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Like “sparkly cis” (my own term?) or something like that? At first, I started using the pronouns he/him. Then, when I realized that I actually don’t identify as a man and that it didn’t feel right, I started switching to they/them, as I felt like neither a man nor a woman and didn’t feel strongly about gender either way.

Well, I’m fully aware that what’s in one's pants is NOT equivalent to their gender, but the thing is: I don’t really want a penis. I don’t want both. I really want neither, maybe just a hole, but the vagina I have is fine to me because it’s not a penis.

I’m AFAB and identify with feminine terms and neutral terms, like the pronouns she/they. If I’m dating someone, I want to be referred to as “partner” or “girlfriend” but not “boyfriend”. Not “man”, “dude”, or “bro”, though I also see those as gender-neutral, so I’m more okay with those than “boyfriend”.

“Homie” or “friend” is my favorite, though. I don’t even mind just “person”, but I prefer homie or friend like I said.

I feel impostor syndrome or whatever though and it feels like I’m just a cis woman with extra steps or “spicy/sparkly cis”.

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[–] maya@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You seem to not identify strongly with "man" or "woman" which seems pretty nonbinary to me imo. If you feel that nonbinary is a good description of your gender, use it. Your gender does not need to be earned or proven.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Your gender does not need to be earned or proven.

Girl, I wish I had read this 6-7 years ago. Your gender should serve you and make you feel better, not be a constant source of anguish.

[–] MomoGajo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You might want to look into Agender. It is much of what I feel about my gender most of the time. I view the F on gender markers for my self to be a "fuck it sure", rather than the definitive gender of my self.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That sounds like agender to me, friend

Thanks! Looking into it, it sounds like me!

[–] lalah@sakurajima.moe 6 points 2 days ago

@SonofaBixcuit you can call yourself cis or nonbinary or both or neither

they are all labels, no more or less

[–] Tattie@eldritch.cafe 5 points 2 days ago

@SonofaBixcuit these doubts are common, a way that external transphobia "gets into your head" 😣

How do you feel about other people whose identities are nuanced and outside the male/female binary? Are you treating yourself with anything like the grace you would extend to a friend or stranger?

Love and strength.

[–] jahtnamas@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago

idk, this sounds pretty outside the binary to me.

re: the pants paragraph: are you aware of genital nullification surgery?