Can you help with something?
I feel MALE, but I don't rightly know what male IS.
What it's SUPPOSED to feel like.
It just feels like...faux male? Knock-off male? Male substitute? Idk...
Basically, my identity is that I feel male, but not a NATURAL kind of male. Like, a fake or artificial male.
It may be autism screwing with my perceptions again, it may be dysphoria, I don't rightly know...
Is there any labels I could be that is like this?
(Also, I don't want to define myself with the Autiboy label. It just makes me uncomfy. If that's all there is that sounds similar tho, still tell me.)
Hi! They are some terms that sounds similar to your experience. Here they are:
Offboy: a gender that closely represents/is most closely represented by being a boy, but is not a boy. Can be likened to what the color off-white is to white for descriptive purposes.
Autimain: a neurogender exclusive to autistic people. It can be described as a male gender through a genderless lense. Someone who is autimain may feel male while also having a disconnect from gender all together due to neurodivergence.
Neuroenboy: Feeling male but also non-binary due to neurodivergency (The person’s neurodivergence causes a disconnection from gender). Basically, being a enboy due to neurodivergence
Dullboy: a gender in which feels masculine aligned, but very muted.
Neurodullboy: Feeling a connection to masculinity but it feels dull and muted due to neurodivergency (The person’s neurodivergence causes a disconnection from gender). Basically, being a dullboy due to neurodivergence.
Indistiboy: a gender that is blurry, hard to make out, and indistinct that is close to or may fully be a boy.
Neuroindistiboy: Feeling a connection to masculinity but it feels blurry, hard to make out and indistinct due to neurodivergency (The person’s neurodivergence causes a disconnection from gender). Basically, being a indistiboy due to neurodivergence.
Altegender: a xenogender in which one's gender feels as though it is in a parallel dimension, on a different plane, in a mirror universe, or just in an alternate existence. One may have an understanding of their gender, but it feels distant. It can be combined with other genders to form more specific genders, such as altegirl, alteboy, or altenonbinary.
Proxvir: a gender strongly connected to masculinity, in a way that is different from how men may be connected to masculinity. Proxvir is an identity that is seperate from other genders, and may be described as a masculine-aligned gender or a mingender, that is not man-aligned or miaspec, and has no connection to manhood.
Paraboy: a gender identity that is close to being a boy, but not exactly, a boy. For instance, someone who is a paraboy may feel that their gender is near to, but not quite male/masculine.
