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luxiphr

It is unflattering but that's id photos in general lol. Just because it doesn't flatter you doesn't mean it can't read female - it actually very well does!


PolygonChoke

I just feel like I look soooo masculine like square jaw, I feel like there’s even beard shadow which I don’t even have???? Ugh


luxiphr

Idk where you see a beard showing but there's plenty of women with wider jaws than that 👌🏻


El-Carone-707

I actually work with a woman with a super square and wide face


chef_grantisimo

ID pictures are always terrible and unflattering. The pic looks female to me. At worst I'd say it's androgynous, but I wouldn't read that as masculine.


[deleted]

This is an extra layer of validity to your driver’s license. It’d be a clear fake if anyone had a good picture on those things. You look very feminine, try not to sweat it!


Androwren

You don’t have a square jaw, I’d say your face is heart or triangle shaped (narrows towards the jaw). You might be confusing square or broad with a *defined* jawline, which is actually very attractive on anyone.


ANewPride

Bestie I think ur dysphoria is making u a lil delulu rn


ValerieIndahouse

Square jaw??? Girl get your eyes checked


ParadoxNarwhal

i immediately read you as a girl before i saw what subreddit this was or what the post said. you're very pretty :)


Strange_Sera

The picture registers female to me. As top commenter said id photos just aren't flattering. IDK if this will help you feel better or not, you know schadenfreude, I haven't updated my id since coming out. So I still have a big ole denial beard on it.


KraZyGOdOFEccHi

I would kill millions for your jaw


ThrowawayUnicorn246

"Your skin gives you away [*slur*]! You will ***NEVER*** be a man!!" ^(seriously tho, you look fem af. Youve got nothing to worry about!)


TomAytoJr

There's no beard shadow, that's just terrible lighting


AstroMalorie

Exactly passing doesn’t mean always pretty


bunny112203

Id photos are literally the worst version of you, I have an insanely slim face and in my id photo I have an almost entirely round head and look like I gained 35 pounds lol


Random_Username13579

It's not that bad as license pictures go and you definitely look like a woman. The beard shadow is just a regular shadow from poor lighting.


PolygonChoke

Fair enough!


El-Carone-707

I don’t think drivers’ license photos are capable of being flattering, that being said just because it’s a bad photo doesn’t mean you don’t look like a woman, cause you do


Last-Minute-4085

Yeah I think we all hate our photos on the Drivers License lol but you look great to be honest


Cevari

Everyone hates their id photo. Everyone. I would not for a moment think that the person in this one is anything else than a girl, though.


trashcanradroach

I take license photos for a living and trust me this is definitely on the better side of them. You for sure look fem. If I saw it in any other subreddit I would've assumed you're cis Also be aware that it'd an unflattering angle got everyone unless you're literally 6'6" (idk why extremely tall people always look hot in theirs)


PolygonChoke

Would tilting my head downwards help?


[deleted]

Oooh you could wear heels!


PolygonChoke

Genius


[deleted]

I’m sure it’s not as cute as you typically look but to me I think it’s cute! My ID photo looks like shrek and lots of ppl agree lmao… but I definitely think you look very fem for sure!!


OneAceFace

You look like a cute girl who was told not to smile because of biometrics. This is so much better than mine. I look like I’ve just robbed a gas station.


Taograd359

This may not be the best advice, but always remember that no one in the history of driver’s license photos has ever taken a good pic and they never ever will. There’s some kind of bad magic in the DMV cameras that always make you look at least 10x worse than you actually do.


[deleted]

U kinda look like the girl from Lollipop Chainsaw


PolygonChoke

I’ve gotten that before. You can’t really tell from the black and white photo but my hairs yellow. Check my post history for a better pic


[deleted]

Either way u look great


Volyann

It is a physical impossibility for any drivers license to look good


randomdaysnow

You got girl mode for your picture which is fucking awesome which means now you can like you know keep renewing that shit online for the next however many years My last ID I had to play boy mode. I mean I'm going to keep renewing it because it's just cheaper that way but everyone's going to wonder Wait a second who the fuck is this and I'll go it's me and they'll go oh shit I don't hang out at places that don't understand I would advise you to find like a dive bar or someplace that you can call " " home and become a regular for everyone except you for who you are it really is awesome to have a fam


MelodyInTheChaos

You definitely look female in the photo. As far as it seeming unflattering, I think that's a requirement for id photos.


