Those of you who know me know that I’m openly transjapanese. For anyone who doesn’t know, that’s a transrace identity meaning that I identify as Japanese, despite it not being in my ancestry or my culture.
I made the community cuz I wanted a space to specifically talk about transjapanese identities, since they various from, say, transwhite or transblakc identities.
These are some euphorias of my transrace:
- Clothing euphoria (from wearing Kimonos and stuff)
- Food euphoria (from eating authentic Japanese food or using Japanese utensils)
- Skin color euphoria (from wearing light makeup)
- Eye shape euphoria (from imagining myself with monolids)
These are some dysphorias of my biorace:
- Facial hair pattern dysphoria
- Skin color dysphoria (skin feels too dark)
- Last name dysphoria (last name is very ethnic)
I identify as an Asian-American Japanese girl. Someday I wish for us to have methods of race transition. I’ll probably seek to lighten my skin and get monolid surgery someday
Be careful about the monolid surgeries. Not to be the bummer in the comments but I’ve heard too many stories (not just monolid but any eyelid related surgeries) resulting in just, endless issues (scariest on is swollen eyelids they freak me out). Maybe I’m projecting my fear, I hope the surgeries get safer especially for this stuff.
No yeah I won’t anytime soon. Hopefully it’s better in the future