Last week I cut my own hair and now I feel a bit more comfortable since I look a little more boyish. It's still quite long though, so today I'm going to go to a hairdresser and get it cut really short. I think this will help me figure out if being male/ being considered male is something I want... At least I hope it will. Do any of you have any ideas what else I could try out without having to actually tell people? I know that it's recommended to use different pronouns, but that would include having to tell someone and I'm not ready for that yet. Thanks for any responses, have a nice day
Before I came out to my mom I switched to wearing clothing from the guy's section. This was in high school; I just started complaining about feminine clothes (which isn't new, Ive been complaining since I was a kid lol), then started complimenting t-shirts from the guy's section, and slowly migrated over there until she was somewhat used to me getting clothes from there. She thought it was weird, but tolerated it. Then I cut my hair short, and asked my dorm RAs to call me by a fairly unisex nickname (in your case this could be a friend or maybe even teachers). I also bought a binder, but this may be more difficult for you as I was able to ship it to my dorm instead of my house.
So I just cut my hair and it feels absolutely awesome I'm so happy I've done it. I think I will tell some friends tomorrow (they already joke about me being trans, so they kinda suspect it, but don't believe it) and I don't think my mum will take it too bad... I hope so at least. She probably won't believe me, but I want to ask her if I can go to a therapist so they can like confirm it... But right now I'm quite hopeful
Good luck with telling your friends! It doesn't sound like they'll be particularly surprised, so I bet it'll go great. If you can get a binder, that can give you a sense of whether you feel comfortable having a flat chest. Also, clothes from the men's/boy's department can help to hide curves (if they fit okay), which can help you figure out whether you'd feel better having a generally more masculine body.