Click Image To Visit Site Recently I was in a department store, when I spotted a beautiful woman browsing through the sales rack. She had her back to me, but I instantly suspected that she was a model. She had long, shapely legs, a beautiful figure, and dark hair tied into a braid.
“Wow, what a beauty!” I thought to myself as I turned toward the shoes. All of a sudden, I heard something that stopped me dead in my tracks …
A deep male voice called out from the exact place she was standing, “Miss, could you tell me how much this skirt is?”
It sounded as if this beautiful woman had been invaded by a body snatcher! That’s when it hit me … “She” was actually a “he!”
As a speech pathologist, I am keenly attuned to people’s voices. But it didn’t take a Masters degree to realize that this gal’s voice was no match to her feminine exterior. And I could tell by the shocked look on people’s faces that everybody within earshot also knew her secret.
What a shame! She was perfect in every other way – from her long, dark hair and feminine figure to her beautifully coordinated outfit. Unfortunately, it was her VOICE that shattered the feminine illusion.
If you’re reading this right now, you can probably relate. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard it before:
If you’re like most transgender women I know, you’ve spent a LOT of time, energy and money perfecting your feminine image. It’s probably taken you years of practice to get your hair and makeup right and you’ve undoubtedly spent hundreds – maybe even thousands – of dollars on breast forms, wigs, and shoes.
Unfortunately, none of that matters the moment you are forced to speak. If you can’t TALK like a woman, you’re not going to pass. Period.
But you probably already know that. Knowing you need to work on your voice isn’t the problem – it’s the “doing something about it” part that’s so hard!
Voice feminization is one of the toughest parts of transitioning. Sadly, there are very few transgender women with passable voices.
Even worse, there is so much BAD information floating around out there. Chances are, the voice feminization tactics you’ve been… Read more…
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