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April Wood
@girlautumn.bsky.social
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Gender questioning trans 🏳️‍⚧️ feminine presenting she/her
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April Wood @girlautumn.bsky.social · Oct 5
I created this profile so I can do a little bit of online girl mode experimenting.

Also excited to share thoughts and feelings as I explore and discover my trans identity.
girlautumn.bsky.social
Tried to get info for local therapists that specialise in gender. But as I did use my ‘real’ name they wouldn’t provide anything. Sigh.
February 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
girlautumn.bsky.social
I lost my necklace a week ago and I’ve been searching madly for it. Kind of bumming me out.
February 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
girlautumn.bsky.social
To then trans ideology is anything that acknowledges trans people exist.
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12d
This week, during a hearing on the proposed merger between Netflix and Warner Bros., Josh Hawley used his time to attack Netflix for "trans ideology."

Its the latest in a pressure campaign to get the platform to remove all trans characters.

The latest from our writer, S. Baum.
Republican Senator Attacks Netflix Over “Trans Ideology” In Hearing
…but children’s programming that actively promotes the cisgender, heterosexual nuclear family is apparently not “indoctrination.”
www.erininthemorning.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
girlautumn.bsky.social
Saw a fellow trans girl at work today. Had to play it cool and not be weird 😂 I don’t know many other trans people so it was nice to see. I know everyone’s different and I shouldn’t use labels, but it just gives me some courage when I spot a fellow traveler.
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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Figure I can use this for my profile pic
girlautumn.bsky.social April Wood @girlautumn.bsky.social · 14d
Had some fun with this 😽
Comic style profile pic of a woman that looks like me made with the app Picrew using the Makowka setting. A trans flag is in the background.
February 4, 2026 at 2:37 AM
girlautumn.bsky.social
Had some fun with this 😽
Comic style profile pic of a woman that looks like me made with the app Picrew using the Makowka setting. A trans flag is in the background.
February 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Casual day off work stoned thought: I wonder who was the first person to make kettle chips.
January 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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I love it when you’re watching a show with a trans actor and your fellow watchers don’t clock them.
January 19, 2026 at 4:52 PM
girlautumn.bsky.social
Ok so I tried out Autumn for awhile. I really liked it in a stage name type way but it didn’t feel like my regular name. April feels a little more like me. Don’t think I can change my handle though.
January 15, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Feeling like I can’t come out or stay in the closet 😵‍💫
January 6, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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I chose Autumn as a name for now. Another name I’ve considered is April.
January 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Happy new year to this girl. Here’s hoping I can baby step my way into some sort of transition this year even though it still feels wildly impossible.
January 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Where can a girl get a cute nightie these days?
December 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I got some new lipstick!!
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Dysphoria is hitting hard today 😣
December 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Reposted by April Wood
antlervel.vet
One is not born, but rather becomes, a beautiful transsexual woman
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Hard to know how much of this empty feeling I often have is dysphoria or just plain old depression.
I did get to girl mode for about 30 minutes today and fulled naired my legs!
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Because I’m stealth I get to hear what people really think about my trans non-binary coworkers.
I tried my best to defend them but I always leave feeling like I could have said more 😞
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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It’s been a rough month. On and off depression and anxiety. How much of it is gender disphoria or just regular old chemistry I can’t say.
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Out shopping today and I noticed a trans girl check me out. I was so surprised and flattered I forgot to smile back. She was cute too!
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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I tried to ignore my trans feelings and surprise they’re back. Not sure what I expected.
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Unexpected opportunity to do girl mode tonight! I just figured out a new way to do my hair and I love it!
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Reposted by April Wood
antlervel.vet
Here’s the coming-out letter I shared with my friends and family on Facebook eight years ago. Maybe something in there will resonate for you. True story at the end there.
