Being tall should not be a hang up for transition
I’m 6'5" tall, and yes, I will admit that it caused some hesitation/used it as an excuse for a while not to transition. How many 6 feet plus women are out there? Certainly, there are far more 6 feet plus men; right? And, while that may be true statistically, what I was missing is that there are plenty of tall women out there as well — I was just not noticing them. Rare, maybe, but not necessarily standing out as odd either.
As you can see, I have already linked the issue to gender. And when you combine transition in the mix; it adds another form of psychological battle to get through.
Anyone who struggles with a problem, has a tendency to micro focus on it’s issues. At least, initially, concentrating more on the negative than any of the positive. And it can be hard to break through.
Being tall may have made me think twice about transitioning, but it did not stop me. What I did not realize prior, was how much influence it would have on the interactions I had in society. And how it would play a role in my transition experience. I can tell you that tall people look for each other, but gender plays a big role in those interactions. Tall men don’t talk to each other much; tall women do! Whether I wanted it to or not, this transitioned as well. Interactions ramped up more and more as I progressed through transition…
