Isn’t complex.
Someone wrote…
My gender isn’t complex. It only becomes complex when I try to explain it in terms of the binary.
What’s your experience?
Posted by julian on April 26th, 2010 at 08:00 am
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10 Responses to “Isn’t complex.”
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April 26th, 2010 at 8:10 am |
Ah, I wish I could be so simple. *giggle* Mine’s complicated even for people who are USED to dealing with non-binary genders.
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April 26th, 2010 at 5:00 pm |
you just pinpointed exactly how i feel.
i am who i am & it makes complete sense to me.
when i have to explain myself, that’s when it gets all tricky.
thanks. this post put a smile on my face.
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April 27th, 2010 at 4:43 am |
I need a like button for things like this!
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April 27th, 2010 at 8:45 am |
RIGHT ON.
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April 27th, 2010 at 4:17 pm |
This. So true. I was trying to do this very thing the other day, and kept getting so frustrated, because it wasn’t expressing ‘me’ well enough! It’s like, no matter how I define it, something is missing. Like… trying to make a cherry flavour by mixing apple and orange, or something.
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April 27th, 2010 at 5:50 pm |
Exactly this! I’m not complicated, don’t fault me for a failure of language!
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April 28th, 2010 at 4:21 am |
When I saw this I totally had to comment on it! This is so true for me! I’d rather not identify with any gender but out in public I only want to be seen as a girl nothing more nothing less.
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April 29th, 2010 at 3:32 pm |
Exactly. Well said. It’s society’s problem, not mine. :)
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May 1st, 2010 at 2:23 pm |
Exactly! I just made this realization within the last week or so.I know exactly what I am, but it’s not something that can be explained to someone who sees male and female as the only options, or even as the default from which everything else is simply a deviation.
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June 7th, 2010 at 2:13 pm |
My gender is complex, just no more complex then the idea of gender itself. When you get into the business of putting people into gender boxes, things inevitably get complex, but on an individual level, it’s really not so tough as it seems.
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