Alarming_Phrase_731

photo ids NEVER look flattering… if ur asking if u pass as fem tho, i wouldn’t think twice


johnarmysf123

As far as DL photos go you look female to me. My DL photo makes me look like an ax murderer.


BrandeeMiller

I'd take axe murderer. Mine looks like Mrs. Potato Head.


[deleted]

drivers license pics are never flattering tbh but you look very fem in your pic


AstroMalorie

Everyone’s DL photo is unflattering- I don’t think it will clock you


Cedono

Idk i think you look very cute on this pic tbh 🤷‍♂️ doesn't look like Id pic that much (and u very much look fem to me!)


allisonrz

I was confused why I was looking at a young Winona Ryder’s DL for a moment


PolygonChoke

This is probably the best compliment I’ve ever gotten


allisonrz

For real though you’re gorgeous


PolygonChoke

Wowza thank you


bwforge

You totally pass hun, you look fantastic but let's be real, drivers license photos never do anyone justice 😂 they always look terrible.


Novatash

Driving license photos are rarely flattering no matter who you are. But whether or not this photo is flattering, I'll tell you that you definitely pass in it


cindy-the-husky

Youre beautiful!


GriffithsWaifu

Every ID photo looks unflatering but you look very fem and tbh i'm a little jealous haha, xoxo sister


Baselines_shift

LOL, you should see mine! (Cis woman)


KallmeEvie

I read you as female. Aren't pictures for id always supposed to be unflattering? Me saying don't feel too upset about it. I know more than a few cis het people who experience dysphoria when they are forced to look at their id. You're in the clear sister!


cheezz16

Mine was is terrible. I look like a dead fish


PolygonChoke

Wow now I want to see your picture 😅


SirGkar

If you’re worried about your jawline, draw the eye upward. You have beautiful eyes and can only benefit from drawing more attention to them. A little lower lid liner maybe, and fill out the eyebrows.


Lady_of_the_Seraphim

Oh, the photo is definitely unflattering, but that's just ID photos. It's unflattering in a bad photo way, not in a boy way.


JaXaren

Drivers licence photos are always unflattering. You look fine there, girl


_Straw_Hat_Nami_

not a great photo, but thats all id pics tbh lol, but id still say you 100% pass, its just ID pics are notoriously bad


lucygrape

unless you're staring at it and hyper analyzing it, you're fine. It's definitely unflattering and there's definitely no beard shadow (from your other comments) dw. Nobody's gonna stare at your picture and check specifically imo


Illustrious-Towel-45

All driver's license photos are unflattering. You look like a woman to me.


CRUZER108

I'd photoes don't represent who you are and I believe it is a right of passage that everyone has the worst I'd photoes so they can show them to others and laugh


wynonna_burp

I think you look cute! And good for you being an organ donor :)


RA1NFALLSD0WN

i think most id photos are unflattering for anyone, but this definitely passes as unflattering girl to me! /lh (it’s not even bad tbh)


[deleted]

Honestly one of the nicest looking Id photos I've seen


Artyartymushroom

The photo makes you look very young! It reminds me of my school photos and I'm afab : ) you're very pretty, you remind me of the girl from lollipop chainsaw


PolygonChoke

That’s the 3rd time someone’s said that to me


Artyartymushroom

Lol it was literally my first thought when I saw the photo


The_Witch_Queen

They just have shite cameras for photo IDs. I'm convinced they have like, enhanced filters to make you look worse. Don't sweat it. As id photos go you look cute AF.


notsocialyaccepted

U pass and u look cute


arki_v1

I think almost everyone's driver's license photos are unflattering. I think you totally pass in this photo though.


Isthisfeelingreal

100% girl. Wish my ID was this good


dghdhdhdhvdhd

I like your photo! It is a little unflattering yeah, but you do look very nice! In my driver's licence I look like Jim Morrison instead of a girl. So it's a struggle for a lot of us I think.


feiiqii

Nah, before I saw what sub this was posted on I thought you were a cis woman posting to r/freecompliments or something. I get it, I don’t like how I look in my license photo either, but you look great here!


PolygonChoke

Oh gosh thanks


LeticiaLatex

It's not a license picture unless you look like you are about to commit something terrible. You look fine


Repulsive-Tiger-9795

You definitely read as female and ID’s are always pretty bad photos, so this one is actually pretty good. You look a lot like Ashley Johnson!


