Regardless of if you have gender dysphoria, or love your parts or not, tucking doesn’t mean you identify in any particular way. Some femme of center people also don’t tuck at all and have no interest in doing so.
Some people tuck daily for a safer or more streamlined aesthetic or for improved mental health, while others do it every so often or only for special occasions. Tucking can play an important role for some women. Tucking can also help transgender women navigate spaces, such as the beach or play parties, more safely, as being identified as trans can put folks at risk for harassment and violence. Tucking has been a part of drag queen culture for years (anyone else addicted to the workroom drama in Ru Paul's Untucked?), and many different people-trans women, transfeminine people, nonbinary and other gender-nonconforming people, cisgender men who do drag, cisgender men who have body dysmorphia with regards to their bulge-tuck for aesthetic reasons or to relieve gender dysphoria.
Read on for some information on these different methods. There are many different ways to tuck including tape, using a gaff, or a tucking kit. If a person still has testicles, these may also be pushed back or moved into the inguinal canal. Tucking allows any crotch bulge to be hidden and not visible through clothing, including tight-fitting garments such as underwear, swimsuits, lingerie, etc. The language we use for our bodies matters, just like how we ask others to touch and experience our bodies, and respecting this is a part of healthy and active consent. putting one’s penis (or girldick, clit, ladybits, shenis, or whatever else you call your junk!) and/or testicles between one’s legs, so it's not visible from the front.įor this article, we are going to be using anatomical language to refer to body parts, but we celebrate any words you use to self-identify. So what exactly is tucking? Tucking is a practice that creates a visibly smooth crotch contour a.k.a. This article was reviewed by Courtney Rawls (they/them), MSN, FNP-C, WHNP-BC What is tucking and who is it for?įor those who are new here, “tucking” is an ancient tradition that has been passed down in the trans community and drag circles for decades, if not centuries.
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