I feel like ever since starting to actually put effort in transitioning I’ve always used hope to keep going. “Ah I bet E will make me look like a girl in a year. Okay that didn’t work, maybe another year :D. Okay wow still nothing, time for ffs, surely that’ll work :D.” I really hope it isn’t just a dead end after all this.
Very well put,
Having people register: “Woman” when they see / interact with you is the product of many many things all being calculated at one time, everything helps, and no one thing is ever enough