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Submitted by Skye, the model and photographer.
“As an Agender person with occasional dysphoria, I decided to embrace the beauty of my body–despite the fact that there are things I want to change.”
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Someone wrote…
I’m a Gender Atheist. I don’t believe in gender. It’s a human construct that involves conditioning, mimicking, and bullying people into one side of the binary system or the other. Gender-specific behavioral descriptions are nothing more than personality traits, and they have nothing to do with chromosomes or genitals. All our lives, we are taught that gender is very important; that “Males” behave this way and “Females” behave that way. Behavioral differences are a result of societal brainwashing, mimicking the behaviors of others, and hormones.
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You can call me… by my name.
I identify as… I am a faithful husband and father.
I present as a man because that’s how I’ve been trained.
I feel female because that’s how I feel, and always have
I hope to feminize my body, but expect to continue to present as a man because I don’t know how else to be. Maybe just a happier man. How this affects my family is important, and I cannot sacrifice those I love for my needs.
As far as third-person pronouns go, … I’m not sure I care. I was very pleased to be read as a trans man at a recent workshop at the gender clinic. I can pass as a man and have been doing all my life. I think I will still be able to pass once feminzsed.
I’m attracted to… My wife. I’m attracted women sexually and cannot imagine being with a man even if I had GRS. Being penetrated during sex is something I miss deeply even though I have never experienced it, but somehow it cannot be by a man.
When people talk about me, I want them to… talk about me, not my gender.
I want people to understand… that everyone is their own person.
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Submitted by Jess, the model.
“My 5-year-old sister took this. She was playing with my phone, and the minute I looked at it she snapped the photo. The meaning behind it is that I am completely at peace with myself when I am with my family.”
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Someone wrote…
I had plans today. I got dressed twice. But I never went outside. Please help me build a better society so us queer kids don’t live in fear anymore.
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Someone wrote…
I’m a very masculine woman. I am read as male most of the time.
I can often immediately tell whether a person sees me as male or female, just by the tone of that person’s voice. It’s an interesting and horrifying experience.
Males who read me as male speak in a lower register. They speak to me as though I am a viable human, and as though I am a part of a club or group which has other valid humans as members. This speech inherently aims to exclude all non-legit humans (mainly women, although non-males more generally). If a man sees me as female, he speaks to me in a more sing-song voice, and speaks under the assumption that I’m incompetent.
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Submitted by S. the model and photographer.
“I was just taking pics of myself in the bathroom, and thought this one came out rather well. It also displays a shirt that I am infatuated with.”
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Someone recommends…
A great book with a unique twist on the Werewolf genre! This book is full of LGBT*Q characters, focusing on Devon Andrews, and her death and re-birth into this underworld which she never expected (or even knew existed). There’s some great gender play in here, and I don’t want to give away too many spoilers, but if you’re a fan of horror or werewolves, this has a great cast of characters for readers to identify with.
You can call me… Abie.
I identify as… female, ambiguous.
As far as third-person pronouns go, … I have always been identified as female and have never really cared. I think the English language is complicated enough without “xe,” “em,” “hir,” or “nem.” Call me male, call me female. I don’t care. Call me an “it” if you really don’t want to use a label.
I’m attracted to… personality and intelligence. I find gender-neutral people more “beautiful” or “cute,” but I’m mostly asexual. I don’t like exceptionally masculine or exceptionally feminine people in general.
When people talk about me, I want them to… not care about what to call me or how to identify me. I want people to identify me by WHO I am instead of WHAT I am. People who think I am male and people who think I am female are free to be my friends, as long as they can accept people who think the opposite.
I want people to understand… I have always been identified as female, but I’d rather not be defined as anything. I’m not “trans,” I’m not even really opposed to people labeling me as “female.” If I could, I would get top surgery to remove my breasts, and I wouldn’t mind getting my uterus removed either. I don’t care about my genitalia, and I wouldn’t feel offended if people prefered if I continued to use the female restrooms after I had top/bottom surgery. If there was a ‘non-sex’ option, I would take it.
About Abie
I am a computer science major, hoping to work with my older sister as a database administrator for the government.
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Someone wrote…
Why so gender binary? I never know which restroom to go!
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Tree recommends…
The description for the video reads:
“In which Hank takes on a topic he’s been afraid to cover for a while now. How should we talk about sexuality, what is the difference between sex and gender…and between sexual orientation and sexual behavior.”
He uses a great line in there–
“Because as much as we love to label things, it’s impossible to label every point on an infinite continuum” in regards to gender identity.
Submitted by Selena Anne/Andy, the model and photographer.
“This is a recent photo of me doing guy and gal at the same time…”
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Someone wrote…
Progress seems so difficult to gain when it comes to gender identity; it makes me wonder if I’m broken or if I’m just unlucky. I can go to bed one night with a strong conviction that I am indeed truly female, but when I wake I realize that physically I’m still male and doubt attacks.
The easy solution seems to be “proud” and just express myself however I’m feeling each day, but that isn’t what I truly need. I can barely survive living as a visible male, but the thought of looking like a manly woman hurts too much to make…progress. I need to clarify, there is no such thing as incorrect gender expression, but one that mixes both specific genders does not fit me.
I feel so lost and confused; yet I feel like I have all the answers I need. I wonder if anyone else has ever been in this dark hole before, a constant conflict in yourself and no progress is being made. I keep asking myself questions and the answer feels blank, but still carries a ton of weight somehow. I want to seek guidance, but know this is a one person story.
What’s your experience?
