june is lgbt pride month! anyway k so after meeting quite a few ppl here who are confused by what the different genders/sexualities are, i thought i'd make a quick summary so here: sexuality sexuality can be separate from romantic orientation - not everyone feels attraction to people in the same ways. usually, one can describe their orientation with <prefix>sexual and <prefix>romantic, where: hetero-: attracted to the "opposite"/"different" gender homo-: attracted to the "same" gender a-: lack of attraction to any gender bi-: attracted to one or more genders pan-: attraction not based on gender; gender-blind. gender, however, can get confusing at times, so "gyne-" and "andro-" can be used to express attraction to females and males respectively. romantic orientation does not have to =/= sexual orientation; some people lack one or the other, or are attracted to different genders in different ways. gender gender is basically what you identify with, which can be different from what you were assigned at birth. it does not necessarily have anything to do with presentation (how one dresses/speaks/behaves) or body parts - though some people change their presentation or body parts to better suit the gender they identify as. cisgender - identifying with gender assigned at birth transgender - basically anything that isn't cis - agender: no gender identity (genderless) - polygender: having several gender identities - bigender: fluctuating between two/more gender identities - ftm/mtf: female-to-male or male-to-female transgender/transsexual there are a lot more identities, for which terms are coined by people that share experiences. not all trans people transit; the transgender experience is not limited to just crossing the line to the "opposite" gender via transition. in fact, there are identities such as agender that do not fit anywhere in the m/f binary (often called nonbinary identities). not all trans people make their gender identity known and not all want to/can afford to have surgery to change their body. some trans people experience dysphoria over their body, while some do not. yes, there is a lot of scientific research on this, and yes, this is a valid experience that many people have - even the traditional notions of there being only two sexes are ignorant as there are multiple conditions that do not conform to even the biological idea of "male" or "female". anyway if u have qns and stuff my inbox is always open, and i have a lot of research to throw at u if u need it. laters ? (ata didnt let me post this 4x in a row. rip me if it quadruple posts or smth. smh.)
What does a gender look/feel like? I've never talked to someone that I haven't been able to see as either more masculine or more feminine.
what you see someone as isn't relevant to their gender! as q said in original post, gender isn't always portrayed through someone's looks etc. that's why it's best to not assume
Nobody is the Archetypal Macho man and there aren't many prissy fems. You get a great range of people in the middle, myself being one. But I wouldn't say I was BiGendered. We all have a certain ratio between Testosterone and Oestrogen. So then what is BiGender. And can someone not be seen as either masculine nor feminine? This is all very confusing
So if someone feels like they are a dog inside a males body should I leash em and treat em like a dog or naaaah?
Nobody said anything about looks. Perhaps I was talking about mannerisms? What is this internal voice? Low or high pitched? What is this genderless internal being?
what you're talking about in terms of hormones relates to (oops that's a bypass, not sure what term to use instead but I assume you know the term I mean!), not gender! one's gender is psychological, and whether they choose to portray that in their physical presentation is up to them. bigender refers to someone who feels both male and female, regardless of their hormones or parts.
i suppose it's hard to explain to someone who isn't trans! im not sure how to articulate it, but just like you know you're male, we know our genders too, despite them not being reflected physically. not sure what you mean by "internal voice" tho