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Can't I just be neutral?

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by KaySee, Aug 19, 2015.

  1. KaySee

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    I was never one of those people who thought they should have been born the opposite gender. But I was never ok with being a girl. Not just because of society, but because I never really felt like one. Or how I imagine it would feel like.

    I don't want to be male. But I don't think I would mind being seen as one.

    I never really identified with boys or girls. I was never comfortable with identifying myself as a girl. I would look at girls and saw them as separate from me. I don't know how to explain it. It was more that I was an ally of girls. But not much of an enemy to boys.
     
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    There are neutral genders out there
     
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    agender
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    Considering all the words for it? I'm pretty sure it's a thing :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: seriously though neutral identities seem to make up a large part of the non binary community. It is absolutely valid.
     
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    Kaya^ said it well. It's an entirely legitimate feeling, and there are many gender identities that might fit.
     
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    Hello! Agender, genderless, genderneutral whatever right here! What you wrote sounds like exactly like I feel - although I feel more like and ally of boys but not an enemy of girls even though I'm dfab. We are absolutely legitimate.
     
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    Wow. I only spoke to two people about this subject. My brother basically told me "You are what biology says. I don't believe in mentally feeling like the opposite gender". He was so rigid that I became uncomfortable and tried to get away. It was very disheartening because that was when I first started noticing these things.

    It made me think that I had to think of myself as a girl. There were no other alternatives and I shouldn't try. It was only when I started meeting transsexuals that I realized that I might be able to branch out.
     
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    Hadn't everyone told you "just be yourself". Week take them up on that offer.
     
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    Hey, don't listen to him. Gender identity is completely valid and has nothing to do with "what biology says". Trust me if there was no such thing as "mentally feeling like the opposite gender" then none of us would be here. Don't let it get to you, okay? (*hug*)
     
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    Be whatever you want to be! Why should society's opinion matter for what gender YOU want to express yourself as? Frankly, it doesn't affect anyone else but yourself. And concerning not relating entirely to either gender, you could always be gender-fluid, if not gender-neutral. :slight_smile: