Someone wrote…

I self-identify as fabulous.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I don’t feel feminine enough to be a girl nor do I feel masculine enough to be a boy.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

Dating a transgender man doesn’t make me a lesbian or bisexual. I’m straight… just not narrow.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I shaved my head to feel masculine. Instead, I became at peace with my femininity.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

Last weekend I was at Models of Pride, a youth conference for LGBT teens. They asked me what my preferred pronoun was. It was the first time someone asked me. I almost cried I was so happy!

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I am a sweet little girl, a broad-shouldered warrior, a rebellious teenage boy, and everything in between.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I love it when the weather gets cold enough for me to wear scarves and my Adam’s apple stops being such a distraction from my femininity.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I feel extremely lucky to have grown up with a family that took gender roles and stereotypes and completely ignored them.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

Stopped feeling ashamed of my gender-confused identity right after it ceased to be a secret.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I like the name I was born with, and I wish people wouldn’t infer a gender from it. Why should I have to change my lovely name to fit others’ ideas of gender?

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

kyg wrote…

I often dream as a genderless version of myself.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

For the first time yesterday someone asked me how I identify. I told the truth.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I’m afraid to tell my mom, who’s been struggling with trying to understand the whole genderqueer part of me, that although I’m physically transitioning to be read as male, that I’m still okay with being called her daughter.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I used to think it was just my whole life was one drag show I didn’t want. Now I see that my life is just a series of masks and costumes. For the first time in many months I finally went back to a place where I could drop all the masks I put on for others, and sit back with my friends and my own collection.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

IdentityTBD wrote…

I’m not looking for a forever gender. I’m just looking for gender right-now.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

After finding the courage to walk the streets in leggings and a long cardigan, I understood how foolish it was to wait for something similar to appear in men’s fashion. Phrases like “clothing choices for men are limited” don’t seem relevant anymore.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I think I’m finally starting to figure myself out. Not as a boy, not as a girl, but as a human.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

I am a female man. Sometimes I feel like I’m a female pushing the boundaries of what a man is; and sometimes I feel like I’m a man, pushing the boundaries of what a female is.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

My penis is not a threat to my femininity.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?

Someone wrote…

It seems that half of the people who I talk to tell me that I’m too young to know that I’m trans and the other half tell me that I’m too old to just now be figuring it out.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?