Actually, you might want to give the group a whirl. People can often mean really different things by the same terms in the trans and genderqueer communities
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Ha, yeah, I hear you. I go back and forth from day to day about how male I feel. I think I just have trouble with the category of "male," you know? Could definitely be that I'm projecting insecurities onto the term. But masculine is a term I feel I can roll with, since it doesn't explicitly refer to my body (which I kind of hate right now). But yeah, I guess the resonances of these terms are crazy individual.
Also a curious point: I have come across plenty of support groups for "trans masculine" people, but never seen a single one for "trans feminine" people.
Yeah, it's always fascinating to see what terms people identify with and how people define themselves. Not that there's a "right" way to identify or use these terms; the important thing is getting to define yourself and being respected for that.
...I don't understand why that would be confusing, either. Have they never talked to cismen who crossdress? It's not necessarily an expression of "wanting to be __insert sex here___", nor do all transpeople utterly reject and loathe all things associated with their opposite gender or sex. I have know cispeople and transpeople alike who enjoy crossdressing, or who just don't give a fuck as to what society thinks is gender-appropriate for them to wear.
Yes, I am a sad panda that people don't understand I like being both ways (although not necessarily at the same time). I think androgyny is unbelievably beautiful. And I wish there was a magic button to press to change sex according to the gender of the day. -.- But since there isn't, there's not much point to me transitioning as I'm 50/50 and (to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the day) comfortable either way.
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Also a curious point: I have come across plenty of support groups for "trans masculine" people, but never seen a single one for "trans feminine" people.
Yeah, it's always fascinating to see what terms people identify with and how people define themselves. Not that there's a "right" way to identify or use these terms; the important thing is getting to define yourself and being respected for that.
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Yes, I am a sad panda that people don't understand I like being both ways (although not necessarily at the same time). I think androgyny is unbelievably beautiful. And I wish there was a magic button to press to change sex according to the gender of the day. -.- But since there isn't, there's not much point to me transitioning as I'm 50/50 and (to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the day) comfortable either way.
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