Several transgenders who I know, always envision themselves with like goatees and other typical attributes that shape them into this trucker guy look.
And I just don’t get it and spare me the whole “that’s just what they wanna be” responses. Because, there are other male models to ideally go for than just that. I personally don’t find the look attractive myself so I can’t really care that they go this direction.
That isn’t all that a guy is anyways, that isn’t even what it usually takes to look like a guy.
To try and answer the question, I think this is really about cultural history and fashion. The real question is “how did the male trucker look come about, historically?”
Then, “what parts of this fashion look represent traditional masculinity, did the look come to symbolize it, or did parts of the look already come derived from traditional masculinity?”
Then you can make an assumption that F to M trans that like this look find it to reflect the parts of their inner masculinity, because of the historical symbolism of masculinity held within the look. I’m not gonna do all the historical research, though.
There was an influx of “truckers” in the media of the 1970’s and '80s. Movies like Over The Top and Smokey and the Bandit and songs like Convoy come to mind. I don’t know why this was the case but in my mind it marks the beginning of a cultural milestone. I was also born in '76 so my perception is skewed.
I submit Exhibit A.