How to put on (and escape) your binder!!
Hi Gents and Gendercools and whomever else comes across this post and wants to know how to bind, here is a post of how to put on your binder!
Disclaimer: I have a GC2B full tank binder. So if you happen to have a different binder and these steps don’t work for you, please add on what does work.
Putting it on
Step One: Put your arms through both your armholes and pull it so the fabric is around your shoulders and in front of your face.
Step Two: Pull the binder over your face until it’s around your shoulders. You may look like an awkward chicken-pterodactyl thing right about now. Don’t panic!
Step Three: Using your hands, pull down on the binder until it covers your chesticles. It might be crooked but don’t worry about that right now. It will be tight and maybe even a little uncomfortable while you’re pulling it onto yourself. You should feel it just fit when you have it on right. It will feel comfortable and you will be able to move your arms like normal.
Step Four: Here’s where you adjust your binder and/or chesticles so you are wearing correctly and get the best flattening effect. Basically just pull your binder so it’s in the middle of your chest and comfortable. I have smaller chesticles, so I tend to be done at this step. But if you have larger ones, you might have to adjust them to fit in your binder. Push them to the inside of your chest and up or down, whichever is more comfortable for you. If someone more experienced in this are would like to add onto this, that’d be fantabulous.
Step Five: Put on a top and walk out into the world like that wonderful person you are. :)
Taking it off
Note: This process is different for everyone, and there’s probably an easier way to do it than how I do it, but this is how I first figured it out.
Step One: Put your arm (I usually do left) through the arm hole and down your chest between your chesticles.
Step Two: Pull the left shoulder with your right hand until you can free your arm. I’ll be honest. This is uncomfortable, and if you let your binder roll up while you do this, and right after you do so, your arm will get red. It’s not a big deal, cause it goes away pretty quickly, but if you’re closeted and your parents are nosy, it might make them suspicious.
Step Three: Just pull the rest of the binder off. It should come off easy-peasy.
Binder Emergencies
There are times, especially when you first put on your binder, that you will get stuck in it. These are terrifying. I know the feeling. But don’t panic. Depending on how you get it stuck on you, whether its halfway on, halfway off, or some monstrous other option, there are remedies. Believe me. I have been through them. But if you’re like me, and you aren’t out yet to your parents or your parents aren’t accepting, your binder mishap may become an actual emergency. The best thing you can do is not panic.
If you get stuck taking your binder off, and you honestly cannot get it off, try to put it back on. You hear your parents coming up the stairs? Tell them you’re getting dressed, changing your shirt, or, worst case scenario, wrap yourself in a big bathrobe and pretend you’re taking a nap until you can get it off of you.
So you got stuck putting your binder on and it’s around your shoulders or something, and it’s nowhere near being on you? Pull like hell. Off of your body. Try putting it on the way I told you above. But if you get it stuck, just pull so you can get it off. It’ll probably hurt. It’ll probably hurt a lot. But as long as you don’t break an arm or something. it’s better than getting caught in your binder, looking like an awkward pterodactyl forever.
If you don’t have time to take it off and there’s someone you need to hide your flat chest from, throw on a shirt with a colorful, busy pattern. A button-down is also a good choice, since those don’t flatter your chest anyway. Put on a bathrobe. Literally, anything. Keep yourself safe.
What if you’re at school and this happens? If you’re able, go to the school nurse. At most schools, the faculty isn’t allowed to disclose your transgender identity to your parents. Sure, it will be embarrassing. But it’s better than being caught. If you’ve got a friend you’re out to, ask them to pull it off of you. A bathroom stall is a good place for this.
If there’s any questions or something to add to this post, please go ahead and do it, or message me.
Good luck, my brothers and siblings, and happy binding!
