Cyberpride Month, Day 1 : Gabby's Gender
Bigender: "Part female, part something greater than gender itself."
Gabby never was the real man their father so desperately wished them to be. They didn't seek domination through violence. They never hid their emotions. They slowly embraced their feminine side, first to annoy their father, then, for their comfort and happiness.
Once they left home to go study sociology in a renowned university in California, they went with feminine pronouns only. They felt free for the first time in their life. They weren't Gabriele anyone, but Gabbie, then Gabby. They didn't feel like a woman. Becoming a woman should've meant sacrificing part of who they were. Being a woman wasn't enough. They were queer, just queer. Their peers accepted their new identity, most sharing the views that everything in life was a social construct.
While studying to get their degree, they met other queer people with whom they could talk, who helped them learn more about themself. They graduated as a bigender individual. Part woman, part something else, something vague but almost Holy. Being called "he" didn't bother them anymore. Every pronoun fitted just fine. They all feel like jewelry to them: something pretty to wear to make them look even better than they already do.
If their father has never accepted them, everyone around them either does, or is met with their own form of dominance. Words and natural charm.
