no thanks, i don't pass and get laughed at. maybe this is real advice if you're androgynous and under 5'6, but it's useless otherwise. ill keep doing this shit til i can afford FFS because people literally will not hire me presenting fem - i got turned down from 8 min wage jobs and instantly got hired after i cut my hair much shorter.
2 years HRT, presented for the 2nd year and i was not gendered female a single time. 180cm, not balding, female haircut, wearing women's jeans/shoes/glasses/flannel/makeup/small earrings/mask. i went 9 months straight without being gendered in public before speaking. some of us are just legitimately ugly and unpassable without surgery.