How do you identify yourself?

Contributor: Interesante Interesante
I'm some sort of creature constantly straddling the genderfence. Sometimes I tip one way, occasionally I tip the other, and once in a while I find off but I keep climbing back on!
03/10/2012
Contributor: Mwar Mwar
There is a difference between sex and gender. Sex is assigned at birth in accordance to anatomy. Gender is fluid and dependent on the individual.
03/10/2012
Contributor: CindyH CindyH
by name
03/12/2012
Contributor: dhig dhig
male
03/12/2012
Contributor: Nontoxic Nontoxic
Just male who happens to have a vagina. I don't necessarily see the need to identify myself as trans all the time. My orientation is more important to me than my gender identity.
03/13/2012
Contributor: snowyslut snowyslut
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Originally posted by Diabolical Kitty
How do you identify yourself?
I don't identify with any of the poll options; I am a genderqueer butch person.
03/13/2012
Contributor: P3ngu1n78 P3ngu1n78
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Originally posted by Kkay
Genderqueer. I dislike 'it'. In most cases I prefer to just be referred to by name, or as a person.
"it" is too dehumanizing.
03/13/2012
Contributor: Lizzy Lizzy
Female. Bitch also works for me
03/14/2012
Contributor: xxjoel xxjoel
I'm an FTM who likes to cross-dress. Confuses the fuck out of everybody else. XD
03/15/2012
Contributor: mbattles mbattles
Quote:
Originally posted by Diabolical Kitty
How do you identify yourself?
Queer as a sexuality and agendered.
03/15/2012
Contributor: CindyH CindyH
by name
03/15/2012
Contributor: Kaleb Kaleb
Quote:
Originally posted by Diabolical Kitty
How do you identify yourself?
I identify as male unless there's some trans-specific question I need to answer.
03/28/2012
Contributor: bison bison
Transman~
03/29/2012
Contributor: argylesocks argylesocks
I've never been a huge fan of the "identify" term. When I hear it in documentaries on trans people it just sounds so condasending, like "Oh look, he 'thinks' he's a guy, let's all play along" it takes away any sound of certainty and makes it out to be a matter of opinion. I don't look at my gender as a delusion, opinion, or a feeling, it's a fact.
03/29/2012
Contributor: TransMarc TransMarc
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Originally posted by argylesocks
I've never been a huge fan of the "identify" term. When I hear it in documentaries on trans people it just sounds so condasending, like "Oh look, he 'thinks' he's a guy, let's all play along" it takes away any ... more
From a similar point of view, I always say I experience myself as my gender and people/society usually identify me as something else. Why experience and not just "am"? I am a man but I wouldn't know if I didn't experience it in myself somehow. Experiencing it leads to being...
03/29/2012
Contributor: SizeQueenAndProud SizeQueenAndProud
I prefer genderqueer.
04/06/2012
Contributor: kmilly kmilly
trans*masculine/ftm/ma le. i hate to even consider myself an ftm because i never FELT female. ah well.

can someone explain to me why it isn't offensive to be called they or it? i guess because i'm just 100% transmasc i don't understand. i get effing offended when i'm called an it. and i don't get where they came from. not trying to be offensive, just trying to understand. my knowledge of genderqueer is minimal since i've never fallen under that umbrella
04/06/2012
Contributor: queergaze queergaze
Genderqueer!
04/07/2012
Contributor: violets violets
I identify as FTM, and also other/third gender.
04/13/2012
Contributor: Kissy Kissy
I didn't know there were so many options!
04/13/2012
Contributor: violets violets
Quote:
Originally posted by kmilly
trans*masculine/ftm/ma le. i hate to even consider myself an ftm because i never FELT female. ah well.

can someone explain to me why it isn't offensive to be called they or it? i guess because i'm just 100% transmasc i don't ... more
I agree that it is offensive, since it usually refers to non-human things. And it generally is used to dehumanize people. Singular they on the other hand is a perfectly acceptable pronoun that can be used instead of a gender based pronoun. For myself, I prefer gender neutral pronouns since I identify as being part of a non-binary gender. So I wouldn't feel right with 'he' or 'she' since I don't actually identify as male or female. There are other gender neutral pronouns like zhe, and ey, etc. But I happen to prefer they since it's already been used in English as a gender neutral pronoun.
04/13/2012
Contributor: Sam the Man Sam the Man
I identify as male, but I also recognize that there are feminine aspects of me and that my time as a female-bodied person and my transition have had a huge effect on who I am.
04/17/2012
Contributor: CindyH CindyH
female
05/14/2012
Contributor: thisisadeletedaccount thisisadeletedaccount
I'm genderqueer, I like gender neutral pronouns of any kind.
05/14/2012
Contributor: meezerosity meezerosity
I'm genderqueer curious though born cis-female.
05/15/2012
Contributor: Rey Rey
Genderqueer.
But only very recently put a 'label' to it
05/24/2012
Contributor: hanjonatan hanjonatan
i'm transsexual, and i identify purely as male.
07/25/2012
Contributor: Badass Badass
I was born with a cunt and identify as female.
07/25/2012
Contributor: Boyqueen Boyqueen
I identify as non-binary, masculine presenting.
07/26/2012
Contributor: TheirPet TheirPet
I'm Neutrois/Androgynous identifying. I use the singular they pronoun though sometimes people ping pong between using he and she with me at will. I don't mind.
07/26/2012