This Gender Thing….
Someone wrote…
This gender thing confuses me so much, I rather wish I had stronger opinions about my body. I rather wish it was just about my body.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 23rd, 2011 at 08:00 am
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Posted by Chris on September 23rd, 2011 at 08:00 am
HAIR!
Someone wrote…
The outward sign of my gender complexity is my HAIR. A-line bob, colorful, teased, and big with bangs while wearing a traditional shirt/tie/slacks. This is me daily! I enjoy challenging the norms and making people question what they see and “know”.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 21st, 2011 at 08:00 am
Gender Informed by Schrodinger
Someone wrote…
I like to think of my gender the same way Schrödinger thought about the cat in his experiment: Until somebody observes it, it’s neither one nor the other.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 19th, 2011 at 08:00 am
A Haiku
Someone wrote…
Untatted Untied
Figuring out the choices if any
Unendingly
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 17th, 2011 at 08:00 am
“Pefect Balance”
Someone wrote…
I achieved my “perfect balance” by wearing dark blue shorts with a boy t-shirt to go to the nail salon with my pink nail polish in hand. I’m such a girlie butch!
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 15th, 2011 at 08:00 am
A Duel Self at Odds
Someone wrote…
It’s like the two people living inside me are crying out of control because neither of them agrees with the other’s body.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 13th, 2011 at 08:00 am
Thoughts on a God
Someone wrote…
I believe in a god, but my god has two very important specifications. 1. God created us to love. No definitions were put to that love. 2. God is a girl, a boy, both, and neither. This all occurs at the same time. That last bit is what allows me to truly have faith in god, because god can relate to all. Only god has no body to restrict them :/
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 11th, 2011 at 08:00 am
A Point in Life
Someone wrote…
I’ve always dreamed of getting to a point in my life where I can appreciate my body for what it is – not what society has told me it is.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 9th, 2011 at 08:00 am
The Fluidity Box…
Someone wrote…
I feel like I won’t be truly happy until I come out as a genderfluid ftmtf, but I know that the moment I do, I’ll be put into that box and I’ll lose the fluidity I cherish most.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 7th, 2011 at 08:00 am
Everything is Drag
Someone wrote…
When I wear a dress and makeup and styled hair, I always feel like a man in a dress. When I wear a suit and tie, with no makeup and slicked hair, I feel like a woman.
Everything is Drag.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 5th, 2011 at 08:00 am
Analogic Simplicity
Someone wrote…
I just realized that if you put my gender identity on a linear spectrum, it would end up looking like a Box-and-Whisker plot. The simplicity of the analogy makes me absolutely giddy.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 3rd, 2011 at 08:00 am
Gender is not Black and White
Shalvia Verdell wrote…
Gender is not black and white. It’s as diverse and as beautiful as the many colors along the coral reefs of Hawaii and amongst the flower fields in Holland or in the temples in India. There is so much beauty in all of us.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on September 1st, 2011 at 08:00 am
Labels are Strange to Me.
Someone wrote…
Labels are strange to me. “Transgender” feels weird enough coming out of my mouth, let alone something as abrasively in-your-face as “genderqueer.” Ultimately, the only labelthat I’m truly comfortable with is “Me”.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on August 30th, 2011 at 08:00 am
If my Gender were a Pokemon…
Someone wrote…
“If my gender were a Pokemon, I think it would be MissingNo.”
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on August 28th, 2011 at 08:00 am
Absolutely Sexy!
Keagan wrote…
“Gender fluidity is absolutely sexy!”
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on August 26th, 2011 at 08:00 am
Constantly Changing
Someone wrote…
“Everything in life is constantly in motion, constantly changing, so why shouldn’t gender?”
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on August 24th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
Tan Lined Gender
Someone wrote…
I feel more gendered by my tan lines than by my breasts. My breasts are part of MY body. My tan lines are signs of what my society incorrectly thinks about that body.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on August 22nd, 2011 at 08:00 am
Stranded Between Genders
Lady K wrote…
I feel stranded between genders. Biologically female, behaviorally much less so. I get respect from neither butch nor femme.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on August 20th, 2011 at 08:00 am
Gender Euphoria!
Someone wrote…
I’m not gender dysphoric, I’m gender euphoric!
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on August 18th, 2011 at 08:00 am
If Anyone Bothered to Ask…
Someone wrote…
The world looks at me and sees a cisgendered heterosexual, but in reality, I’m neither. If anyone bothered to ask, they’d know.
What’s your experience?
Posted by Chris on August 16th, 2011 at 08:00 am