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Not sure what my gender is anymore

Discussion in 'Gender Identity and Expression' started by crystalgem, Oct 25, 2015.

  1. crystalgem

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    I thought I was genderfluid, but ever since I figured out that I'm lesbian, I've started identifying as a girl again, but I still feel drawn to things like having a flat chest and when I look at boys I don't feel attracted, I just kinda wanna look like them, like style wise, and the flat chested look too...idk? I'm definitely not a boy no question about it..idk if I should still identify as nonbinary or not
     
  2. baconpox

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    You could just prefer masculine presentation? Or maybe have chest dysmorphia if you hate your chest. If it's only your chest, you're probably cis.
     
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    Well, I think there are many things you have to think about.

    First, genderfluidity doesn't mean that your gender has to "change" very often; you could stay as one gender for months, and that's okay.

    You could simply be gender non-conforming, or maybe butch, and not necessarily trans.
    There's nothing wrong with exploring your gender and realizing that some labels don't suit you like you thought they did. Gender is very confusing!
     
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    You sound a lot like me. I have no intention to be a guy, I don't feel attracted to them or anything and I wouldn't like it if I looked exactly like a guy. I want to look enough like a mix of the sexes that people would look at me and think '???' and sometimes I feel like being more male-presenting than others, but my gender itself doesn't actually change. It's sort of like... one day wanting to curl your hair, then another wanting to straighten it.

    I don't feel like I have a gender. So I've decided to stick two fingers up at the gender binary and set myself up a nice little rainbow tent outside of it, where I can ignore all the stereotypes and expectations, and look however I want. And I still identify as lesbian because... Well, I'm still a female and its just easier. I don't even care anymore XD
     
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    I don't think I'm butch, just because it kinda switches, like before I figured out my sexuality, one day I'd feel fairly "feminine" and want to wear skirts and makeup and then the next I'd want to wear a binder and someone masculine clothes (sort of Tegan and Sara esque style maybe) I even cut almost all my hair off a few months ago because at the time I really wanted to look kinda agender and I just wanted to have the look where people don't know if you're amab or afab

    But when I figured out I was lesbian..it felt weird not calling myself a girl..
    and suddenly I felt feminine everyday instead of it switching every few days so I thought that maybe I was sort of like Tegan and Sara bc they talked about thinking they were boys when they were younger and then finding out they were just lesbian
    so I thought maybe I was cis all along, so I changed my gender on here to female

    but now i find that when I look at certain things like "agender fashion" on pinterest or guys fasions i still feel drawn to it :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: