<p>Projective techniques, including figurative and creative tasks, have traditionally been used to assess gender identity and expression. Carrying a pathologising dimension, many projectives insisted that trans people be scored according to their assigned gender. A history of practices of misgendering and disregard of trans people’s self-proclamation has not allowed these techniques to become tools of self-expression, perpetuating a pathologising logic. Relying on a critical review from gender studies and STS, alongside empirical data from a broader study on trans people’s experiences in counselling, I shed light on non-normative narratives that have hybridised such personality tests. Psychologists and trans people addressing psychological services recruited throughout Spain and Greece provided qualitative input on the current uses of those tools for gender assessments. Their testimonies coincided with theoretical approximations on the role of these techniques in gendered subjectivation. I argue that queering and transing projectives implies horizontality, and a more authentic interaction between psychologists and trans people.</p>