#FTM swim binder

[sensible-tips]

Binders for Swimming

Summer is fast approaching! Here a some of the binders you can use while swimming! They are designed to still provide safe & consistent compression while wet.

Underworks Swim Gear

TomboyX Swimwear

gc2b Collections (Binder support team states the binders can be swam in)

Origami Customs Swim Binders

ChestBinder.com Swim Binder

TransTape Binding Tape (designed to be waterproof)

**SensibleTips for T Guys provides this list as information and not an endorsement. Always do research and read customer reviews prior to purchasing.**

[bonyassfish]

Ok if you have big boobs do not get a binder from Chest Binder Co, and if you must get one like two or three sizes up from what they recommend. Also it had shitty fabric quality, it was more or less what you can find on Amazon which sucks considering the price I paid (and the fact that I can’t return it)

I am so sick of binders that only cater to people with tiny boobs. I ordered an extra large (for reference, I fit comfortably in a large from gc2b) and it was not anywhere close to fitting me. What a waste of money

Fellow big boob havers who like to bind, any recommendations for products that actually fit?

[bedsheetghost413]

Does anyone know where I can get a swim binder that isn't plain and over $100? Humankind fucked me over.

[lego-brick]

I went shopping with my mother today. I had been wanting a pair of swim trunks for ages but I am closeted ftm and it's been hard to tell her that what I wanted was a pair of swimming trunks. But I did, and she seemed surprised that I was almost asking for her permission, essentially telling me that she wasn't in charge of what I chose to do (which is surprising because there has been a lot of pushback from her in the past).

So we were looking in the men's section. I told her she could pick the color and design (offering her a little control in a situation that might be difficult to accept) and she asked me if I wanted it to be more feminine or masculine and it was such a heartwarming / euphoric moment. She's starting to see me.

I thought to myself, I think things will be okay.

[sabbathbloodysabbeth]

Ok so random thought, but what if Steve was trans (ftm) and no one realizes it. Not even Robin. Just hear me out on this.

The first question out of this I know I’ll get is “Why wouldn’t Steve come out to Robin as well? Why doesn’t Robin know?” Well in my head cannon I believe Steve is aware that he’s trans but just simply forgets. He’s just a guy being a dude in a very judgemental world. That and he’s under stealth mode, he doesn’t want to be treated differently. He’s proud to be trans but in his mind he’s like any other guy, he doesn’t stand out. He’s transitioned socially that he doesn’t even think to much about it unless he’s in the men’s bathroom.

(Also for this au that is being built from scratch this is going to be modern, because I don’t want to accidentally put my experiences as a trans man on a transguy in the 80’s. I’m fully aware that they are different which is why I’m turning this into a modern au.)

There’s loopholes in this idea but I don’t care. Just Steve Harrington who is still getting used to being treated like a man socially. He doesn’t understand the hand shake thing with Lucas or the other jocks and he’s still a bit nervous about all of it. Like he’s finally fitting what he feels and he loves it but hates it at the same time. Because now he has to learn how to be a proper “gentleman” in public, which is a lot easier then hoe he was taught to be a lady. Now both of his parents are not conservative. Shockingly. So they are more open to things then most. Though secretly his father has always wanted a son to pass the business down to and this is the perfect opportunity. His mother isn’t to happy but she finally gets on board. Once he’s sixteen he starts hormones and switches schools, where he becomes king steve. Where he falls into a toxic masculine group of Tommy’s so he can “fit” in.

But then things start to go down hill with the upside down. And everything goes by normal. He meets Robin and they are two pees in the pod. Just missing one, that they are not really searching for but are?

The whole trans thing comes up when they are all in the boat and Steve’s a bit panicked because this means he has to take his shirt off in front of them. This can go to so different ways.

