Sharing my story as how I became aware as it relates to me.
I suspect I'm autistic, and don't quite understand masculine or feminine gender norms. (I mean, I learned what they are, but they seem nonsensical to me.)
After I learned about the "Gender Apathetic" identify, it seemed to fit my feeling towards my gender, which is to say, I don't care about it. (Although appearing like my birth gender tends to draw less unwanted attention.)
Also, I learned that gender expression and gender identity can be different, which helped solidify my feelings about being non-binary, since I dress mostly like my birth gender, but I do not feel any other significant attachment to it.
I got one of the easy identities and no gender dysphoria or people giving me odd looks. I know a lot of other people have it harder. Knowing about my identity did help me to understand myself.
Almost every single sentence in your comment is so 100% true to me as well it's almost scary! Have you watched the good place? If so, do you relate to Janet?
10 Comments
lalah@sakurajima.moe · 10 pts · 1y
@Draconic_NEO I'm nonbinary and today is the first time I learned we have a day :O
supergrizzlybear@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
me too! yay happy nbday
knightly@pawb.social · 8 pts · 1y
Happy Enby Folks' Day to you too!
potoo22@programming.dev · 8 pts · 1y
Sharing my story as how I became aware as it relates to me.
I suspect I'm autistic, and don't quite understand masculine or feminine gender norms. (I mean, I learned what they are, but they seem nonsensical to me.)
After I learned about the "Gender Apathetic" identify, it seemed to fit my feeling towards my gender, which is to say, I don't care about it. (Although appearing like my birth gender tends to draw less unwanted attention.)
Also, I learned that gender expression and gender identity can be different, which helped solidify my feelings about being non-binary, since I dress mostly like my birth gender, but I do not feel any other significant attachment to it.
I got one of the easy identities and no gender dysphoria or people giving me odd looks. I know a lot of other people have it harder. Knowing about my identity did help me to understand myself.
Droggelbecher@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Almost every single sentence in your comment is so 100% true to me as well it's almost scary! Have you watched the good place? If so, do you relate to Janet?
Balerion@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Oh shit, I didn't know we had a day.
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Also a women's suffrage flag
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
this is what you see moments before an "AFAB enby" calls you a slur /j
oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
No.
Maxxie@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
Enbies 🫶