My understanding of nonbinary is it, in practice, most commonly means "person for whom it is very important that others do not assume they share the stereotypical traits of their sex"
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there are some like this, but for me it just means that I don't really fit neatly into either binary gender category when I'm expressing myself authentically
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That’s totally fair for you to feel that way and not consider yourself non binary!
Also totally fair for someone with your same experiences to call themselves non binary!
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right, but if a label doesn't correspond to something then it's useless! Why do I not call myself nonbinary but other people do? it's because something about us is different, and it's not any of the traits listed where me and them are the same
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If we use your experiential definition from the first Tweet, isn't the difference just that it's trivial to you that people assume you have stereotypically feminine traits? If we take a step back, you can apply that to all gender identification more broadly.
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yes, to me I don't mind that ppl assume I have stereotypically feminine traits at first glance, this is the primary reason I think I'm not nonbinary
that's interesting. I don't mind that that's what they see, either, but I still consider myself nb.
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