A) He hasn’t had top surgery yet and is currently wearing his binder. Which is skin toned but doesn’t match. He’s beat red as he catches the curious eyes of all of them on the boat. None of them knowing what a binder is. Robin of course asks what that is, and avoiding the question he jumps in and goes under. (You aren’t supposed to swim with your binder on) and he regrets all of his life decisions before coming back up and then being pulled back down. Everyone of course follows along, and after all of it Steve is in a lot of pain. Between the bite and his ribs he has no choice but to pull his binder off. Everything is explained and he’s really embarrassed as he finally gets the damn thing off while holding his chest. Trying to hide his boobs, in which Eddie ends up coming over with the vest. Wrapping it around Steve carefully with the most awkward back pat ever. Like it’s not brought up, but Steve does end up wearing one of Eddie’s old baggy shirts from what’s “83” but really a different year because it’s modern. And his vest as well to help cover his chest and it’s the most gender euphoria ever. (Also he still has a hairy chest, so before he gets the shirt and the vest is covering most of his moobs Eddie nearly dies seeing his chest hair)

Or it goes B) where he’s had top surgery but it’s been a bit more recent. He’s still recovering and he has to awkwardly check his wrap his on properly before diving in. Like he shouldn’t be swimming either and he has to awkwardly explain what top surgery is to them. And robin who can’t help the jokes

“I thought you liked boobs!”

But just Steve being fully accepted. And after everything Eddie just sneaks some more baggy masculine clothes that Steve has been wanting to wear but weren’t preppy enough for his parents.

Like there is so much with this idea

(This all started because I pictured Steve with top surgery scars with Eddie’s vest, but also pre op steve with his vest is also equally as gender. Though do not feminize his chest or else I’ll bite you.)

[starlightsuffered]

Everything

Info - t4t, trans reader, trans Elio, queer relationship, mention of transphobia. Top surgery, mentions of testosterone usage, shaving, fluff, ftm both cases, found family, light use of weed

“Y/n look!” Elio bounced into the room with an incredibly bright smile.

I smiled lazily at my boyfriend. I’d taken an edible after we’d been swimming. I felt pleasantly warm and very relaxed. Elio had decided not to partake.

Elio only wore his Jean shorts and his binder. He was proud of how much progress he’d made on T so far. His voice had deepened and his breasts had decreased.

I was happy to be here every step of the way. I was trans too. I had also been assigned female at birth. I’d realised a bit earlier than Elio that I was trans. I was happy I could help my boyfriend through this journey.

I’d heard from my therapist that many people who transitioned wanted a brand new life. They often left their partner behind. I was glad Elio and I hadn’t had that happened when he realised who he truly was.

I was also thankful his parents completely supported him. My parents hadn’t been as kind, but Elio’s parents had become part of my foundation family. I was the happiest I’d ever been in my life, but when I saw Elio’s smile. Fuck. A joy unlike any other filled me. It was euphoria complete and whole. His joy game me joy that made me glow I was certain.

“What is it lover?” I asked. I got off the bed. I was ready to wear my top surgery scars to the pool proudly. I knew Elio was a bit more shy. I hoped some day he could express himself in exactly the way he desired, no matter what it was.

“A moustache, I have a moustache!” He jumped for joy.

“Do you want one?” I asked calmly.

“Huh, I never thought of that. I guess I was so glad to be able to accomplish something so typically manly that I didn’t consider it.”

“That can happen a lot. I want you to think about what you want. You don’t need to present like a ‘typical’ man to be a man. You think on what you need to feel confident.”

I sat him down on my lap. I stroked his hair as he thought. He kept fingering the slight facial hair he’d achieved.

“I think I want to shave it,” he said in a small voice.

“You sure?” I asked.

“Yes, I think I am.”

“Well if you change your mind you can grow it back,” I reminded him. He smiled so wide it nearly hurt my heart with how sweet it was.

“Can you help me shave?” He asked me.

“You know how to shave,” I stuck out my tongue.

“Not like this. Come on, it’ll be cute,” he begged.

“Only for you my sunshine,” I said.

We went to the bathroom. I put back his hair with a headband. He was giggled as I got out the shaving cream. A new razor was retrieved and I uncapped it.

“Hold still my love,” I said gently. I slowly shaved his small amount of facial hair. I kissed his wet lips when I’d rinsed him off.

“There you are.”

