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46 upvotes, 7 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in LGBTQIA+.

Anonymous 1d

Honestly I think many people feel that way and if it doesn’t bother you why worry about it is my philosophy

Anonymous 1d

Like you could call me a man, woman, idc. It just seems so irrelevant to me in how I view someone. However, it would be interesting to see what that means for language when referring to people. I understand referring to people as masculine, feminine, androgynous. But mostly that’s just how I see myself; I see myself as a masculine gay person who feels comfortable identifying with that

Anonymous 1d

I feel somewhat similar and identify as nonbinary, however there are a couple of small ways that being seen as a man makes me uncomfortable. I’m with you that it’s all performative social theatre, and I think those inferences about “manly” traits that I dislike shouldn’t happen even if I identified as a man, but being nb just feels more accurate to me

Anonymous

#1 1d

Same here

Anonymous

#2 1d

What specific things make you under comfortable? If that’s something you’re willing to share

Anonymous

#3 1d

there’s no one thing that’s particularly huge, but a lot of it is about traditional family dynamics and emotional responses. Many people, especially my parents, would expect a very traditional nuclear family dynamic if I married a girl, which isn’t really what I want. The expectation for men to not show or talk about their emotions hurts and I like closer friendships. I’d rather be seen as cute or pretty than handsome or manly.

Anonymous

#2 1d

Now, obviously all of that can be true and someone still can be a man. Men can be cute and emotionally open and in non traditional relationships. I just dislike being viewed in those ways by default when interacting with new people, and have no reason to be attached to the label of man when it usually includes those inferences about who I am