{"id":49,"date":"2014-09-25T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/typingmonkeys.com\/ait\/?p=49"},"modified":"2018-02-21T22:30:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T02:30:21","slug":"hair-cu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/hair-cu\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: Hair Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have decided I want to make progress every day on my transgendered adventure.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is day three.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I book myself an appointment at Edris to get my hair cut. Androgynous when tied in a ponytail, more feminine when worn long.<\/span><\/p>\n

I proudly declare that I am transgendered (here me roar!) when making the appointment. By email.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fear returns, admittedly mixed with excitement, as I arrive for my evening appointment. LaTasha (with whom I had emailed) warmly welcomes me in, putting me at ease. Mostly.<\/span><\/p>\n

I then meet Todd who will be cutting my hair this evening. I admit that I’m still a little nervous. Okay, a LOT nervous, but before I know it, I’m telling him all about my hair (frizzy), my transgendered life (scary), how I want to wear it (swept over).<\/span><\/p>\n

After a calming shampoo and rinse, Todd starts on my hair. And I have the most pleasant conversation about being transgendered. Ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

He then asks if I want my hair blow dried. Sure, why not?<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe it’s because this is my first time getting a woman’s hair cut, but I am guessing this is code for, make my hair as straight as humanly possible. And my hair does not do straight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Except that under HIS blow dryer and hair iron, my hair is STRAIGHT. Jennifer Aniston straight. And it’s combed over in a feminine style. I’m a little freaked out, but I can’t help but grin. This is<\/i> pretty awesome.<\/span><\/p>\n

I then ask about the gray streaks in my hair and what I should do about them. And I get back the best news of the night. With the color of my hair (brunette), the gray hair acts as a natural highlight. So there’s that.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is at this point that Todd notices my long nails. “Do you manicure your own nails?” I sheepishly nod my assent. “They look great!” He then calls over LaTasha and I have the most wonderful conversation about my nails. Nails that I have hidden during meetings. Nails that I have hidden at bars. Nails that I have been ashamed of. And for the first time in my life, I feel happy about them. We talk about my style in clothing, boots, makeup and I don’t want the evening to end.<\/span><\/p>\n

Best line of the night, “I love your cheekbones.” Score!<\/span><\/p>\n

But it has been two hours so I ask if my hair will tie up in a ponytail for my walk back to the hotel.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It should.”<\/span><\/p>\n

AAAGGGGGHHHH! Are you freakin’ kiddin’ me?<\/span><\/p>\n

But tie up it does, and I share my heartfelt gratitude for a magical evening before heading out.<\/span><\/p>\n

I finally arrive back at my hotel room and play with my straight hair in the mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jennifer Aniston, eat your heart out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: When I began transitioning in 2014, I was known by my nickname DiG, which sufficed until I learned my mom had chosen Jennifer had my birth gone differently. So for historical sake, I leave my posts and podcasts as originally conceived, but know that my name is and apparently always was Jen.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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I have decided I want to make progress every day on my transgendered adventure. This is day three. So I book myself an appointment at Edris to get my hair cut. Androgynous when tied in a ponytail, more feminine when worn long. I proudly declare that I am transgendered (here me roar!) when making the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/possiblegirl.com\/sotheresthat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}