“Thank you y/n,” he said and wrapped me in a huge hug.

“I didn’t do much, just a trim,” I admitted.

“No, I mean for everything.”

“Thank you for everything too,” I responded.

@pmak2002 @softhecreator @plutoispurplw @sp1deyyf4ngz @seungcheol17daddy @jesschalamet @vvsdreaming

[writing-for-the-gays]

helloo!! i would like to request evan/habit x fat/plus size ftm reader. smut if thats ok :3c

can be headcanons or a drabble or anything else, i don't really mind ^_^

head canon + drabble/one shot yahoo

Oh, deer!

Warnings+tags: smut, Evan being a bit of a chaser, my own fat kink getting in the way, uh, whoops(?)Vinny being a victim of walking into shenanigans. You squirt in this and Evan drinks it like water.

Evan gonna be making a different one for habit bc they are two separate entities sharing a twunk body.

Evan: (Evan is deer coded 👍)

- He's tender but not soft, sentimental too.

- don't get me wrong, he'd never hurt you! (Unless you asked, "politely, like a good boy.") but he's not going to treat you like you're going to break with the slightest touch.

-he'll grab you with rough calloused hands and slam you on his dick with you begging for more, while telling you about how good you're being for him, and how much he loves you.

- he loves grabbing your tummy and watching the way it moves under his hands. I can't describe how Into your tummy he is.

- like, good luck with trying to get anything done when he's coming up from behind to slip his hands under your shirt to grab your belly.

- u know the fold in-between your hips and chest? He uses those as handles when he's fucking you, sorry.

-he also loves grabbing your chest , sometimes not even in a horny way, just kinda resting his hands there while y'all cuddle.

- he likes running his fingers through your chest hair too.

-ok he just loves your body, he can't keep his hands off you. He'll grab at anything he can, your ass, hips, love handles, boobs, ECT. He's a very handsy guy. He just wants to feel you.

- total munch, he sucks your T-dick so hard your thighs quiver and you're basically sobbing.

- he loves t-guy pussy, just can't get enough of it. Sucks your t-dick like a binki

- "Evan can you please suck my di-"

-"SIR YES SIR 🫡🇺🇸🦅"

- he loves it when you ride his face too, will literally beg for it. You'll try to pull away to give him air and he grabs your thighs to pull you back onto his face.

- by the time you can actually pull off his face is literally glistening, and you get so embarrassed and he just laughs in that kinda drunk dizzy way (he totally gets hole drunk).

- low-key an exhibitionist. King's fucking you in his car in-between shoots for EMH 🩷 teasing you Abt getting caught. Which has happened. (Vinny always texts you two before walking back to the car to make sure you're decent, he didn't before.)

- He loves edging! Don't ask me why I just KNOW!

- he's obsessed with your body hair. Once you went swimming with the crew and you had a binder and swim trunks on and your happy trail was on full display and he fucked you against the side of the car so hard you had a limp for the rest of the day.

Smut

Evans hands gripped your thighs digging his fingers into the soft fat, his tongue circling your T-dick as he hollowed his cheeks and sucked slightly.

He peers up and over your belly as your head lolls back. He pulls away and you stiffen, letting out a keen from the back of your throat. Evans face is covered in slick, which glistens under dim lights.

You lazily roll your head forward to look at him, his face tucked in-between plush hairy thighs. "Ev- Ev, please i... I need you suck my dick Please- pleaseplease-!"

Before your begging could get any louder he dove back in, sloppily bobbing his head on your t-dick, while alternating between gulping down your slickness and giving you the best fucking head of your life.

Your climax comes fast and hard this time, surprising you and Evan. Your face scrunches up and you tense like the string of a bow, letting out a deep wanton groan. You grip his hair and pull him against your t-dick, his nose nestled in your pubes drinking up your squirt like it's his life source.

His eyes are half lidded and dark. He works you through your orgasm lavishing in the way your thighs clench around his head and jiggle with every jolt of post orgasm pleasure.

He runs his hands up and down your belly, lightly pushing and prodding like a kitten finding milk, enjoying the softness and warmth beneath his fingers.

