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if you're going to take the stance that biological sex isn't real and that gender isn't binary, then maybe don't turn around and lecture me on how cis and trans are rigidly defined terms and that cis people can't be non-binary
mini gender rant/subtoot
I identify as non-binary because I reject the gender binary, because I refuse to be confined to any one (binary) gender, and because my presentation does not always match my assigned gender.
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I'm not saying you have to have to medically transition to be trans! if you haven't, and you identify as transgender, great! good for you.
all I'm saying is it's pretty common (almost every trans person I know either already has or intends to medically transition in some way) and I don't feel comfortable adopting the term "trans" for myself.
and I'm not going to let anyone tell me that I can't be non-binary
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anyway, saying "if you're non-binary then you're trans by definition because your gender identity doesn't match your assigned sex, sorry that's just how it is" sounds like very similar reasoning to me as saying "if you have a penis then you're male by definition because boys have penises, sorry that's just how it is" and I don't like where that leads
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however, I feel very little body dysphoria and I have no plans to pursue any sort of medical transition. so to call myself trans feels disingenuous. I can easily pass as cis if I want to. I will never face the kind of discrimination that, say, a trans woman might face. to call myself trans would be to erase the experiences of trans people who actually transition, and their unique hardships