As views on gender evolve (and face backlash), more and more people are recognizing the complexities of their own identities. Many come out and transition or embrace fluid or non-binary identities for themselves. Many more, however, do not fit into these categories, but recognize in themselves a certain gender fungibility, or a belief that they could be happy remaining in their birth gender or as some variety of trans.

Concurrently, a growing number of people born male feel ostracized from women romantically. They struggle to relate to women, breeding indifference, loneliness, and sometimes event resentment. (Even many open trans women were inaccessible to them, since they tended to prefer dating other women, cis or trans, too.) Consequently, they become increasingly curious about forming romantic relationships with people born male. Yet they frequently struggle to accept themselves in gay relationships. Some who identify as tops can't seem to get excited about loving another garden variety man, wanting a partner with some level of overt femininity. Others, more switchy or bottom-leaning, have a hard time seeing themselves as a man in love with a man.

Their yearning for connection, romance, and support leads them to curiosity about the same concept: boy meets boy, boy becomes girl, boy and girl live happily ever after. An unknown number of men found themselves wanting the same thing: a long term relationship with someone else born male, during which one of them would transition to female.

For the men who wanted to meet a prospective trans woman, the rationale was fairly simple: they desired a feminine parter, and struggled to find one, cis or trans. So they wanted to conduct wider search: for those who were not yet prepared to come out, and needed help. For those who were open to feminization, they had a variety of reasons: some were closeted and just needed support, some were ambivalent about their gender and just wanted partnership and happiness. All of them were simply tired of being alone and willing to commit to someone under...unique circumstances.

The wider world of dating apps were generally unable to meet the needs of this community. Then a new app called simply The Service was released. The premise was that it was a place for men to meet other men, one of whom would, if the connection was right, transition. It had notoriously high bars for entry: new users were required to pay a one-time registration fee of $1000 and maintain a $250 monthly subscription. This helped filter out the merely curious, the creeps, and flakes. A vetting system was instituted - it could take weeks for a new registration to be activated. This helped eliminate married/taken people who were not serious about finding a new, happy life as well as keep out men with a variety of issues, including potential for violence. Applicants could also only choose to be on one side of the equation and could only see the other side in their matches. This helped to ensure that it would not become dominated by t4t seekers.

When it debuted, there was skepticism of The Service's viability. It was thought to be too restrictive, too expensive, too niche. But it quickly established itself and became one of the top dating apps worldwide. It turned out there were millions of men who wanted to be involved in one of these relationships.

The other thing was: it worked. Countless long-lasting, meaningful relationships were forged on The Service. Millions of lonesome, lost individuals found themselves and a partner simultaneously. As these examples flourished, more signed up. Despite the fact that the average user was an active member for less than a year before they found love and logged out for good, membership continually rose. The success of The Service allowed it to open up a network of restaurants, bars, clubs, community centers, even resorts and medical clinics to cater to its users. These were places where they could meet, socialize, and transition in safety and support. Members who "retired" from the dating service maintained memberships in order to access these exclusive and beloved amenities.

In this world, I'd like to play a character who joins The Service prepared to transition for another man. I'd like you to play that man. We'll start as if we've just connected there, discussing ourselves, interests, and desires, and see if it's a match. If it is, we can play out our relationship.

Also very happy to talk with anyone who yearns for this sort of connection generally.