lingerie

As important as the bra are other items of lingerie that are inherent in the sexy female image. These are obligatory panties, and corsets, combinations and belts for stockings under the mood.

  • Panties

Only traditional panties-slips can be good to correct the buttocks and become a good support for overlays. Thongs are good for giving special eroticism when transforming into a woman, but these are specific panties, under which you cannot hide the extended buttocks. In addition, without proper skill, they are not very comfortable for prolonged wear, and they are not suitable for any clothes.

  • Combination

In fact, an openwork elongated silk T-shirt. It will help to hide a bra and panties with underlay elements when wearing light translucent dresses.

  • Corsets

A great tool for body shaping. It is he who will help to "make" the wasp waist, pressing the stomach, lifting the chest and emphasizing the hips. In addition, the corset helps to constantly monitor posture, keep the back straight. The disadvantage of a corset is its inconvenience, it is difficult to wear it all day long. Therefore, it is an excellent accessory for a special, solemn occasion, unsuitable for everyday wear. An alternative to a corset can be a bustier bra, which combines the convenience of a bra and the corrective qualities of a not tight corset.

  • Suspender belt

With the advent of tights and the general wearing of jeans, the hosiery has become primarily an emphatically sexual element that creates an erotic image. Feminine appearance, complemented by a belt with stockings, immediately acquires eroticism and frank sensuality. In addition, when reincarnating as a woman, the belt perfectly helps to tighten the protruding male genitals, making the pubis smooth like a woman.

How to choose shoes

Femininity of legs can be emphasized by choosing the right size shoes, boots or stiletto sandals. But first of all, you should master the art of walking in heels. Walking in heels requires a straight posture, constant control of the evenness of the back. One should step on them with narrow feminine steps, in no case with a wide soldier's gait - with such a step, not a single heel will add femininity. Therefore, you should train at home, in front of a mirror, and only when you achieve a harmonious feminine step can you go out in heels.

A mysterious man in fancy clothes, rutting with a tambourine, a spirit charmer and a folk healer - this is how we imagine a shaman. Many inhabitants of Siberia still believe in the power of local soothsayers and sorcerers. And few people know what shocking facts are sometimes hidden behind the magical rituals of shamans.

Epileptic seizure

Arctic hysteria is a psychopathic disease that the inhabitants of Siberia and the Far North are susceptible to due to a number of objective factors, such as low temperatures, paucity, lack of vitamins, etc.

The Swedish religious scholar Oke Olmarx (1911-1984) believed that shamanism is a pronounced form of manifestation of Arctic hysteria when a person experiences epileptic seizures. The patient considers his hallucinations to be communicating with spirits and believes in everything supernatural. The only difference between ordinary psychopaths and a shaman is that he can control seizures, deliberately causing them using special techniques.

Death for abandoning shamanism

If the spirits of the ancestors chose a person as a shaman, then he must accept his destiny or die. Among the peoples of Siberia, it is believed that before gaining the ability of a soothsayer and a healer, a person experiences the so-called "shamanic withdrawal". This is an inexplicable disease, which can be healed only by starting communication with spirits.

For many people, the visions that arise in them become a real shock, the usual perception of the world collapses, life plans are re-evaluated. If the chosen one is not ready to completely change his fate, then he becomes seriously ill. Refusal from shamanism for such a person means a quick death.

Marriage to a deity or spirit

Romanian historian and philosopher Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) wrote in his book Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy that shamans often enter into ritual marriages with various deities or patron spirits. They are confident that they enter into sexual relations with the inhabitants of other dimensions, being in a state of trance.

There were cases when such a mystical wife demanded that the shaman divorce if he was married before receiving magical abilities. And mortal husbands did not dare to oppose the will of the "heavenly" ladies.

Shamanism presupposes not only business, but also sexual relations with spirits. This is the cornerstone of such beliefs.

