I’ve known I was non binary for quite a few years now. Did the whole she/her to she/they to they/she to they/them pipeline thing and that’s where I kinda stopped
Only they/them never felt quite right to me. It was still euphoric when someone used those pronouns as it was just such a relief from the relentless she/her, but idk it just never quite fit?
For a while now I’ve dabbled in using he/him online. I’ve never felt able to even consider using he/him irl since I don’t ‘look’ like a he/him, but anonymously online, anon bios like tumblr etc it felt very euphoric. Because online, people take you at your word. They didn’t know I was ‘faking’ that I couldn’t possibly ‘really’ be a he/him.
It felt kinda forced trying it in pronoun tryout groups, clunky and forced like they couldn’t possibly be talking about me. But it still gave me so much weird excitement and a rush that I never had with they/them. They/them was always just like huh, yeah that’s better. He/him was like… woah.
I kinda came to the conclusion a while ago that even though it wasn’t practically viable to use he/him irl, I wished I could. People can’t even manage they/them lmao so he/him is never happening.
I grew to accept that in my social circles, I’m still pretty much always she/her’d, let alone they/them. He/him is always gonna be some mythical creature that I could only ever potentially unlocked if I was able to access HRT and pass more androgynous/masc. That’s just the way life is.
Maybe it was stupid to ever want to be HIM anyway. Sure, she/her was abhorrent, they/them always felt a little off. He/him was exciting but it felt forced, like it couldn’t possibly be referring to ME. Because I didn’t deserve those pronouns. I don’t look like a he/him, so how could I possibly BE a he/him?
Except some rando on Reddit totally naturally he/him’d me by total accident today… and wow. The euphoria it gave was unmatched. Having someone use it not knowing any better, not knowing I was trans, not trying the pronoun out for me in a specific trans group… just having someone (correctly 🥹) assume my gender… and it just felt so right.
I don’t want to beg people to use the pronouns that feel right to me. I don’t want people to hesitate and stumble and stutter around me like those pronouns aren’t really mine, that I don’t deserve them.
I don’t want to ask permission to be a he/him.
I just want to BE a he/him.