LEARN ABOUT SHEMALES - BASIC STAGES OF TRANSITION

Shemales consider themselves as 'women' born in a 'mans' body. Most will always subconsciously know they were different ... but not all of them confront this truth early in life.

In fact good number of them actually only begin transitioning to a woman later in life .. once they can face the emotional consequences.

PASSABLE AS A WOMAN?  - No. They do not look feminine at this stage at all.

HOW TO MEET THEM  - No Easy Way of doing this.

Shemale describe themselves as 'women' born in a 'mans' body. When they are younger though, they only subconsciously know they are different ... its not until they realize why and start exploring this aspect of themselves that they can be considered a crossdresser or transvestite.

At this stage they will play every now and then but still live most of their lives as a man.

When playing they will try non-permanent ways to be more feminine -

• Dressing in Womens Clothes

• Using Padding to mimic a woman's curves

• Trying to use makeup

PASSABLE AS A WOMAN?  - Maybe 5% of transvestites could pass as a woman.  These are the people who are lucky enough to have androgynous or feminine bone structure, who've spent thousands of dollar on tailor made clothing and padding and who've spent years working on their makeup !

HOW TO MEET THEM  - You can mostly find these ladies using online personals (click here to see some of them).

You can also find some of them in gay nightclubs ( but they usually go there only to socialize )

You can also discreetly play with some of them online on their webcams. This is a good way to explore your attraction (or have fun if you can't find a local shemale) BUT you should know that nearly all webcam operators do it for money and are not interested in meeting in real life.

Once they have committed themselves to the transition to being female, they will start using more permanent methods to change their body and behaviors to be more feminine.

This could include -

• Permanent Body Hair Removal

• New Hair Styles

• Speech Therapy to sound more Feminine

• Learning to Move in a more feminine manner (e.g. walking)

• Start Hormone Therapy - They will receive female hormone which will start changing their body (e.g. growing breasts, more female cast to face, growing feminine curves etc)

It is some time during this stage that most shemales will start living as a woman full time.

PASSABLE AS A WOMAN?  - By the end of this stage, about 30-50% of shemales could pass as a woman.  These are mostly the people who have been on hormone therapy for a while or who were lucky enough to be born with androgynous or feminine bone structure !

HOW TO MEET THEM  - You can mostly find these ladies using specific online dating sites (click here to see some of these shemales).

You also can find some of them in gay nightclubs ( but they usually go there only to socialize only ).

You can also discreetly play with some of them online on their webcams. This is a good way to explore your attraction (or have fun if you can't find a local shemale) BUT you should know that nearly all webcam operators do it for money and are not interested in meeting in real life.

By this stage, most shemales are living as a woman full time.

Once they have progressed far enough in their hormone therapy (see stage 3), they may start surgery to become even more feminine.

Most Shemales stay at this stage for a while since the full set of required surgeries are very expensive. Some of the surgeries they could have are -

• Breast Augmentation - To increase the size of the breasts provided by hormone therapy

• Facial Surgery - To make their face look more feminine.

PASSABLE AS A WOMAN?  - By the end of this stage, most shemales could pass as a woman.

HOW TO MEET THEM  - You can mostly find these ladies using specific online dating sites (click here to see local shemales). Most 'ladies' at this stage will start trying to integrate into normal life and are discreet about their gender. So most do not go to gay nightclubs etc.

You can also discreetly play with some of them online on their webcams. This is a good way to explore your attraction (or have fun if you can't find a local shemale) BUT you should know that nearly all webcam operators do it for money and are not interested in meeting in real life.

The last piece of surgery (and one of the most expensive) is gender reassignment sugary. At its most basic, this surgery involves removing the penis and making a vagina.

Most shemales at this stage just want to live as women and not be defined by their former gender. This means they are usually discreet and not 'out' about their status as a post-op shemale.

PASSABLE AS A WOMAN?  - Most shemales at this stage could pass as a woman.

HOW TO MEET THEM  - You can mostly find these ladies using specific online dating sites (click here to see local 'women'). Most 'ladies' at this stage will start trying to integrate into normal life and are discreet about their gender. So most do not go to gay nightclubs. In fact they may go to normal nightclubs ... but good luck trying to pick them out from genetic women !

You can also discreetly play with some of them online on their webcams. This is a good way to explore your attraction (or have fun if you can't find a local shemale) BUT you should know that nearly all webcam operators do it for money and are not interested in meeting in real life.

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