On this day 8 years ago Stella Sacco Nov 20, 2017 • 8y Hello friends, tamily, and loved ones! I wrote you a letter here, but I don't want to bury the lede, since this might go a little long: I'm transgender, and I'm starting my transition to living lite as a woman soon. Here's my letter to you. A few years ago my now ex-fiancee and I were visiting my family for Christmas. One night I couldn't sleep and took some of my dad's Ambien. Ambien makes me act pretty goofy, makes me suggestible, and then makes me forget all about it after I fall asleep. As we were falling asleep she asked me to tell her a secret, and I immediately and matter-of-factly said "Sometimes I want to be a girl." I had never articulated that complete thought before, not in my head, and certainly not out loud. Years later, she didn't remember that moment. I shouldn't have remembered it. But I did. I had always thought that there was something different about me that was difficult to place. In the absence of an explanation, I simply wrote it off as feeling "weird" due to anxiety or depression. But after saying "I want to be a girl" out loud, it became harder and harder to think of that feeling as nebulous or undefined. In the last few months, I started thinking about questions I had about myselt that I had been able to handwave away when I considered them as isolated or individual. When I put them all together, as part of a pattern, a consistent answer started to form. Why did I never identify with male characters in media? Why did I always play as female characters in video games? Why were friendships with women so easy for me, and male friendships so hard? Why did I slip into a softer, more feminine cadence when alone with women I was comfortable with? Why did I always prefer slimmer, more form-fitting clothes? Why did my beard make me feel uncomfortable, even knowing it made me more attractive to a lot of women? What was that weird phantom limb feeling I got when I saw myself shirtless? What was that weird, nonsexual feeling I had when I saw that happy brunette in a cute dress on the poster at the thrift store? Why had I fallen in love with lesbians so many times? Why had I unconsciously formed a worldwide network of trans woman friends? Why did I have dreams about being a woman, or being in a woman's body, or dressing as a woman and getting complimented on how great I looked, sometimes as often as twice a month? Why was my favorite Sailor Moon character growing up the TALL BLONDE LESBIAN? I mean, that one's a little on the nose, isn't it? But it wasn't until I used FaceApp to see what I'd look like "as a girl", that | really understood. I felt like I finally saw something in the "mirror" I could identify with. When had any trans girl in history had the opportunity to see something like that, without already being on hormones? What a miracle, even if it's just an algorithm. I couldn't get that image out of my head. I'd read phrases like "If you wish you were a girl, you probably are one" and they hadn't really registered until then. So. Some of you might have questions, and rest assured, uh, I also have questions. I know a lot from seeing my trans friends live their lives in transition, and there will inevitably be commonalities, but this is my own life, and my own unique self. The most important thing I want to say is this: no matter what, I am still the same person you know. The things that you love about me will not change. I Will still be sweet and kind and funny and tell really bad jokes. I'll just...probably be a lot hotter. And yes, I still like women. (Isn't it weird that nothing about my desires has changed, but I'm gay now? That's weird, right?) I hope I can count on your support and love. If I can't, this is a free pass: you don't have to be in my life starting today. I don't say this to be dramatic, just pragmatic. I believe working through this will make me a happier, fuller person (literally, I'm going to fill out), but it won't be without challenges, and if you can't reconcile your ideology with the realities of my life and identity, I don't need that additional challenge. But, if you're just having trouble tackling this, if you've never really had a trans friend or loved one before, you can talk to me and we can figure it out together. As for pronouns and names -- I'II be going by Stella Michelle Sacco, and my pronouns are she/her. Yes, Stella was my late cat's name, but it was also the name of my drummer in Rock Band, which...actually, I don't know which is dorkier. Anyway, I'll be changing my Facebook name soon. One last thing. I recently asked my mom what she would have named me if she knew I was a girl when I was born. She said the doctor had told her that I was a boy months before, thanks to ultrasounds, and so she had never considered any female names. But there was one thing she wanted to share. When she went into labor with me, the nurses checked my vitals and prepared my station. When she asked why they had set up a pink blanket for me, they look confused and said that they had checked my heart, and my rapid heartbeat had indicated I was a girl. Thank you for reading all of this. I love you.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I haven’t even transitioned and I already feel so much more like myself. My dysphoria wasn’t on the surface I just knew that something felt off. Years of clues that I ignored because how could that be true.
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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This week I had another one of those, let’s forget I’m trans and just try to get on with things, only to inevitably cycle back to the same feelings.
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM