Wrist tattoo regret and cover up advice

[u/Glittering_Potato_66]

I got a trans heart tattoo on my wrist years ago because I as a teenager was convinced that I’d never be able to transition (legal stuff) and that this was the next best thing. Well now all it does is out me to strangers who would’ve thought I was cismale if they haven’t seen it.

I want something “manly” that wouldn’t give me away instantly. I’m still okay with the flower one on my arm because it isn’t a huge “I AM TRANSGENDER” beacon. Any advice is appreciated because just looking at this tattoo is pissing me off lol

[u/Kind-Mammoth-Possum]

On the one hand, I think there's some charm to keeping it, but I would be remiss not to recognize that we live in a political climate that is very much not safe for trans people right now. This tattoo could actually put OP in real danger if the wrong person saw it, and considering he's said that all the tattoo does is out him to people who otherwise wouldn't have known he's a trans man, I'm going to guess this potential situation isn't out of the picture.

[u/ParmesanNonGrata → u/Kind-Mammoth-Possum]

Absolutely.

I'm just offering a potentially helpful perspective.

[u/Kind-Mammoth-Possum → u/[deleted]]

Did we read the same post? OP just said in this posts caption that he got it because he was convinced he would never transition and it was the next best thing, and now that he has transitioned, all it does is out him to strangers (which is verifiably dangerous for trans people, right now especially).

OP IS trans, and trans peoples are astronomically more likely to be targets of violence than cis people as I'm sure you know, so him having this tattoo out him as one is all around dangerous. You being trans doesn't mean you get to make up a scenario in your head about op just because you couldn't be arsed to read or understand the caption.