As you come back down from your high you can feel his fingers trace patterns in your skin. "Pretty boy, you're back." He says softly, a smile gracing his wet face "I hope you're ready for another round."

[woman-for-women]

hii! i was wondering if there was anywhere I could message you privately? i’m a 14 year old girl who socially IDed as FtM for 5 years but now want to detransition and I don’t know where to go or where to start. xx

Hi! Firstly, you can message me, but if that's something that makes you uncomfortable, I can try to point you to resources right here! Feel free to send other asks :)

Talk to a trusted adult in your life. It could be a parent, an aunt/uncle, a teacher, or an older sibling. The adults in your life probably want the best for your health and happiness. It's great if you reach out to me, but at the end of the day, the adults in your life know you the best and would probably want you to talk to them first before a stranger on the internet. I'm guessing your parents will probably be open to hearing what you have to say.

Contact your doctor or a local gender clinic and ask if they can point you towards detransitioning resources.

Search online and see if there are any detransition support groups near you (unlikely this will pan out, but it's worth a try). If you happen to know anyone who has detransitioned, you can also reach out to them.

If you are able to, please look into counseling. If you are dysphoric, you can ask for a counselor that will help you explore your discomfort with your body/gender roles and reconcile your relationship with your body. I’d avoid any therapists who advertise themselves as LGBTQIA2S+ friendly: they may be well meaning, but their primary method of treatment for dysphoria will likely be transition. Therapists and other mental health professionals tend to have bios where they list their background and what they specialize in: I'd suggest looking for a therapist who is female, and possibly someone who is comfortable gender non-conforming (someone who doesn't see being unhappy with gender roles or gender non-conforming as being the same as being trans). I went to a counselor who was an older lesbian. You can also send an email to Gender Exploratory Therapy Association (GETA) to see if they can match you with a therapist.

You can journal how you feel. It doesn't need to be fancy (it can be a notes page on your phone or some binder paper, but if journaling with markers and stickers and washi tape helps, you can do that too). Ask yourself what made you feel like you weren't or couldn't be a woman/girl? What does the thought of detransitioning make you feel? It can just be how you feel in general. If you're comfortable, you can also share your journal with a trusted adult or counselor. Or, it can just be for your eyes only.

Work on improving your integrity and comfort with your body. It helps you feel wonderful feelings, taste your favorite foods, see beautiful things... your body is not trying to hurt you or work against you. For example, your body is not menstruating because it is "punishing" you for not being pregnant (this is something I heard a lot growing up). Menstruation is just something female bodies do. It's vital to regulating your hormonal health, bone density, and weight. While yes, you can get pregnant and be a parent if you choose to as an adult, your body is not telling you to do anything. Your bodily functions are not a mandate. You exist for you!

Try to avoid seeing your body as a problem, or as fractured parts you want to fix: your body is just your body. Don't think of your body as a decorative object you need to change to please anyone. Your body exists for you and (most importantly) your body is you. Treating your body well is part of treating yourself well.

To improve your relationship with your body, I would recommend picking a sport or physical activity. Do something you like that makes you comfortable! If wearing a swimsuit fills you with dread, wear a more modest one or don't pick swimming. It can be as simple as walking, stretching, or yoga in your room. The point of a physical activity is not just to keep in shape, but to feel how your body is capable of doing whatever you want it to. Your body doesn't have to look a certain way for that.

Your image of your body and your comfort with being female might also improve if you take a social media break. I know it can be hard, but try to commit to a short break (a week, a month). Use this time to read, listen to music, draw, relax, exercise... whatever will keep you happy and healthy. Social media is saturated with images of sexualized, objectified, and impossibly thin women. It can be stressful to feel like you don't "measure up" to what the Internet tells you a woman is supposed to be. Take this time to remind yourself that you don't need to imitate these people to be happy.

I would also recommend you unfollow any social media accounts that make you feel bad about your body or talk about transitioning and gender all the time (you can always refollow later). Focus on how you feel about your body and yourself, not what other people promote.

