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Avenginator asks…

Do you think sexuality is determined by sex or by gender? For example, I identify as physically female but as a guy.
I’m attracted to women, so does that make me gay or straight in your opinion? I’m just curious to know what others think.

Please post your response in the comments below.

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Someone wrote…

I experienced a lot of dysphoria as a child, and strongly identified as a boy even though I was assigned female at birth. Halfway through middle school I gave up on the short hair, boys clothes, and trying to bind with sports bras. I became fairly comfortable being perceived as a woman over time, but now I’m starting to wonder again.

Did I make myself feel comfortable because I thought I had to? Should I explore my gender more and ask to go by gender neutral pronouns and names? I’ve always felt uncomfortable with both my name and pronouns, and I have an incredibly accepting group of friends.

I’m confused and tired of it, especially since only recently did I go from identifying as straight to identifying as a possibly graysexual panromantic.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

My dad gave me a tie.
I borrowed it for a school trip-thing, and then forgot to return it. I found it, and asked if he wanted it back. He said I could keep it.
It’s the first tie I wore, the first one I tied.
My dad gave me a tie.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Brog recommends…

Eurovision 2012 has been and gone, but while clicking around the videos I came across this — which was only narrowly beaten to being Austria’s entry for 2012.

Conchita Wurst’s blend of masculine and feminine presentation is particularly interesting, and they are adored by the Austrian public. Worth a look!

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“I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, suburban mom. She saw my nails and said, ‘Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!’

Then, later, she came in again, and said, ‘Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!’ She then brings her son forward, and says, ‘Okay sweetie, show him what you did!’ And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.”

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Someone wrote…

I really feel the need to come out, but I don’t quite know what I’d be coming out as. I don’t know how to pick the right word. All I know is I’m not cisgender, and I want that to somehow be recognized.

I feel like I’m stuck between doing nothing, which effectively closets me, or intentionally coming out, and what I really want is to just authentically exist.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

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Emmett asks…

I’m not really a formal dance kind of person, but my partner and I have decided to go to prom. Now I am faced with the decision: a suit or a dress.
Dresses are WAY more fun, but I don’t want to be seen as a girl, or as a traditional heterosexual couple. What would you do if you were in this situation? Would you wear the outfit that is “fun,” and know that you will spend the whole night being forced into a box you don’t fit into, or would you wear something a little less enjoyable to shop for, and be seen as (closer to) who you really are? Either way I feel I am sacrificing something for the sake of other people’s wrongful interpretations of gender.

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Submitted by Sharon and Howard, the photographers.

“This is a Hijra in Goa, in India. Before the colonisation by the British the Hijra were celebrated, but since then they have become a source of shame and often been shunned from their communities.”

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Someone wrote…

I’m finally accepting the fact that I’m probably not cis. It’s hard for me. I have always very strongly identified as woman but right now I really just don’t.

I am pretty ok with that on an individual level. Being ok with myself is something I have been fortunate enough to feel most of my life. That said, I feel like I am lying to everyone around me. My lovely girlfriend, my friends and my family. But what do I do when I don’t have a word for it? When all I know is that “she” doesn’t quite cut it anymore.

I suppose I could just say that. But folks seem to think I’m joking sometimes even when I’m not.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?