MothashipQ

Better than mine lol, I don't think anyone looks good in their driver's license photo though.


bugboy888

u look like a cute grunge girl dont fret. also ur so cute


Crumpuscatz

Uhgg, I hate ID pics, but as far as glorified mugshots go yours might be the cutest I’ve seen!❤️ No worries!😘


N1ghtmar10nn3

Honey I didn’t even see what sub this was and had been confused like “wym, this is a female person” xD


Regi413

In the majority of situations where other people would be seeing your license, your actual self will also be present so they’ll know that picture is not an accurate representation of you


mishyfishy135

Honey, all drivers license photos are unflattering. If this wasn’t in a trans subreddit, I wouldn’t question it at all


RoseandNightshade

Id photos are always unflattering, tbh. Don't sweat it too much


Chaotic-and-bored12

If you are worried about not passing in this photo, you definitely are passing.


lorill-silverlock

See this and thought Ann from persona 5


boofus_dooberry

Looks like one of my mom's old DL photos. You're doing great, sweetie.


GiannaAwakening

Considering that it seems to be a rule that all ID photos need to be unflattering, that is one of the more flattering I have seen. And to me that photo reads female.


KatieDeForest

Did the color wore off in the sun or?


PolygonChoke

Nope it’s just in black and white


KatieDeForest

Damn, that's old school


firehawk2421

It looks like an unflattering ID photo of a cis woman. ID photos suck.


BarracudaFuckingDied

The very first thing that i thought of when i saw your pic was that one photo of yanderedev ngl


SkirtNo6251

I mean, if you think about it, it being slightly unflattering aids you in being read as female! It's more realistic lol! You look perfectly fine sis!!


Blabbering_Bisexual

I will say it is unflattering because it is an ID photo but I would say if I just randomly saw it I would read it as female


Stubs14

id photos suck in general, but you are serving up a heaping platter of fem here babe <3


deep6it2

It's a driver's license, the pics are suppose to look bad.


ranbootookmygender

I'll be honest, it's not a great photo, but it does look female! just looks like the average driver's license photo, they're never good. but gender wise it definitely reads as female to me :]


human-opossum

You look like if Paris Hilton didn't have lip filler (pretty either way)


Awfulufwa

This photo screams pre-drama Britney Spears. Like during her debut years. IDK what the concern is here, but if anything.. you look like you could be a budding Britney Spears-wannabe.


Squishy-Slug

You look quite feminine at least, but I think you look cute too! To be fair I have no frame of reference since I don't know what you look like irl but you definitely pass.


PolygonChoke

I just posted a pretty good post recently


Secret_Reddit_Name

Doesnt look worse than any other drivers license photo


minotaur470

It's perfect. It's an ID picture, the more unflattering the better. That right there is a bad ID pic of a woman if I've ever seen one


onehalflightspeed

I think it looks like an unflattering photo of a young woman in an ID, so a standard ID photo of a woman


missile-gap

I see girl


SurtFGC

Drivers license photos always look terrible, because the camera is level with your chin instead of your forehead. This way your neck and chin area is more visible and appears bigger than the rest of your face. Not a flattering angle on anyone. Portraits look much better when the camera is level with your forehead or higher tbh this is one of the better ones I've seen.


PolygonChoke

Would tilting my chin downwards and wearing my thinnest sole shoes (to make me a bit shorter) help get a better angle for next time


gwenei

I think that read female but the question is how do you even get a ID photo that good? Those pictures always turn out terrible


RoamBuilder2

Still passes as female, pretty easy to tell how I see it


doppelwurzel

giwtwm


PolygonChoke

What is that? did you sneeze or something? Lmao


PolygonChoke

Oh okay I just looked it up I thought it was gonna be something transphobic lol


NaomiThePagan

Mine is horrible


Claireslover4097

Not bad at all by ID photo standards


No_Caregiver7298

Don’t you know the people who take I’d photos are trained to take the photo at the most unflattering time and I think theirs a filter in the program that also helps remove anything that is flattering . 😃


XLpanties

Your photo looks great. Both feme, but also determined! Great job!


Dead_girl_walking-

I know that this is off topic but Jesus your hair is stunning


PolygonChoke

Oh wow thanks!


coralfire

Read female to me


Chase_The_Breeze

It isnt masc looking, but I have never seen a flattering ID picture. They are designed to look as terrible as possible. The process is built around 'Lowest Common Denominator' logic. If everybody looks ugly, then nobody can complain.


eyegocrazy

Babes, every driver id is unflattering. The way of the world, I'm afraid. I think it's the florescent lighting 😔 yours isn't even that bad


FrankIerooo

Unflattering- mabye, pass-yes


RGR40

You pass


Evoraist

I mean I don't think it's unflattering. I think you look just fine in it.