What or how you decide to change socially, who you tell, or how you say it is up to you. You don't need to disclose why you're detransitioning either. You can just tell people you've decided it wasn't for you or that you'd like to go by your old name/pronouns. Don't let anyone, especially other transitioned peers, pressure you into doing or revealing anything you don't want to. If you have a friend group of trans peers your age, don't let them make you feel bad! You have the right to do what's best for you. If you have friends that aren't supportive of you doing what's best for you, it might be best to look for a new friend group.

If you've been happiest dressing in "boy" clothes or doing certain "boy" activities, none of that has to change when you detransition! Detransitioning should be about accepting that your natal biological sex is female. Being female is a neutral fact, like being brunette or being 167 cm. Being female has no bearing on what you can do, who you can love, what professions, hobbies, or interests you have... that's all gender. You don't have to change how you dress, think, feel, act, talk, etc. None of these things can disqualify you from being a woman or girl. Just be yourself and know there's no wrong way to be female.

Being a woman or girl can be scary. Menstruation sucks, sexual harassment sucks, sexism sucks. But there's light at the end of the tunnel, and that's other women and girls! Reach out to them. They are your lifeline. Build friendships. There are other women and girls just like you. You are never alone.

On that note, having positive female role models and consuming books/TV shows/movies/music by and about women can help you feel better about detransitioning and reconciling with being female.

Don't discount the wisdom of older women! They're not nags, shrews, or "Karens". They're female, too. Many of them have likely felt what you feel.

Detransitioning doesn't mean you need to feel a certain type of way on gender or trans issues. Don't let radical feminists, conservatives, or trans-rights activists bully you into saying or doing what suits their narrative. It's your life, so do what's right for you!

Lastly, here are some resources I would recommend, both about transition and detransition:

A Booklet on Gender Detransition

The risks of binding

Testosterone use and pelvic health

Maybe this is silly, but this comic helped me feel a lot better when I first saw it.

Cosmic Uterus by Ida Neverdahl

Edit: I added some things to the list. Before I forget — the prevailing narrative told to dysphoric and trans-identifying teens is that you need to transition, you need to go on hormones, you need to do xyz or you will die. This is not true. Most dysphoric youth who do not medically transition end up as happy, alive adults. (If you are having suicidal thoughts, please tell a trusted adult or call a hotline). So I’m going to tell you instead what I was told, and what other lesbian, gay, and bisexual kids were told growing up: it gets better. I promise it does. You are so brave. You are going to be okay <3

[shatnerihardlyknowher]

if you wouldn’t mind, could you tell me what your experience with binding is, and any ftm tips you have? i know you use gc2b but i’d love to know more, i’m considering getting a binder and kinda just looking around for people’s opinions:))

Ah yes.

I love it, but I'd make sure to be careful when it comes to sizing. That can make a big difference whether you're comfortable or not.

Don't machine wash it.

Give yourself some rest, I generally don't wear it unless I'm going out of the house.

Gc2b has honestly been the best so far. I also use it as a swim top and it's just. Very nice👍👍

[tiefighter]

hey for my rounder/biggerbodied/overweight babes who're gonna go get chest surgery, let me give u some advice (I got ftm masculisation surgery, but aside from the shit about binders and removal this is also applicable to bbw trans women/nb people who are getting breast implants, afaik.)

1: don't go completely flat, it'll look so unnatural you'll wanna like, stab urself in the neck. Pectoral muscles have a natural curve, and I know the urge to go like NAH SON TOO MUCH is real high, but once you're healed you'll be grateful for the more natural look to your chest. I'm not saying get like, moobification surgery, just stress to your surgeon that you'd like a natural look. If you have a good surgeon, they'll be able to do it anyway/are way ahead of you. for mtf, you'll want something manageable/not too big! I know the urge when you're a bigger person is to go bigger to fill out tops/dresses, but trust me too much weight up there will DESTROY your back, please be kind to your spines. 2: recovery binders. Get one with fuckin shoulders, or if you can't find one with shoulders, get someone you know (or yourself) to sew shoulders into the thing. A really uncomfortable fact of having a belly/fat shoulders/back is that it /will/ fold your binder and it fucking hurts, and most of the time you need someone else to help you adjust over those first couple of weeks. and when I say it hurts, i mean it /hurts/, it'll compress tighter on your incision site and press the scar and it hurts like all fuck. (transwomen! your bras are supposed to fit flush against your body, if the middle of the cups is sitting away from your body or your band is too tight you're not in your size! get professionally fitted, I promise it sounds like bullshit but it'll save you so much money/pain in the long run.)

