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ok guys quick question!! i’m genderfluid and coming out hopefully next week or the week after (im gonna be cosplaying a male character so it’ll be fitting)im afab and usually pretty fem presenting, would i be able to reclaim trans lingo/call myself trans?
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Anonymous 1w

Being gender fluid is being trans, so yes call yourself trans if you’d like, and reclaiming is a personal preference. Not everyone is down with it, so just like all words use what you want with people who don’t mind and don’t use them around people who do mind

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Anonymous 1w

yes, being genderfluid is under the trans umbrella. what “trans lingo” are you talking about “reclaiming”? just an FYI that “reclaiming” typically refers to slurs, so responses about whether or not it’s weird for you to do that probably depend on what you mean. i would caution any recently out trans person against reclaiming slurs, but other “trans lingo” (again ?) is probably fine.

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Anonymous 1w

u cant define urself by what others might think of you. their reaction dont define you, you define their reactions. with that said, if u appear cis and people think ur cis then going around calling people trannies might go poorly.

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Anonymous 1w

if you want prolly

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Anonymous 1w

most of my friends see me as a cis female, i’m pretty fem i have long hair and like to show skin but i use all pronouns, i dress masc sometimes, cosplay characters of all genders and when i come out im worried ppl will take it weirdly and say i cant say trans lingo or anything bc im not “trans enough”

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

it’s really complicated tho

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

yeahhh i’m thinking so too, but i’m worried it’ll just push me farther into the closet if i say im not trans at all yk

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

well you are trans! that’s definitely true. reclamation of slurs and lingo from a minorities identity is different, confusing,, very sociolinguistics m. don’t gave a solid answer (like most things in Ling)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

basically yeah. it’s a social thing

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