Ejaculation during the ritual

Shamanic ecstasy is tantamount to symbolic intercourse. As a rule, the ritual of a ritual with a tambourine ends with ejaculation. A special state of consciousness, when the soothsayer "connects" with spirits, goddesses, magical assistants, almost inevitably causes an erection in a man.

Often the mystical experiences of shamans are associated with sexual emotions. And the close connection between what is happening in a person's consciousness and the physiological reactions of his body to imaginary events does not raise doubts among psychiatrists.

Are they werewolves?

Spirits-helpers of shamans often appear in the form of various animals, birds, fish and reptiles. Imitating the movements and habits of a totem animal, during the ritual, a person symbolically reincarnates as a representative of the fauna. He puts on the appropriate skin and mask, makes sounds like a roar, growl, howl or scream. Reincarnated, the magician leaves for the taiga, believing that he has actually become a beast.

Many Siberians believe that shamans are werewolves. Moreover, not only wolves, but also bears, beavers, wolverines, snakes, ravens ... According to legend, light and dark shamans sometimes fight to the death with each other, being in their animal guises.

Drugs for ecstasy

Usually, to achieve a state of trance for a shaman, monotonous beats of a tambourine and a ritual dance are enough, but in order to intensify the ecstasy they use additional means. As a rule, these are drugs. We are talking about eating hallucinogenic mushrooms, inhaling the smoke of intoxicating herbs, smoking special mixtures.

Shamans widely use drug intoxication to communicate with spirits and divination. Such substances, they believe, help to better tune in to the perception of the supernatural world and its inhabitants.

Sex reassignment and "transformation" into a woman

Among the Kamchadals, Chukchi, Koryaks and representatives of some peoples of Siberia, there are transvestite shamans. More often men "turn" into women, although it happens that shaman women begin to dress and behave like representatives of the stronger sex. Such people can even enter into marriages, which are now called LGBT unions.

The transformation of a man-shaman into a woman is not ritual, but quite real. Well, maybe without sex reassignment surgery. And all at the behest of the spirits who appeared during the ritual, of course. Moreover, some shamans are so disgusted by the very thought of such a thing that they prefer to commit suicide.

Torture by fire and frost

A young man who received the gift of a shaman from his ancestors is going through a lot of trials. And this is not only magical withdrawal. Having accepted his destiny, the young man finds a teacher - an experienced colleague who tests the neophyte's resolve and shares his knowledge with him.

The future Siberian shaman endures real torture both by fire and frost. For example, it can be wrapped in wet sheets and put outside on a winter night, where the air temperature often drops below -50 ° C. And he should stand until the sheets are completely dry.

In addition, the shaman needs to acquire symbolic power over fire. To do this, he touches the hot metal with his hands and feet until the limbs lose sensitivity. But then it hits people, calmly interacting with fire.

Fortune telling on shamanic turtles

Shamans are usually buried not in cemeteries, but in forest thickets so that no one bothers them. But every Siberian people has its own traditions. For example, among the Yukaghirs, the corpses of soothsayers and healers were dismembered, and the bones were divided between relatives, since it was believed that they saved from evil spirits.

Special attention was paid to the skulls of shamans. They were framed with wooden frames and kept as heirlooms. In Siberia, they even used such ritual remains to make fortune telling; living shamans “asked” their deceased colleagues for advice on various issues.

Once upon a time, the Wachowski brothers, who are known as the creators of the films "Matrix" and "Cloud Atlas", were named Lawrence (50) and Andrew (48), but who would have thought that by now these two famous men will become women! First, Lawrence Wachowski came into view - information about his transgender status was published in various publications since the early 2000s, because at social events the man began to appear in women's clothing, posing as Lana Wachowski. It turned out that the director really began to take female hormones and prepare for gender reassignment surgery ... I must say that initially no one expected such a turn, because Lawrence has been married to his school love Thea Bloom since 1993 and is happy in his personal life. But in 2002 they divorced - Tea left her husband because of his infidelity with a transsexual and the owner of the BDSM club Karin Winslow (she is the dominatrix Ilsa Strikes), with whom Lana later linked her life.

Lawrence turned into Lana found harmony as a woman

The real coming out of the Wachowski took place only in 2012 - the man officially turned from Lawrence to Lana and thus became the first open transgender person among the largest Hollywood directors. In fact, it all started in childhood: “When I was transferred from a regular public school, where I played mostly with girls, wore jeans and with long hair, to a Catholic school, where girls had to wear skirts, I was immediately told that I have to get my hair cut. I had to somehow exist among the guys: play with them, hang out. " But the case took on a serious scale much later. For a long time Lana could not even pronounce the words "transgender" and "transsexual", but when she finally admitted this to herself, she realized that she needed to tell her parents, brother and sisters about it. “It terrified me so much that I didn’t sleep for several days,” the director admits. Lana decided to start with her mother. She plucked up courage and said, "I am a transsexual, I am a girl." Lynn Wachowski was shocked by the said son, but still accepted his decision - the same was done by Ron's father, as well as Andy's brother. Lana took such a desperate step for a simple reason - she hated her body and thought about death every day. In the mornings, Wachowski went swimming and dreamed only of being devoured by a shark or drowned by a boat ...

In 2012, Andy, unlike his sister, was still a man, but even then he had a plan for a grandiose reincarnation ...

Only now Lana began to live a happy and, most importantly, harmonious life: “I know that many are dying of curiosity whether I have a surgically constructed vagina or not, but let it remain between me and my wife. I changed my appearance in order to make it more consistent with my inner world. "

In 2016, Andy, who turned into Lilly, followed the example of his ex-brother. A few months ago, Andy officially recognized the sex change and appeared in front of the public in a new guise. It was not easy for him to decide to come out - Lilly had to reveal all her cards, because she received threats from the Western media, which intended to tell her secret themselves. “My sister Lana and I try to avoid talking to the press. In my opinion, talking about our work is a very tedious task, and talking about ourselves is completely humiliating. But in this situation, I understood that I would not go anywhere from a public statement. You know, when you live like a transsexual, it is very difficult to hide it from others. It just took me a while to find myself. Yes, I am transgender and I changed my gender. " Lilly received the support of her family, so she admitted that when there is support and money for the services of doctors, it is much easier to survive a sex change ... “Transsexuals without support, money and privileges do not have such an opportunity. Many of them do not survive. I know that in 2015 the suicide rate among transsexuals was at an all-time high. ”

A few months ago, Andy officially admitted to being Lilly.

After the perfect confession, Lilly is in no hurry to talk about how she lives now. It seems that Wachowski continues to be married to actress Alice Blesingheim, whom he married back in 1991. In an interview, Lilly admitted that she fully accepted her choice.

Andrew to Andrea

In July 2014, Pejic came out as a transgender woman. He stated that he had undergone sex reassignment procedures and asked to refer to him in the feminine gender and call Andrea

I hope that being open about this issue will help make it less problematic, ”the model said in her very first interview after the incident. It turned out that Andrea always dreamed of being a girl - as a boy, she spun in her mother's dress and imagined herself as a ballerina. But after the family emigrated to Australia, the brother and the boys at school made Andrey understand that it was better to hide their inclinations. Pejic tried to participate in team games and spend time like all the other boys. But he did it with difficulty. “I kept my dreams and my imagination to myself and learned to be a boy well. But I was hiding my true essence, ”- recalls the past feelings Andrea. For the first time, Pejic read about sex change at the age of 13, when he went to the school library and went online. To stop the hormonal changes associated with growing up, Pejic began taking puberty blockers. But plans for the future star were put on hold when a modeling agent found him at the age of 17. “It was an opportunity to see the world and get some financial stability,” Pejic explained. But then the previous state of discomfort still took its toll. In 2012, Andrei made a reassessment of values. “I was proud of my career in denying gender stereotypes, but my biggest dream was to live in harmony with my own body. I have to be honest with myself, and my career will have to adjust to it, ”concluded Pejic.