3: If your surgeon gives you the willies, and you have another option, dump them immediately. I did just that, and we only have two options on my side of the country (Australia!) Turns out, the surgeon I ended up with is the one that does all the corrections on the other person, and i would've met him anyway to get my chest fixed. 4: breast tissue does go all the way under your armpit. If a surgeon tells you it doesn't, and you just need to lose weight to get rid of it, they're fucking lying and also shit at their job.

5: I know the urge is to hide yourself away during healing and then, towards the end when you're like IM FINE you wanna go out and do things but let me tell you something if you've never had surgery before. You are gonna want that recovery time. you essentially got into a knife fight and fuckin lost. You're gonna be EXHAUSTED. you'll need someone to check up on you, and if you live alone and don't have anyone, look into medical assistance/nurses in your area who can come and help you with your binder if it's causing trouble.

6: My darlings. My sweethearts. My absolute fuckin superstars. Don't go fucking swimming/to the beach/soak in a bath until your surgeon says it's okay. If you get too much moisture in there, your skin will literally rot and fall off. Don't do it. Just don't. Behave, please. I know it's like, it won't happen to me but I SHOWERED too much and now I have a frankennipple. Don't be me. Don't franken your nipple.

7: be kind to yourself. Yeah, you're not skinny. yeah, a lot of androgynous/male oriented fashion relies on you being a skinny bitch. Let me be the first to tell you: boobas make hormones. You are losing those hormones, and your body is adjusting. you do NOT look as bad as you think you do. I swear to whatever nondenominational deity you want me to, you do NOT look as bad as you think you do. Let your hormones readjust, let yourself feel the relief. Wear a fucking dress if you want, top surgery won't take that away from you. for the ladies, wear whatever the fuck you want, we don't give a fuck, just make sure your new tatas are properly supported! You don't want them to drop or warp wrong, make sure to wear something that helps you with support. boobs over a certain size will naturally have weight to them, and that's totally fine! It's just if you're stretching your scars too much you're gonna give yourself some damage, find a trans woman who has had surgery similar to you, or talk to anyone who has had breast enlargement surgery. 8: if you have to work/go to school/etc after your surgery, set yourself time limits if it's a thing you're able to do. I know a lot of employers are grade a cockdolphins, and they're not gonna listen, so go and bleed on them if you have to. Do it. I don't give a fuck and neither should you. Being alive is better than being dead.

9: use the healing excuse to tell people who are bad for you/not good about your surgery/being cunts to fuck the fuck off. hey no can't see you, I'm healing. I don't care about your fuckin church study or your desire to look at the shiny new replaced nipples, get fucked. Cut them off like they're the tits you abandoned. They're excised skin. Biohazardous waste.

10: you're gonna be bored as fuck, please get something to do. lego/reading/watching tv/gaming/whatever you can do within your physical and mental power, and don't let anyone make you feel bad for taking the time to do things like this, and enjoying yourself. you just lost a knife fight you paid for. Be nice.

[myfanfic-urfantrash]

Spell Book - Page 32: Transformation Spells

Natsume x FtM!Reader

A/N: *throws this at you at Mach speed* LET HIM SUPPORT YOU.

Will I write a MtF! version for Natsume? Maybe in the future, I only had this idea and this is also a way to test my knowledge a bit. If you have an idea though feel free to send it in I want all Natsume lovers to feel supported by this cringey magician :D

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Confiding in someone isn’t always easy, even more so when it comes to sharing that you’re not what you were assigned at birth. Growing up as a girl had it’s ups and downs and while he, like anyone else has things he’d love to change about his past, he wants to change his present so he can be the man he’s always been in the future.

