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zig ([personal profile] virgosplaining) wrote in [community profile] transandnonbinary2023-02-17 12:40 pm
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February 2023 Social



It's finally here! Let's hang out, chat, and be merry all through this weekend. :) You're welcome to use this as an introduction & friending post!

Something I personally think about a lot is the "I always knew I was trans" vs "I had a sudden realization at some point later in life" experiences of gender journeying. Some of us already covered that in the last round, but it's simply a suggested topic to share & chat about. ♥
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Re: Checking in

[personal profile] ng_moonmoth 2023-02-19 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
I always enjoy hearing that other people have ways out that are not binary either "completely closeted" or "out everywhere, all; the time". Sounds like your path, as mine, shows up as being out in different degrees in different places -- and improving the scope and degree as circumstances permit. Those "little steps" that "get you right along" are worth celebrating, not only as they reduce the amount of time I spend hiding myself, but also as they move me closer to mostly not having to hide myself at all. Cishet drag can still be useful when I don't feel up to being myself in a challenging environment.

I cringe just a bit when I see things like "real pronouns", similar to how I feel when I see "identify as". Your pronouns are your pronouns; of course they are real. And that shouldn't need the "real" part. Someone not using your pronouns is misgendering you just as much as if they wrongly categorized you as "man" or "woman". And saying they can't change is on them, not on you. It shouldn't be any harder than tracking things when a woman changes her last name to that of her spouse, and most people seem to manage reasonably well there. (Some of spouse's and my family use the same surname for both of us, despite our having been very clear about our feelings that we had no intention of following that antiquated custom. But that's such an ingrained assumption for so many people, and we aren't interested in picking a fight over it.)