Andrea now has all the hallmarks of being female

A few months after the operation, Andrea wanted to release a documentary about her reincarnation. She decided to show the whole process in full to help those who are experiencing similar pain. It was an interesting and very positive experience for Pejic, despite the difficulties he faced. “This is a complex process, this is not a fairy tale,” she said, adding that the operation does not solve all problems. “This is part of your body and your identity. But it's great when you can live and look the way you feel after you have suppressed yourself for so long. "

Previously, Pejic appeared on the covers of magazines in both male and female images, and sometimes in both

After turning into a woman, Pejic was predicted to be forgotten, but she proved that she could be successful in a new body. She signed contracts with many companies and became even more in demand and popular than she was. “I was told that I would stop being special, that the fashion industry is full of pretty girls,” Pejic recalled. In one of the modeling agencies she was directly told that "it is better to be androgynous than a trans woman." However, these days have passed, and since then Andrei has even managed to get the proud title of the model of the year. But despite this, Andrea believes that transgender people still have to fight for their rights, because the fight of transpersons or African Americans for their rights is different from the fight against wars and refugee problems.


The young man Andrey had to go through many operations and procedures in order to fulfill his dream

A rising transgender star from Canada

Experts say that soon another star will appear in the modeling business - this is the as yet unknown Canadian girl Siobhan Atwell (22), who recently became a woman. Siobhan realized that she wanted to be different, back in school, when she was Seth - she always dressed the way she wanted, so she did not pay attention to negative comments. The future girl knew that someday she would get out of her small town - the province of Nova Scotia - so she had to live her life. “They called me names and it was sometimes difficult for me, but I had friends. I was luckier than other people. I was the only child in a city that was different. But I felt fine, I never felt danger. "

Siobhan decided to become a model at 15 when she watched America's Next Top Model, but her career only began two years ago, when she was physically still a man, posing in both female and male looks. publicly announced that she had finally decided to become a woman, realizing that she was more comfortable that way. "Things started to change when I thought about all this. I felt more comfortable being a woman, and began to say about myself" she. " a year of examinations and medical appointments before making a life-changing decision, fortunately, she has had the support of family and friends, and she also receives support from fans and hopes that her career will only grow.

Siobhan could portray any image - both male and female.

Speaking of the women who inspire Siwon, she mentions Paris Hilton, as well as Canadian blogger Gigi Gorgeous, who also had a gender reassignment. “I heard about her even before her gender change. Her positive attitude and beauty, her personality - how happy she became after the gender change ... ”Siobhan followed the changes of Gigi Gorgeous, and this inspired her on her own“ journey ”, to find herself.


Last month, Siobhan Atwell publicly announced that she had finally decided to become a woman, realizing that she was more comfortable that way.

Atwell does not like being infringed upon and argues that people like her should not be labeled as "transgender." “I believe that we have already reached the point where the words 'transsexual' and 'transgender' should not be stigmatized. We should just be men and women. I love being introduced as a woman, but I also have no intention of hiding the fact that I am trans, ”said the model. Siobhan also advised all those who doubt their gender not to rush to a decision, but to think carefully about everything and enlist the support of loved ones. Atwell does not compare to himself with colleagues in the workshop, because he believes that everyone has their own story, and she can also bring something of her own.

Atwell's transformation was extremely successful! Looking at her and the thought does not arise that this is a former man

“My story is that I belong to a small part of the world. Here, everything is not very possible for everyone. But I wanted something more. I've worked hard, and other people can do the same - even if you overstep boundaries. As for the transgender models, the general idea is similar for everyone, but they all have different backgrounds and backgrounds. " Siobhan believes that in the future, people should forget about the category of "transgender model" - Atwell wants to be spoken of as a female model. However, Siobhan does not deny that as long as such a category exists, because it will prove that transgender people can be models, they can do whatever they want and be successful. Siobhan's goal now is to become a model for a major campaign. She dreams of filming for Steven Klein, working with Givenchy or Marc Jacobs. The model feels that she was literally created for this, so she thinks positively and patiently waits in the wings.

