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[ SECRET POST #1652 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1652 ⌋

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It wasn't directed toward you, more like the world in general.

My question was more: if you feel gender has no bearing on identity, then why bother to identify as male or female in the first place? Shouldn't identifying as male or female confuse you just as much as not identifying as either of them, then?

if you feel gender has no bearing on identity, then why bother to identify as male or female in the first place?

Because (in general) people are born with sex traits that determine their sex/gender. I have a vagina, uterus and ovaries* -- I was born female. My brother has a penis and testicles. He is male.

I love monster trucks and baseball and I hate dresses and makeup with every fiber of my being. That doesn't mean I'm not a girl -- I'm just a girl who likes monster trucks, baseball and hates dresses/makeup. Obviously it's a little different for people who are trans, but I GET trans-ness. I still don't get genderqueer.

*Please, let's not turn this into a "What about women who've had hysterectomies?!!! Are they not women anymore?!" wankfest.

You don't "get" genderqueer because you're conflating sex and gender. Sex traits do not determine a person's gender -- and even if they did, what about intersexed people? Do they have to "pick a side and stick with it," like doctors did at birth for many of them?

*Sigh* I knew intersexed would come up at some point. I had hoped the "in general" would cover my bases. Because I really don't have an answer for that.

Uh, if you GET transness and don't GET genderqueer, I don't think you really GET transness at all. If someone was born a man and hated dresses and makeup with every fiber of her being, and loved monster trucks and baseball, you'd be asking why didn't she just stay a man, right? Because otherwise, if you understood that being a girl who loves monster trucks and being a guy who loves monster trucks is different because that's how they identify, you'd also understand that being a person who feels sort of like a girl and sort of like a guy who loves monster trucks is the same question of identity.

Transness is not about gender stereotypes. Neither is being genderqueer.

Um...I DO get trans-ness. I brought it up, specifically to illustrate the difference between being trans and being a girl who likes XYZ. I didn't expand on it, because it wasn't relevant to to the topic at hand.

The secret isn't about being born in the wrong body, it's about being genderqueer, which I've pretty consistently said I don't understand. So instead of just telling me what it's NOT about, how about explaining what it IS about. Unless you're going to dust off the old chestnut about it not being your job to educate people -- in which case, there's no point in carrying on a conversation with you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genderqueer

What is it specifically that you don't understand? It's hard to know what to tell you when all you're repeating is that you don't understand, and that it's different from being trans when in principle, it isn't. That's why GQ falls under the T umbrella.

Okay, per your link:

All that bulleted copy? Don't get it. I don't understand this idea of being both, neither, in between or creating a third gender just for you.

About the only instances of genderqueer in that whole entry that makes *sense* to me, are being trans but not necessarily feeling like you need to transition and the paragraph that amounts to bucking the norm when it comes to traditional gender stereotypes (though, I'm still not sure why we need a word for that second one ... all it seems to do is REINFORCE the wrong notion that that there's really only one way to be a boy or a girl).

OHHHHH, I think I see what your problem is here. Your problem is your inability to comprehend or accept someone's existence outside the gender binary.

Dunno what's gonna fix that, so you should probably just walk away now.

Not appreciating the attitude, but I will end this conversation.

Both being trans and being genderqueer is more complicated than "being born in the wrong body." Amount of physical gender dysphoria can vary from person to person, and while in my experience genderqueer people are less likely to experience it to an extent where they feel the need or desire to transition, some do and some do undergo physical transition. I, personally, am seriously considering getting top surgery in the future.

So is my best friend! He's poor, though, so if you could recommend any good docs or places to look, that would be fantastic. He'll be so much happier when the boobs are gone (he's genderqueer).

Afraid I can't personally recommend anyone since I'm not at that point yet. I've read up on a few surgeons to get an idea of who to contact, but mostly ones who seem to be fairly popular and well-known for the procedure, particularly Dr. Garramone in Florida. Cost is definitely one of my biggest concerns, though.

ftm has a lot of posts about top surgery and different surgeons. There's also

genderqueer, which could be helpful, but I'm not sure because my request to join wasn't acknowledged, and I never got around to looking into it. I've found TransBucket (http://www.transbucket.com/) a bit helpful, too, though I don't think it's all-encompassing.

I'll be honest: I'm a little confused that you say you can understand binary trans-ness, yet, based on what you're saying here, your difficulty understanding genderqueerness seems to stem from a difficulty understanding how people can relate to gender outside of physical sex and gender roles. In that regard, being trans and being genderqueer aren't all that different. You say you identify as female because of the body you were born with, but the existence of trans people shows that gender identity doesn't always correspond with the body you're born with. It's just that most people born with "female" bodies do identify as female, and vice versa.

Like binary-identified trans people, many genderqueer people don't identify as the gender they were assigned at birth, and many experience some degree of psychological, social, and physical dysphoria. Some choose to transition. The main difference is that genderqueer encompasses a wider range of non-binary identities.

It's hard for me to explain beyond that, because if it's possible for someone born with a "female" body to have a firm male identity, I don't see why it's so much stranger for someone to have an identity that's neither male nor female.

thanks for giving me this case of nausea, i'll cherish it always
you don't get "trans-ness"
you equate sex with gender
and i highly doubt you actually see trans person as their identified gender
until transition
here's a hint both those traits are really fucking unbecoming
and just
hurtful to a lot of people, including me
and yes despite the monster trucks, guess what
you're a girl
why?
you identify as such
it's in some way important to you
just like genderqueer people and their experienced genders
it has no bearing on whether you've got a fucking vagina, ovaries, tits, et al.

then why bother to identify as male or female in the first place?

Out of convenience? This sounds like horribly silly reason, but...I'm just sticking with my birth sex and people assume my gender is the same. But I have no particular connection to my gender/sex and I see it as having up and down sides which is pretty much how I'd feel had I been born the other). I have learned through living that some people place much more emphasis on gender while to me it's just as annoying thing that gets in the way. If that makes sense at all.

So, long story short, I think that the way people perceive gender, even their own, differs.

Much love for you and this comment, anon. I feel exactly the same, on all counts.

That is how I feel as well.

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