But that vagueness is frustrating when you're trying to explain this to other people. You want to be able to give a precise definition.
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I don't feel like a *real* man now! This is the psychological state that, for me, is non-binary.
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I feel alienated from my male body, from male social and sexual roles. But I also still inhabit that body and some of those roles.
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I often want to be a woman but I don't quite feel that I am one. So calling myself a woman feels merely aspirational--
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--and calling myself a man ignores my own psychology.
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Now there's also the issue of expression: genderqueerness can also be something you do: "queering" gender
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Anyone can present as a genderfuck: but the reason for doing it matters. It could be for the sake of art or performance or to make a point.
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Or, it could be an expression of how you actually experience your own gender. And then it's an expression of genderqueerness.
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I still say "genderfuck" in my profile, but is that really what I am? It's not, really. It's rather my way of dealing with dissonance.
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(Dissonance between my psychology and my body/society)
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If I transitioned, if I decided to live as a woman, would I still have the need for genderfuckery? I honestly don't know.
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So I guess my tentative conclusion is that genderqueerness might be temporary middle ground I occupy on the way to something else--
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--BUT it might not be!
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It could be a permanent ID. But I just don't know. I don't know what I'll be in 5 years.
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Either way, I think it is a valid identity and should be respected as such.
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But enough about me, let's talk about me

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