david04, originally uploaded by prince_rabbit_bride.

Someone wrote…

Today, I bound my breasts for the first time since getting them over a year ago. It’s simultaneously the queerest and most feminine I have ever felt.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Dakota asks…

I am biologically female and I am androgynous (except for my boobs). I like to dress feminine and masculine, depending on how I feel. The term “girl” just doesn’t feel right to me. But I know I’m not a “boy”.
What (if there is any) term is commonly associated with this?

Please post your response in the comments below.

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Karen Chessman Black Leather fashion,cigarette holder and winter trees at dawn. France February 2011, originally uploaded by Karen Chessman: In Trans Umbraculis Fetish Luminis.

The story of Fred (F.C., Frederica), “a boy who was also a girl.”
[Full length available to stream until June 21, 2011. After that, find clips & trailer here].

Untitled, originally uploaded by kk+.

1851, originally uploaded by Ty Prieto.

Someone wrote…

I was really girly when I was little…I feel like a guy now. Don’t know what I’ll be in another twenty years.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Michael discusses gender neutral pronouns & em’s preference for “em.”

Untitled, originally uploaded by ChristopherVincent.

You can call me… James

I identify as… a geek. By sex, male (I’m waiting on that Y chromosome). By gender, me.

As far as third-person pronouns go, … He, his, him, but anything that isn’t feminine will suffice.

I’m attracted to… Beauty. Trainwrecks. Puzzles I can’t solve. Butch, femme, gay, undefined; anything in between. I like people who can like me.

When people talk about me, I want them to… think of me as a person before anything else. Also to tell me what they say. I can take it.

I want people to understand… that we’re not all made to fit in the little boxes; that I am capable of changing my mind; that I don’t always get it right; that I prefer an honest question to false understanding; that ‘adorable’ is possibly not the compliment you meant it to be; that no, I’m not twelve.

About James
Born in Miami Beach, raised in Santa Cruz, transplanting to Boston. Will someday be a successful writer. Is currently a starving artist. Really, he just wants to be loved.

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AR recommends…

Syd’s syntax is astounding in this video.

Mirada Liberada., originally uploaded by Marciana Lalá.

K.C asks…

I get mistaken for a boy all the time and it bothers me a bit because I identify as female, but at the same time I don’t want to change my style. What would be a subtle way to pass more as female?

Please post your response in the comments below.

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María, originally uploaded by Ruth Zapater.

Someone wrote…

As confusing as it might be to some, being a woman identified transguy makes all the sense in the world to me.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

You can call me… Jordan

I identify as… some awkward, grumbling experience with ink stained lips and fingertips, metal in various created orifices and the desperate tickling concentration on being content with the fact that I truly have no gender preference. I am a gender warrior, stumbling carelessly through stereotypes while upholding the mannerisms of a Gentleman of the Society.

As far as third-person pronouns go, … “Hey kid!” works just fine. Pronouns aren’t the biggest of my concerns. Some people just aren’t familiar with gender fluidity, a willingness to learn…now that’s my biggest concern, if not, “I say good day.” I do however, at times become fairly disappointed when I’m walking around dressed in the style of an early 19th century English paper boy and I open my mouth to speak and my voice is high-pitched…maybe I should start carrying around those voice synthesizer/changer thingies…that way I can also be an alien or a robot with the click of a button!!

I’m attracted to… -people with words.
-people who don’t care too harshly about gender-who just want to be themselves and LIVE. I find when people worry so much about labels, they sometimes begin to project this strange and forceful censorship…not ok.
-Those excited about the “minuscule” things; grass, parks, redwoods, sitting on the sidewalk and making friends with strangers, etc.
-mind-expanding humans
-Trans people
-Gender fluid people
-crust punks
-rivitheads
-awkward, geeky people…please do tell me you’d like to co-op on a Call Of Duty MWF2 mission with me!
-Cinephiles
-Audiophiles
Polyamorous people.

When people talk about me, I want them to… Look up, speak nicely and don’t twiddle your fingers. Turn out your toes, curtsy, open your mouth a little wider and always say YES…YOUR MAJESTY!

Just kidding. Lewis Carroll was pretty cool.

Ummm…stay calm and don’t freak if I don’t seem all that interested, girls make me nervous. I’m the shy kid sitting in the back of the class with the constant frog in his throat.

I want people to understand… we are all the same species. Humans…I mean…*looks around*

About Jordan
I LOVE KARATE MOVIES FROM THE 80’S!!!!

I am currently in a heated affair with words. I love weird stats and morbid facts. I maintain a pretty chill existence, my excitement is living. I am always up for going out to dance-take me dancing, I’ll love you forever. I am a fan of observation. I am brutally honest and annoying. I have a ton of glitches in my circuitry. I am, at the moment, teaching myself humility, patience, kindness and tranquility; learning self-preservation, self worship, to love thy neighbor and celebrating my unbirthday. I love cupcakes and colors!

I always adore those who can prod the passion within me, for I am a very passionate soul. My family is my everything-anything, anything, anything for them. I can be an open book depending on who wants to read.

Those are my public profiles. I’m willing and open to befriend and get to know people.

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Untitled, originally uploaded by Maria McGinley.

identitytBD recommends…

JJ Levine is a Montreal-based artist who explores issues surrounding gender, sexuality, self-identity and queer space. In addition to pursuing a career as an artist, Levine gives “Lesbian Haircuts for Anyone” in a bike shop in Montreal’s gay village. Also check out the “Alone Time” gallery: http://www.jjlevine.ca/alone.html.

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Avery asks…

In the past three months, I’ve gone from identifying as a cisgender girl to maybe genderfluid, and now I have no idea. I wonder if I might be transmasculine. I didn’t know identity could change that much in just a few months. What are good ways to try and actually figure all this stuff out?

Please post your response in the comments below.

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