Siwon became part of the State Management modeling agency - the girl dreams that one day she will be lucky enough to be the face of a large brand

They don't like them in Azerbaijan

The story of a transgender man named Agness Landau began in Azerbaijan and continued in Lithuania. The man who was once called Raul Mammadli moved to Vilnius in 2011 to study, and since then his, or rather her, life has been going on there. That Raoul was a girl by nature, he realized early. The boy told his mother that he liked wearing earrings, growing his hair, getting tattoos. Then my mother did not understand and said that you have to be a man, but Raul could not ... “When I was 16 years old, I told my mother that I like boys. She became very unpleasant. She even wanted to take me to a doctor ... ”And although Raoul wanted to change his sex, he was very afraid of the operation. It seemed to him that it was unnatural that a boy would never turn out to be a girl. “But after I studied this issue in detail, it became clear to me that this is not a problem at all for modern medicine. The operation was successful, and it became clear to me that a lot depends on the person himself. If you take care of yourself, your diet and health, then everything will work out. In 2015, I also underwent surgery on my nose and chest. And successful too, ”says Agness.

Modern gender studies argue that the concepts of "man" and "woman" are not so much biological as social, and between these two poles there are still many opportunities for self-determination. Wonderzine is launching a series of publications about people who have had to correct their external signs of gender so that their inner understanding of themselves finally coincides with what other people see. In our first article - the story of the chairman of the Russian Bar Association for Human Rights Masha Bast (in the past - Evgeny Arkhipov), who came out in September 2013 as a transgender woman.

interview: Sasha Sheveleva

Masha Bast

I have never had a dilemma - be me a man or a woman.
Literally from the age of three, as long as I can remember, I identified myself as a girl. The older I got, the more urgent was the need to look like a girl. At the age of 10, I already began to put on women's clothes, paint. Of course, my mother noticed that her clothes were all rummaged and dressed. She probably thought that this was due to some kind of teenage growing up, tried not to notice it. At the age of 12, I already went to a disco, met and danced with boys. The parents were not aware. We had a private house, and it was convenient for me to leave the house without anyone seeing me. Some of my peers paid attention to the fact that I was wearing a bra - they laughed, but pretended not to notice. After all, I sunbathed like a girl - in a women's swimsuit, many of my friends have seen my tan.

When I was 15, my parents began to suspect something, and I had a conversation with my mother. I didn't understand then what was happening to me. I didn’t know what transsexualism was, that there are people who correct their external signs. At the age of 13, I myself thought that I probably needed some changes in my body. I didn't like the roughness of my skin and voice. At the age of 14, I bought a hormone, such a powerful pill, and drank it. I walked tense, and my mother then began to suspect something and found this pill, asked what it was. I said, "Medicine." Well, she threw it away. Closer to 15, I learned what transsexuality is, that people correct their gender. And I made a decision for myself that I will also change my external signs. For me, there was no such thing that "I want to change gender" or "I am a man who wants to become a woman." I always felt like a woman, I just felt uncomfortable that I have a male body.

At the age of 16, I tried to suppress the feminine principle in myself. I thought that maybe I really was such a teenage age, and took up weightlifting. At 16, I began to look like a 40-year-old man. They even started preparing me to participate in the Sydney Olympics. And you know, I became so unhappy. I imagined that, here, I am a man, winning the Olympics. But I'm not a man. I cannot be a man. I went to frantic workouts, my peers were afraid of me, they did not come up on the street, because I was as huge as a closet. But I'm a woman! Do you understand? It didn't suit me. This made me very unhappy. And the more courageous I became outwardly, the more I felt like a heavy spacesuit on myself. I made a decision that I can't do this anymore: I started injecting female hormones with frantic doses, and began to lose weight. I didn't know what a shemale was then, I didn't know what a transition was.


