![]() ![]() These supplementary terms sort of triangulate me in the universal gender map, which I think is super neat. of a vibrant and inclusive community that supports all LGBTQ individuals. When I'm introducing myself in trans spaces, I will often say, 'Hi, my name is AJ! I use they/them pronouns, and identify as an AFAB transmasculine nonbinary person.' I don't always disclose that I am AFAB or transmasculine, as those are supplementary pieces to my core nonbinary identity, but adding them in helps clarify to those around me (and sometimes myself, on dysphoric days) where I fall in terms of all the infinite possible identities. The yellow stripe represents people whose gender exists outside of the binary. Gender fluidity is becoming commonly known as transgenderism: the ability to transcend gender, whether biological, emotional, political, or otherwise truly mixing male and female. Transmasculine, to me, means I am transgender with a masculine of center presentation. Gender-fluid means that their gender identity and/or expression encompass both masculine and feminine. ![]() I don't identify with any gender, intrinsically, but know that my body and mind feel comfortable in clothing that is most commonly associated with men/males/masculinity, as they are currently defined and understood by societies dominant binary narrative. Transmasculine, to me, is a secondary layer of my identity (the base layer being my nonbinary identity). When I learned of the word transmasculine, it was like a cool drink of water on a hot day, incredibly refreshing and satisfying. I would often see words like 'transman' or 'ftm' or other transgender identities, but these all seemed deeply rooted in the gender binary. A gender fluid person may at any time identify as male, female, agender, or any other non-binary identity, or some combination of identities. "As an AFAB (assigned female at birth) person who identifies as nonbinary and is medically transitioning via hormones and (eventual) surgery, I had a hard time developing my language around what all that means to me in terms of my transition and outward expression. What I appreciate most is that I don’t enjoy terms like 'nonconforming' and 'non-binary,' because I’m not a 'non' thing, my gender isn’t a lack of conformity or a lack of binary-ness, it is its own active, multi-faceted, nuanced and – well, queer – thing." - Perri Hawley, 29, New York, NY ![]() I, personally, also don’t enjoy how terms like 'gender-fluid' and 'androgynous' seem to conflate 'gender identity' and 'gender expression' – as if wearing 'feminine' clothes means feeling or being feminine, for instance, which it doesn’t in my experience. I don’t experience a 'fluidity' in my gender identity, so much as a constant state of queerness (it’s not so much that I’m multiple genders or back and forth between genders as it is that none of them quite fit and it all feels a little queer). Just as you could call 'cisgender,' 'gender straight,' you can call any number of gender identities 'genderqueer.' I identify as genderqueer but not as gender fluid – for instance. "Genderqueer is a term that's used by folks who might otherwise identify as nonconforming, non-binary, agender, demigender, gender-fluid, bigender, or any number of other terms. ![]()
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