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Someone wrote…

At work yesterday, I decided to comment on a dress that I found cute. Almost immediately my coworker threw out the comment “You’re such a girl.” Even though I tried to fight this, he just looked me up and down, saying “I know what gender you are.” I am a biological female.

I identify as androgynous, prefer male pronouns (though looking to transition to more gender neutral terms), and was even binding at the time. He doesn’t know this, but it still hurt me to hear that anything I do is possibly gendered in some way and could invalidate the way I identify. It makes me miserable, especially when there are days when I want to wear a dress but the fear of being seen as a woman completely stops me.

I really wish my part of the world was more educated on gender expression.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Submitted by Dahzi, the model and photographer.

“I like the slight shadow of my mustache in this pic. I’ve been told it’s Frida-esque.”

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Someone wrote…

i’m worried, worried that people won’t believe me and will never understand when I try to explain to them this lovely state of ambiguity and fluidity. That i will be mocked for hopping on some new age LBGTQA bandwagon, because supposedly this generation thinks it’s “cool”. Well it is cool, it’s freaking awesome and I love who I am, but I have always been this way and it is not a novel passing phase.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?