I had a conversation with my mother. I came in a mini skirt with long hair. Mom said: “Do you want to be a woman? Yes please. But, - he says, - on the street. Go and earn. Only herself. " And what is the street at that time? This means that you go to prostitute. I couldn't do that. I said, "Okay, I'll do it myself." And I decided that I would live like this, and then get an education and help myself with correction. For me it was probably a dilemma. And my mother and I started playing games, which ended with the first ambulance arriving at the age of 17 or 18. I picked up the hormones incorrectly, weightlifting, too, could not be thrown abruptly. My blood pressure was over 200, like the old grandmother. I had to forget about hormones and exercise. I tried to return to my female body, but it was difficult due to health problems. I then decided that I would take a time-out - I would go to university, get an education. And only after receiving the status, I will go and do everything. And so it happened. My mom knew very well that I would change, whether she liked it or not. My brother, who lives with me, was always aware of what was happening to me. He saw everything. I have been Masha for him since childhood.

Correction of external signs of sex is a series of operations. It all depends on the person what he wants: if he wants to change the genitals - this is one operation. If he wants to restore beauty, he can do at least a hundred operations. I was lucky because I have a feminine appearance: there is no Adam's apple and never was, my chin has always been feminine, my nose is small. But there are people who have problems with the shape of the skull, Adam's apple. I didn’t change sex - I corrected my body. I was originally a woman. I made a decision for myself: I put all these commissions, documents on the sidelines, because the most important thing is in me. Of course, many are faced with a problem: in order to perform an operation, you need to change the documents and have an opinion from the commission. To change documents, you need to have an operation. The document is a human invention. I drive a car, although I have a man's license. I follow the rules of the road. Let them stop - I will explain to them my rights and their rights. I am an independent person, I say: “Here are my documents, this is me. If something doesn't suit you, that's your problem. " Don't be ashamed of yourself. People feel shy and guilty. You didn’t make yourself that way - nature made you that way. Is this your fault? No. Therefore, society is obliged to accept you. If it does not accept, then it is a problem of society.

Talking to people in adolescence
about what transgender is,
for a person to grow up mentally healthy


My wife knew everything about me from the very beginning, even when we just started dating in 2008 - even then I was taking female hormones. We have a lesbian marriage. We all discussed this when we met. The only thing I can tell you is that I am a bi woman. In my youth, I liked both boys and girls. I've dated men. They perceived me as a woman. I was looked after by brutal, large men under two meters. We are planning to have children. I didn't have children because I needed to make a change. Of course, I will tell the children everything about myself.

I believe that in adolescence, you need to talk with people about what transgender is, so that a person grows up mentally healthy, not a maniac. If parents notice that the first signals have appeared (in the region of 10 years), they should immediately run to see a psychologist and in no case treat. If this is transsexualism, then we must stop fighting and start helping the child so that he is already a girl by the age of 18, preparing to get married. You can't maim a child. There are provocations against me. In the village where I live, information was launched that I was gathering a rally of transgender people - the whole village was cordoned off, they were looking for these transgender people.

I know, for example, that Limonov (Maria Bast was the personal lawyer of Eduard Limonov and represented him in the Supreme Court of Russia and the European Court of Human Rights. - Approx. ed.) could not reconcile my past and present. And I say right away: you communicated not with Evgeny Sergeevich, but with Masha. Evgeny Sergeevich was the image that I carried to society in order to make it easier for me to communicate, but I looked at you through Masha's eyes, and the brains were Machines. Most people understand this, 10% of acquaintances do not understand. Most often, rejection occurs among religious people. They are looking for an explanation - most likely, this is a performance, a planned PR move, some kind of protest. After coming out, I became a moment of truth for most people. I saw how people treat me: there are users among friends, and there are real friends. Users moved away.

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