My gender and how I describe my gendered experiences do NOT have to relate to my assigned gender.
My assigned gender can have played a role in who I am, what my perspective is, and how I’m treated WITHOUT being related to my actual, real gender identity.
I do NOT have to link myself to my assigned gender to talk about my experiences.
I do NOT have to admit my assigned gender when I talk about my experiences of oppression or privilege.
I can talk about how I’m perceived by others WITHOUT relating it to my assigned gender, whether or not other people believe it’s related.
I do NOT have to misgender myself to talk about my reality.
“Hey, are you a man or a woman?”
“What gender are you?”
“ Yeah, but what is in your pants? “
Are you a boy or a girl ?
Not to my knowledge .
I’ve discovered two pretty easily digestible analogues to my gender experience/journey since coming to school here.
I also came out to one of my new friends at school today, it was so nice and she asked for my pronouns and I was really happy
I painted my nails for Coming Out Day: Nonbinary/Genderqueer on the left hand, Aro/Ace on the right hand.
I love nail polish but I’m really terrible at applying it. And because I have insecurities regarding my hands and fingernails, allow me this indulgent gif:
- it’s okay to be genderfluid but usually a girl
- it’s okay to be genderfluid but usually a boy
- it’s okay to be agender one day and bigender the next
- it’s okay to not identify as any specific gender
- it’s okay to keep your gender to yourself
- your gender is your own goddamn business