But sharing such a thing with someone isn’t easy, especially with your loved ones.

Especially with your significant other.

But he did, terrified out of his mind, he told him. And just like magic his fears were cast aside with the smile Natsume gave him and the knowing, welcoming warm eyes of his gaze.

It’s been months since then, Lives and Idol work taking up both of their time as idol and producer. But once everything settled they finally had a shared break together and decided to spend the time together at Natsume’s home.

Seated on the rug in Natsume’s room they stroke the ball of fluff that’s apparently one of the two family cats. Her name is “Luna” a black cat that engulfs his lap, he can only guess the other cats name.

“Now before we begIN, I will show you some of the items you will need for the speLL.”

Natsume says rummaging through his closet removing this and that out of the way. A few contents in the boxes clink and clack or sound like pouring sand. Others give off the pungent sent of herbs and burnt parchment.

Just what did he have in there?

He doesn’t get to wonder long before Natsume slides a slightly dusty box out from the bottom of his closet. He opens it, whipping the dust on his pants before lifting a thick dark band of shiny fabric in both hands.

“This is one of the items I wore when first going about this sort of maGIC. Wear one with pride but be careFUL, if the binder is too small it can be dangerous for your healTH, so be sure to pick one that fits you well but lets you breaTHE. I can help you measure yourself if need BE.”

Natsume hands the old garment, a thick band of soft and stretchy fabric, into their curious hands. He watches as they pull and stretch the binder this way and that and fiddle with the hooks on one of it’s sides.

“This type is often used after chest surgeRY, to keep your chest is place-” Natsume lifts two binders from the box, both resembling tank tops, though one was more like a crop top. “I recommend this sort during the sumMER, if you like swimming you can get away with people thinking they’re swim gear or a tank top of courSE.”

“AlthouGH...” His face scrunches up in distaste. “I also don’t recommend wearing one during sumMER, you’ll just be cooking yourself aLIVE. Especially when things get past 30 Celcius with the dreaded humidiTY.”

They both shudder at the thought. Japan’s Summers are brutal.

“You can of course choose not to binD, it’s up to personal preferenCE.” He pushes the box towards him to get a closer look at everything. Natsume slides up beside them with his laptop in tow. There’s two windows with multiple tabs open, one with clinical writing and another with items in many colors and styles.

“This is just one part of many steps you can take to transiTION, it’s entirely up to you how much or how little you would like to alter your LIFE. I’ve done this myself and while every experience is differenT, I’ll gladly guide you through IT.”

He holds his hand that’s stopped petting Luna, and places a kiss to the back of it.

“Just know that I love you regardless of what you decide to do, you’re the man I fell for after all.”

[pinkwhiteandblue]

Hips don’t lie.

[marvelous-space-nerd]

Look I would absolutely love to swim but

- I'm always cold

-ever heard of this bitch called dysphoria????? Apparently not, so shut up while I cry about it

[hellisntreal]

I haven’t drawn anyone from the books Good Angel and Bad End for ages. was just drawing iofiel and maalik but decided why NOT do a minimal vague background for once in my life

also hehe flag pins because it’s not clear enough in the books i think that neither of them would be cis by human standards and angels don’t even have concepts of cis or trans

[transboiconfessions]

I use one of my oldest binders for swimming because of how stretched out and loose it is but holy shit my chest is so close to sliding out the arm holes each time it gets pulled down (from coming out of the water too fast). So I just ended up hiking it up constantly like a pair of pants that are too big with no belt.

[vanillabat99]

Binding Question:

So I'm going out swimming tonight. I have an old Underworks binder that I've worn in many lakes now and is kinda stretched out. I also have a newish gc2b binder in my size that I haven't worn swimming at all. My gc2b would make me more comfortable for going shirtless but I don't really have a preference.

I don't plan on doing any actual swimming and at most I would just be sitting and walking and floating in the water, so would my regular binders be fine for that level of activity? I know I should rinse it out after and stuff but my main concern is mostly just binding and being in water.