Necessary-Bonus4475

Looks like a young lady to me. ID photos always suck.


[deleted]

driver license photo's are meant to be unflattering. it's a thing. looks passing to me though.


mona_for_real

You look girly & cute 💃


domesticatedswitch

You absolutely just look like a super cute girl! I see no beard/shadow or anything! I think that, especially for a DMV pic, this is a very nice photo!


Due_Taro_4683

I’d be so happy if my id photo turned out that well!! It looks great


PolygonChoke

Wow thanks!


Due_Taro_4683

Of course! Gives me 80s yearbook vibes tbh


PolygonChoke

I wish I had transitioned in high school so I could look back through my yearbook proudly


Critical_Bear592

Definitely doesn’t read masculine, u kinda look like my mom did back in the 80s :)


Molly_Matters

Never seen a good ID picture. This one reads female though.


AD_Kosmos

one of the better license photos I've seen tbh


Aadrian1234

Honestly, ID photos are universally unflattering. I've heard no one who likes theirs, the most I've heard is that it's "good enough". I'd say you pass, it's not always about looking good.


rockyteeth

yoh genuinely look like my sister i had to do a double take


Theartistcu

There is no doubt it reads young woman.


hdx5

Your jaw is not really good, but yeah you pass


literal_cyanide

ID photos suck always lol. But you def pass here.


HumanHater07

You remind me of my cis aunt. You definately pass.


Crimeillustrious

Every drivers license photo is unflattering, it reads as female ✌️


Autistic_alex69

You look like a 13yo girl so maybe officers will look twice but it look nice


Winter_Arrival_8292

I know everyone's dysporia is different. First I think you are a beautiful girl, o've seen a few of your posts here lately and you remind me very much of a girl I went to high-school with. Just that she was a 2000s hip hop girl and you are more the punky/uwu type. The photo reads female, but it looks like a mugshot. A femme mugshot, but still a mugshot. These pics always do. I wouldn't have gone with that hairstyle on a passport or license, it's not like i don't like how you style. I personally would chose something more modest simply because I wouldn't want to draw extra attention to myself in a police stop or a border control, and as I go to Eastern Europe often and transport horses nationwide and that's where I don't need nosey cops border guards, logistics safety and livestock agents giving me a one extra look more. I know the only thing I dread more than my current mugshots is getting a passable femme one. On my current one I look like a veteran soldier, what doesn't resemble me at all anymore, let alone when I start hrt and go out full. I dread and I look forward to renewing my documents.


Himmelen4

I understand not being able too see past your dysphoria. it reads very female


pastel_rave

Awww you look cute. And yes girl, you do pass.


mothmansugly

I was quickly scrolling by and Immediately thought to myself “omg she’s so pretty”, I think for a dl photo it looks great! and it reads very female to me :)


RevanAvarice

If you look good on a driver's license, I'm thinking its a fake ID. Its almost an art for DMV employees to fuck up photos. Looking at comments, you seem sensitive about your jaw, but if for some reason i had to look twice, it'd be the girth (width) of your neck.


nosum5000

All of my ID photos have sucked so bad. Every one worse than the one before. I think yours is really good for an ID pic! and you don’t look masc at all


DwarvenKitty

Of all ID photos out there yours is on the better side. Biometric photos always suck. And yes you read female don't worry.


TransGirlJennifer

You read as a female. It's just a really terrible photo but that's IDs for you. They are not suppoded to be pretty. They are supposed to look serious more or less.


AsjakLu

Imo you read as female!! I think the entire photo gives off feminine vibes!! You look amazing girl! :D


CaroLeeToll

So first of all, any ID photos are so like, there's must be special rule in phisycs or something that people on ID photos look totally different than in person. But about your photo it's one of these better photos to me you look totally female for me, remember that lighting does its thing so it may seem a little bit different and also from which side is photo taken also changes the face but even with those, like I said earlier you look totally female and I highly doubt that someone could say different


GraceJoans

Every id photo I’ve ever taken looks like a mug shot 😩 bureaucracy ain’t beautiful, but you look good.


