Label Limits

Someone wrote…

I’m not sure about my gender, I’m really not. It’s been 20 years and I still don’t really know. I’m AFAB and have always felt okay with the idea of being seen as a woman, but I feel like that label limits me in many ways. I don’t really feel like a woman, but not like a man either. A mix of the two?

But I’m okay with being seen as a woman, and I look and dress femme. So though I feel like my gender is very mixed inside, I don’t know if I’ll ever admit to my feelings that I may be genderqueer because it’s just simpler for other people this way.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?


Posted by on January 15th, 2015 at 08:00 am

Category: your voice One comment »

One Response to “Label Limits”

  1. Anonymous

    I’m OK with the fact that people will automatically see me as female but I never want to be seen as a woman. I have never been a woman or a lady. I am agender. I knew it before I knew the label.

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