Someone wrote…

I hate the idea of “coming out.” Why can’t the world take me at face value? I shouldn’t have to explain it!

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And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I finally decided to stop trying to find out who I am, and accept that I change constantly.

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Someone wrote…

I am a potpourri of genders and sexualities.

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samislut wrote…

I am seventy years old. I’ve been married four times and have four kids. I love them all, wives and children each. But I’ve never had the nerve to be honest, either about my homosexuality or the desire to spend time as a woman. Still and all a good life, but less than it could have been. I hope it’s a bit easier to be all of yourself in these times but I’m sure it’s still incredibly daunting to open yourself up to the consequences, both real and perceived, to openly embrace your genders and sexuality. I applaud and envy those of you with that kind of courage— go for it my loves, go for it all.

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Someone wrote…

I sometimes wonder if, had I been born a girl, I would still fight my gender as fiercely as I do. For some reason I hope I would.

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Kit wrote…

I’ve lost my gender ambiguity, thanks to the wonders of testosterone. I miss people saying “I’m sorry, but I have no idea whether you’re a boy or a girl…” and then me replying “I don’t either, if I’m honest.”

I want to go on HRT to restore my ambiguity, because right now I feel like I’ve lost a part of myself.

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Someone wrote…

At this very moment I am thinking that I don’t want to think about gender anymore.

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Someone wrote…

I’m a male-assigned, female-bodied, feminine-to-androgynous dyke who likes to have no gender from time to time. This makes perfect sense to me!

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Someone wrote…

I’ve come to like the term “protean-gendered.” My shape is mine to change at will.

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Someone wrote…

I decided that my gender is ‘dragon.’ I mean, it’s ‘technically’ genderqueer but I have dubbed my own personal flavour as ‘dragon.’ Because dragons make everything better, are awesome, and come in a whole boatload of varieties.

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Someone wrote…

After many nights of dreaming that I’m fighting gender, last night I dreamt I was sitting at a round table with many genders to try on and I found one that fit so perfectly…

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Someone wrote…

I don’t feel like I need to transition… but I’m starting to think I’d feel more at peace with myself if I did.

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And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

For me, choosing a gender pronoun is not like choosing whether I want the soup or sandwich. I want the soup, the sandwich, and the coleslaw too. And what’s on the rest of the menu?

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Someone wrote…

I know it’s gonna be a good day when I feel confident enough to tell any classmate that looks at me funny that, to quote Angel from Rent, “I’m more of a man than you’ll ever be and more of a man than you’ll ever have!”

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Someone wrote…

Some of us have a gender that is purple in a world that only has words for blue and red, so we are making new words, and from them, a new world.

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Lee wrote…

When I’m around boys, I feel like my masculinity is inadequate. When around girls, I feel like my femininity is inadequate. When in groups of people, I still feel inadequate because I don’t feel like I belong to any gender.

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Gabe wrote…

I wasn’t born a girl. I was born a boy with some assembly required.

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Someone wrote…

I could never get used to being called sir, it would always grate on me. When people started to call me ma’am, it was easy for me to get used to and accept.

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Someone wrote…

I have come to see my gender balance as a spiritual balance.

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Someone wrote…

I can say without hesitation that I’ve always felt right in this body. My genderqueerness is all about my mental gender-self. So it feels right, if wildly uncomfortable, to be in this body and pregnant. There’s no conflicted feelings, it’s just weird to be experiencing this “pinnacle” of womanhood mentally. I suppose I thought that it might make me feel more womanly or something. But no. I still feel just as neutral, my body is just doing one of the many things it was built for. Just like wrasslin’ and running.

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