I actually know a non-binary person in real life! :D

I got back into contact with one of my exes. She told me that she's bigender, but she leans a lot toward MtF. I dated her when she was a guy, and we still have a lot in common. She's really amazing but also really closeted. In her guy days, she actually used to wear makeup sometimes, but now she doesn't. I think it's because she's more conscious of her gender now and is nervous about people possibly finding out. But anyway, she's gorgeous, and it's so cool to actually know someone who's bigender. I'm learning from her about how she likes things. She goes by Brandon in "guy mode" and Brandi in "girl mode". I used to hate the name Brandi, but I think it works for her.

I'm the only person she's come out to, and I'm so happy for her. Just thought I'd share because she get me. She takes me seriously as a man. And I take her seriously, too. It's a shame she lives so far away from me. She's in Kentucky, and I'm in Northern Ohio, which sucks because she's such a self-esteem booster. She even told me to text her first because that's the guy's job. While I don't think that's necessarily true, I'm pretty over the moon about it.

It's just awesome to know that one of my long-time friends is in the trans boat with me.

 

Me, too. Statistically, only 0.03% of the population of the US (I think) identifies as transgender, so we're pretty rare. I'm not sure if that stat included non-binary people, but I figure there are even fewer of them.

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For the longest time, I didn't either. The only trans guy I know in real life (if you'd call it that) is a guy from Wisconsin that I've never met.