#genderbinary — Public Fediverse posts

If you have to "pass" as a woman or a man for safety reasons then do so. It undermines nothing about your true nonbinary self.

The world is vast and often hostile. As a nonbinary person, the threats to your life are greater than many.

Do what you must to survive.

#NonBinaryPositivity #NonBinaryPride #NonBinary #passing #GenderBinary

There will probably be days where being nonbinary in a society built on the gender binary is too much to bear.

It's okay to withdraw for a time (as much as you're able) in order to regroup.

Rest is necessary in all aspects of life. The harder you work, the more rest you will need.

#NonBinaryPositivity #NonBinaryPride #NonBinary #GenderBinary

RE: https://masto.ai/@transworld/116179082326229372

Something we may need to talk about more is how these people claiming to be "Allies" will invent these conflicts within the #LGBTQIA+ community, as if it's common for #transgender, #gay, and #nonbinary people to have these massive problems with each other, rather than recognizing that the ideology of a #GenderBinary is the common enemy that encroaches upon us all.

The #LGBTQ+ community is united by the fact that we do not want to be and should not have to be who those imposing #gender norms demand that we be. That is the sum total of what it means to be #queer. Anyone who tries to break it into subgroups is at best naively forgetting that, and at worse (and more likely) someone attempting to divide and conquer us so we cannot mount a unified front and are easier to control.

#Femboys and #Transwomen are part of the same struggle, and we are winning.

Game-ifying gender. A great tool of conceptualising the limitations of gender. The existence trans ppl could free minds but shamefully for some devoted to the game use us as fuel for hate

#transphobia #genderbinary #gendergame #trans #fascism #theory #transgender #scapegoat
https://youtu.be/PnAEzjDyFnI?si=MWkDwXz6DE9hy9yo

Nobody "looks like" anything. There is no such thing as "looking gay" or "looking straight" and to assume facts about a person based purely on their presentation is to do them a disservice.

Presentation, just like Gender and Orientation, are a spectrum. Yes, you can be #gay and dress #femme, or you could still be straight and dress #femme. #enby and my fellow #agender peeps don't owe you #androgyny simply for being between or outside of the gender binary.

And for the love of all that is holy, please do not assume a person is #trans simply because their AGAB does not match their presentation.

#Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBT #GenderPresentation #Agender #Gender #GenderBinary #QueerProgress #Demigender #NonBinary #GenderSpectrum #genderspec #trans #FreedomOfExpression #Bigender #Pangender #Omnigender #Genderqueer

The #demigirl #identity: #Breakingfree from the #GenderBinary

As the world evolves, so does the #LGBTQ+ #community, constantly expanding its #vocabulary and #understanding of #diverse #genderidentities.

#Nonbinary #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GenderIdentity #Representation #Culture

https://www.queerty.com/the-demigirl-identity-breaking-free-from-the-gender-binary-20240707

How Does One Feel One’s Gender?

I don’t know what it means to feel “masculine.”

Ever since I discovered that I’m nonbinary, I’ve been reflecting on what gender is supposed to be, and I’m just ending up confused. Some people talk about feeling “masculine” or “feminine” but I don’t really know what it means, other than acting in accordance with the way that society decides that “men” and “women” should act.

People are born with a certain set of genitals, on the basis of this, society says “male” or “female.” This is already problematic. If you think that the biological sex binary is a given, I invite you to listen to this TED talk:

https://youtu.be/stUl_OapUso?si=DizHKNWPUynGjMZ_

I already knew that the biological basis for the binary is on shaky ground. However, there is nothing like someone speaking from actual lived experience to sharpen your understanding.

I’ve mentioned above that on top of biological sex, society imposes a series of behavioral conventions that define what men and women are. Men should act this way. Women should act that way. This is the gender binary. When a man acts in the way a woman should, it is deemed unnatural. Same when a woman acts in the way a man should.

I used to think that if I declared myself nonbinary, it was from an ideological standpoint more than anything else, but I don’t think this is the case. I’m just puzzled when people talk about feeling their gender, because this is something I don’t experience, or that I experience only faintly.

The gender binary is a complete fabrication from society. It is mere convention. It is not nature itself that compels those we call men to be competitive, or to be the provider in a couple, but society. It used to be that women couldn’t get credit without their husband’s approval. It is not nature that dictated this, but society. This restriction disappeared, not because of any change in nature, but because of changes in how society sees the gender binary.

Thus, it is that when I talk about my nonbinary nature, I talk about behavior. This is only because society itself distinguishes one side of the binary from the other in terms of behavior. It happens from time to time that someone interjects that gender identity is not the same as gender expression. Yes, this is true, but it has no bearing on what I am saying.

Let me make this clear. I’m not the gender police. You absolutely can be a feminine man, or a masculine woman, or any other variation. I won’t get on your case for it, and may even give you romantic love. However, as far as I am concerned, when it comes to evaluating whether I am man, woman, or nonbinary, my behavior is a critical component of the analysis.

So society, just like it has made me think that I was neurotypical by treating me like a neurotypical person, has also made me think that I am a man by treating me like a man. This is where gender dysphoria sets in. Yes, I am well versed in looking the part. Yes, I’ve been encultured in manhood, and, usually, I role-play a man. However, there are some behaviors that are required of me, as a man, that I don’t want to engage in. Hence, the gender dysphoria that occurs when I’m pushed to engage in those behaviors.

Still, I don’t feel the male gender in my life. I don’t feel special enjoyment when I do manly things. The notion of whether an act is manly or not does not figure in my decisions. For instance, my relationship with sports has been quite tepid. I used to watch racing, and that was it, as far as sports were concerned. I don’t anymore. I don’t think I’m missing anything important. I’m not pining after sports. It is not somehow missing from my life as a man.

It is only because society insisted that I am a man, and I believed society, that I thought that I was a man. Since I do not feel my gender, where does this lead me, but to the conclusion that I am in fact nonbinary?

#AutisticWriters #behavior #enby #gender #GenderBinary #GenderDysphoria #GenderExpression #GenderIdentity #nonbinary #SocialConvention #YourAutisticLife

https://www.yourautisticlife.com/2024/07/08/how-does-one-feel-ones-gender/

"Boy Scouts of America announces new gender-neutral name – and conservatives aren’t taking it well"

I'm happy with this decision. I was a boy scout, in Canada. I don't see why the whole thing needs to be gendered in the first place.

I do support the conservatives' right to boycott the organization. More fun for the rest of us.

#USNews #USPol #FuckingConservatives #Conservatives #BoyScoutsOfAmerica #GenderBinary #GenderNeutral #NoSatire

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/08/boy-scouts-of-america-rebrand/

How #Gender Is #Policed in #America. #PaisleyCurrah’s wide-ranging #study #SexIsasSexDoes examines how #transphobia #emerged in #America as a result of #contradictory and #SelfServing #sexclassification #policies

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Sex #Gender #GenderRoles #GenderNorms #GenderBinary #TERFS #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/paisley-currah-transgender-history/

In this narrative of #goodversusevil, of #Christians versus #Demons, of the #genderbinary versus “#genderideology,” it is not the #transgender #child #suffering from #homelessness who is the #victim but the #parent who #rejects that #child.

Pursue your chosen hobbies regardless of whatever binary gender associations might be attached to them.

Skills can be learned by people of any gender or lack thereof.

Gender stereotypes of all kinds deserve some breaking.

#nonbinary #genderbinary #genderstereotypes #hobbies