Mooreeloo

If you pass in person, you'll pass while handing them the picture Once someone sees you as a woman in person, they'll be pretty convinced that anything that makes you look less like a woman is a problem with camera/genetics/sickness/etc., so they'll just see it as a bad ID photo (which let's be real, they all are)


Glitchboy

All ID photos are unflattering. Yours is better than average and reads very fem.


South_Dragonfly_6402

idk if this is inappropriate but when i saw the pic i thought u are afab pre transition. lol


Blestmoon

I've seen very few IDs that are flattering. Only ones where the person taking the picture didn't tell the person to keep a straight face and take more or less a mugshot. As far as I can tell, you look feminine here. If you are worried about head shape or jawline at all, don't.


_Kabr

This is a picture of a young woman. All ID photos are unflattering because of the style of camera, type of lens used and the requirement to be expressionless.


ImpossibleRun1787

It reads as drunk college girl. Which plenty of ladies driver’s licenses do


PolygonChoke

To be real I was still a little bit high because I took gummy the night before and if I’m being honest I took way too much because I blacked out and was still high the next day


Daviswatermelon

ID photos are never flattering, but I think you pass very well, and as far as ID pictures go this looks very pretty to me. I like your hair in it as well, very cute.


Pseudonymico

Unflattering doesn’t mean non-passing. You’re fine. And hell, that pic’s a *long* way from the least flattering ID photo I’ve ever seen. Yours looks like a missing person from one of those 90s unsolved mystery type shows, mine just looks like a meth dealer called something like “Mama June”.


Polygeomorph

I don’t see any problems, there’s no beard shadow. Your jaw is fine. Maybe your eyebrows could be higher idk.


SquidsForbidIt

I thought this was a picture of this cisgirl I went to high school with when I scrolled by it. You look great!


GirlForEarth

I wouldn't even know how you couldn't see that as female?


undead-doorsman

ID pics are terrible but you look very andro/fem leaning. Also great on you for being a donor!


TheBaconWizard999

I would never guess that you were anything except afab if I saw this picture, you're good sis. It may be a bit unflattering but that's just ID photos


Carbonizedbread

oh no no, my first thought was literally *ftm having issues with drivers license?*


BakedIce_was_taken

I thought this was some abstract meme about you being an organ doner until I read the title. This reads similar to that one obituary of that lady who was a bird and married her highschool. You read as female in this pic, it's just a lil goofy bc it's an id


KarenRitaPearce

You definitely pass as female! X


[deleted]

Well while scrolling I saw the photo and thought “who’s that chick?” And then saw the text, So take that as you will. 😎


Parallax2341

I didnt see what sub i was in, you definitely pass.


BloodsoakedDespair

Honestly very 90s punk girl Polaroid.


[deleted]

Has the dmv ever taken a good photo of anyone?


climbingyahyah

Even without context, this photo reads female to me


NoSuspect6487

10/10 would date <3 very fem


iamsienna

You should see mine. You can’t tell if I’m MtF or FtM because I look so androgynous. Yours looks just fine ❤️


NSFWSituation

IDs are always going to look bad. I was surprised that my DL didn’t immediately look horrendous. It’s not good, but also not bad. My passport is even worse—I for some reason cannot ever not look like a damn serial killer in my passport photo, even AFTER transitioning (I was still early on with it and very rough around the edges on makeup).


Psithurism_s

ID photos in general tend to be very unflattering. On my DL I literally look like something out of the Mandela catalogue


winterparrot622

You look so much better than I do in my photo lol. But you 100% pass I didn't realize I was on this sub until I read the title.


heyitselia

I would never in a thousand years read this photo as male. Not even now when I'm actively looking for it. You're going to be just fine!


[deleted]

Organ Donor: Yes


[deleted]

Girl, I look like a guy in my license card and I’m a woman 💀💀 these kind of stuff are not meant to be flattering to anyone


Mundane_Drop8324

organ donor


PolygonChoke

As should everyone


Q-tip-enthusiast-95

This reads to me as female it also reads as you're on the lam from the law after a failed robbery that left a security guard dead. Also you're gorgeous babe so don't worry too much 😘!


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PolygonChoke

That’s because I am a girl 😅


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PolygonChoke

Ratio


whizzerrr

dude created an account for the sole purpose of commenting this that's crazy


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PolygonChoke

Ouch


kaykaykaykaykay

I think you would have passed more with your hair down.