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Confession: I'm not entirely a boy. I'm in between genders right now. Somewhere found in the cracks and crevices underneath our ever crumbling binary. A toss up between a proud queer girl, and a fairy gay boy. Yes sir, But not a man. Along the lines of Prince and Princess, Both King and Queen. Don't call me a *** or **** - Call me Genderfuck. A concept you can't quite pinpoint, At least it's an accurate depiction of your ignorance. Genderpunk; an identity wrapped up in style. Androgyne - A word that is not entirely girl Not entirely boy, But has elements of both. I'm pushing away from women when people put it on me. It's dysphoric and uncomfortable. So I run towards guy, Phonetically and conceptually. I want something other than human, Not exactly person, Alien, celestial or ethereal being of which there is no words necessary. Something...other. But Agender rejects the concept entirely. And I do not want to abandon the idea that there is a word out there for me. A community like me. And before I hear any rhetoric about having 'too many labels', Let me just say: If cats have taught me anything, There is a huge difference between Being put in a box, And putting yourself in a box. My ideal gender is something like feeling part women, part dude - not entirely male - and part non-binary, All simultaneously. This may come as a surprise But I do not deny my lady-like qualities. I see strong, realistic female representation And I rejoice. I feel part of that team. I experience sexism and misogyny, and I recognize how others perceive me; as a girl. Well in the context of a girl on girl relationship Girlfriends doesn't seem that bad. Being a butch lesbian, or gay girl - a feminine boy, bisexual guy. Though, I'm never a man. Just something dancing along the edges, Picking and choosing the flowers I am drawn to. Ultimately something queer. I want more access to words, different types of non-binary, A broader third category. Six, Eleventh and, Twentieth gender options. Otherwise I'm caught gendering myself, always. God or Goddess? Mermaid or Merman? Sure there's also merperson, merbabe, godev, princev... Referring to oneself - zeself? As a magical being works. Fae, Faerie, Fae, Fem(me), Faer pronouns would be cool I just don't want to fully surrender to being a girl. Even though I know there's no shame in it, it still feels wrong, It's misgendering when I'm called "Miss" or "She". I feel like crawling out if my skin when I'm being forced into anything womanly Even though I have no real quarrel with the concept. I'm just uncomfortable with pronouns and all the words around it. I am anti-girl, negagirl, the opposite of female but not necessarily guy. I am running away from cis-ness, Cis-ciety. And that's okay, It's absolutely alright to feel this way. The world told you what you were entirely Based on your reproductive organs, And doesn't that just sound a little funny? Being trans doesn't have to mean being at war with your body. It doesn't mean you're born into a special group A cool club, where others are barred access. It means thinking critically and wanting to redefine, redesign, The way you are seen, The way you see yourself, and reclaim something that was taken from you. Folx, gender is fun. It is fluid, and it changes, it ages, It starts to mean different things. What you feel for now doesn't have to be forever. Move past the boundaries others have set for you. I encourage you to find your own Trans doesn't have to be right or wrong for you, That's up to you to discover. Just know you have options. There's 7 billion people on this planet So that's the possibility for 7 billion genders And sexes. Yes, that's a spectrum too. ***** and ***** are not the only thing That defines you. Think critically about the things people have force fed you. As for me, I am a different breed of dude. Not dad or father, nor lady or daughter. I fit with brother, guy, sir & gentlemen. Call me fae, goth, punk, merhunk and royalty. Today I am a blank slate A canvas I always have the potential to recreate. Call me Damon. That is my gender of the day.
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Dec 10, 2015
Dec 10, 2015 at 7:52 PM UTC
Damon
Confession: I'm not entirely a boy. I'm in between genders right now. Somewhere found in the cracks and crevices underneath our ever crumbling binary. A toss up between a proud queer girl, and a fairy gay boy. Yes sir, But not a man. Along the lines of Prince and Princess, Both King and Queen. Don't call me a *** or **** - Call me Genderfuck. A concept you can't quite pinpoint, At least it's an accurate depiction of your ignorance. Genderpunk; an identity wrapped up in style. Androgyne - A word that is not entirely girl Not entirely boy, But has elements of both. I'm pushing away from women when people put it on me. It's dysphoric and uncomfortable. So I run towards guy, Phonetically and conceptually. I want something other than human, Not exactly person, Alien, celestial or ethereal being of which there is no words necessary. Something...other. But Agender rejects the concept entirely. And I do not want to abandon the idea that there is a word out there for me. A community like me. And before I hear any rhetoric about having 'too many labels', Let me just say: If cats have taught me anything, There is a huge difference between Being put in a box, And putting yourself in a box. My ideal gender is something like feeling part women, part dude - not entirely male - and part non-binary, All simultaneously. This may come as a surprise But I do not deny my lady-like qualities. I see strong, realistic female representation And I rejoice. I feel part of that team. I experience sexism and misogyny, and I recognize how others perceive me; as a girl. Well in the context of a girl on girl relationship Girlfriends doesn't seem that bad. Being a butch lesbian, or gay girl - a feminine boy, bisexual guy. Though, I'm never a man. Just something dancing along the edges, Picking and choosing the flowers I am drawn to. Ultimately something queer. I want more access to words, different types of non-binary, A broader third category. Six, Eleventh and, Twentieth gender options. Otherwise I'm caught gendering myself, always. God or Goddess? Mermaid or Merman? Sure there's also merperson, merbabe, godev, princev... Referring to oneself - zeself? As a magical being works. Fae, Faerie, Fae, Fem(me), Faer pronouns would be cool I just don't want to fully surrender to being a girl. Even though I know there's no shame in it, it still feels wrong, It's misgendering when I'm called "Miss" or "She". I feel like crawling out if my skin when I'm being forced into anything womanly Even though I have no real quarrel with the concept. I'm just uncomfortable with pronouns and all the words around it. I am anti-girl, negagirl, the opposite of female but not necessarily guy. I am running away from cis-ness, Cis-ciety. And that's okay, It's absolutely alright to feel this way. The world told you what you were entirely Based on your reproductive organs, And doesn't that just sound a little funny? Being trans doesn't have to mean being at war with your body. It doesn't mean you're born into a special group A cool club, where others are barred access. It means thinking critically and wanting to redefine, redesign, The way you are seen, The way you see yourself, and reclaim something that was taken from you. Folx, gender is fun. It is fluid, and it changes, it ages, It starts to mean different things. What you feel for now doesn't have to be forever. Move past the boundaries others have set for you. I encourage you to find your own Trans doesn't have to be right or wrong for you, That's up to you to discover. Just know you have options. There's 7 billion people on this planet So that's the possibility for 7 billion genders And sexes. Yes, that's a spectrum too. ***** and ***** are not the only thing That defines you. Think critically about the things people have force fed you. As for me, I am a different breed of dude. Not dad or father, nor lady or daughter. I fit with brother, guy, sir & gentlemen. Call me fae, goth, punk, merhunk and royalty. Today I am a blank slate A canvas I always have the potential to recreate. Call me Damon. That is my gender of the day.
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Dec 10, 2015
Dec 10, 2015 at 7:52 PM UTC
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