day 6 of @radiomogai 's experiences event (link) !!
Q). How has the MOGAI community influenced or affected how you understand identity, both your own and that of others?
hmm. it certainly didnt make us "more open"/accepting of others, because we just.. assumed that was the default state of mind that Everyone had when we were a kid haha . like, we had no problem with seeing a xenogender for the first time and going "oh, thats awesome!" even with no explanation or additional context
it did however open us to learning what being trans or queer really was like. and that made way for us accepting that no, we are not just a really dedicated cis ally, we are also trans. we heard about transmeds and we really couldnt understand why "trenders" were a bad thing, let alone being considered "not actually trans."
so, from about 11 years old and onwards [ we're 19 now ! ], we've had a stash :) we were mostly on instagram at the time of discovery , and didnt even consider tumblr as a source for the community. however the small corner of the community we found really made us a lot happier!
we showed our stash off to all our friends, talking about how we personally experienced it the entire time. we wouldve never been so happy and accepting of our own experiences if we never saw that random suggested post on our instagram explore page !! it changed our lives haha
if we didnt find that post, i dont think we wouldve explored our identity as much as we have. we wouldve just considered ourselves a trans man [ IF we ever realized we were trans ] that has a Really Weird sense of identity, without having any way to describe it.
we're not a trans man. we're trans neutral, some masculine traits, some feminine. we can call ourselves a girl sometimes and even other people can too but either times are only in specific situations. we're aroace and asensual but gay and very much into people from fiction, and real people only in theory [ so no actual attraction ]. we have specific terms that apply separately to each of us, like pulse is beyongraspic (link) & brokinadinic (link) . and hollow has lectence (link) & macarshric (link) in their stash. but we wouldnt have known ANY of that if we didnt get any exposure to the mogai community.
again, live laugh love 💙💙 the mogai community is awesome and we love it :) very much appreciate all the members that participate in or support it, from lurkers to archivists to coiners to casual allies and everyone around and inbetween !!! all are valued members of our community 💙💙💙
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