#nonbinary awareness

[lgbtqiatext]

[isabellascarlett1]

Biological sex categories are just as loose & socially constructed as gender categories, & there is 0 reason for trans women to be excluded from being biological women, or trans men from being biological men.

Non-binary folks can identify as biologically non-binary even!

Biological sex being a social construct doesn’t mean your reproductive/sex characteristics don’t exist, it merely means the way we categorize those characteristics is socially constructed.

[ruben-loves-wolves]

The lack of trans masc and nonbinary rep in trans spaces is always sad to me.

I was just at a queer event in my university yesterday, and they had a display of information placards about different local trans public personalities. (Not celebrities, just people).

Out of 10 placards, only one of them was a trans man, one was a nonbinary trans masc (who looks like a binary man), and all the others were binary trans women.

Nothing wrong with looking binary as a non binary person! Ofc enby ppl don't owe anyone androgyny. But I'm disappointed they didn't have anyone there with a gender presentation that's outside of binary, in a display that was supposed to represent trans people in general.

Where are my non binary genderfuckery siblings? Where is more transmasc rep?

And amab non binary/genderqueer rep specifically too! They didn't have there anyone like that.

I personally know about at least one city hall worker who's amab and gender queer, and works to create queer community events in his city. All the people in the display were activists and people who are active in the community, she deserved to be there too.

More non binary and transmasc people exist. We just don't get reached out to.

I'm sure all those lovely trans women deserved to be there, I'm just sad and disappointed as always about the lack of representation in something that was supposed to represent all of us. It should have included more people.

I know public spaces has mostly trans fem rep, but you could've done better than that. 2/10 is nothing almost.

Commit to saying you are specifically focused on trans women or include more of us. We are tired of getting only scraps.

Thank you if you've made it so far in my rant🧍‍♂️.

[how-do-these-people-exist]

God I know there's so much discussion on transmisogyny/transandrophobia but I really wish people talked about exorsexism as well. Like, okay, so- I'm trying to look into local LGBT groups in my area to connect with community and everything, but uh- A lot of the groups are "gay men (and nonbinary people too I guess, but no cis women.)" or "lesbian women (and nonbinary people too i guess, but no cis men.)"

I'm not kidding. I genuinely couldn't find any gender-neutral LGBTQ+ groups, they were ALL categorized by gender in this way and it really made me feel grossed out and unwelcome as someone on the nonbinary spectrum because like. Great. I'm either "man-lite" or "woman-lite" in this scenario. I have to choose between joining the "gay men's" community or the "gay women's community" instead of just. y'know, the fucking lgbt community as a whole? And before anyone says anything about "oh well maybe it's just dating-" no. No it isn't. I did not filter for dating groups only or any of that shit. I genuinely only saw gay men or gay women centered groups. Some of those included dating, yes, but the majority of them did not.

It's just. Genuinely frustrating. On so many levels. I really wish the LGBTQ community as a whole would stop treating nonbinary people as some "other" that can fit into whatever category- like? Does anyone else get that feeling? That it's not just, being inclusive to nonbinary people, but that the majority of the time it feels like "men, women, and if you're neither of those, whatever, you're welcome as long as you're close enough to the gender I prefer."

Like it feels like a lot of the time when non-nb-spectrum people talk about/mention nonbinary people in a sentence, with the whole "girls, gays, theys" and shit like that. It feels dehumanizing, honestly. It doesn't feel like it acknowledges the spectrum of gender, it feels like it's just, "girls, boys, and-" using nonbinary as one singular third gender. Instead of, y'know, a spectrum?? Which it is?? It generally feels like a lot of people percieve being nonbinary as being this one, unified androgynous gender. Instead of what it really is, which is an UMBRELLA to refer to people who don't feel fully comfortable in the labels of "boy/girl or man/woman," but as anything on that spectrum from partially a boy/girl or man/woman, to being neither a boy/girl or man/woman. I dunno. It's just frustrating. I may be transmasc but the fucking keyword there is MASC. I do go by he/they and if I have to be percieved as boy or girl I'd rather be percieved as a guy, but I still want to be percieved as androgynous masc-leaning by people who are open enough to acknowledge the spectrum of gender identity. I want to have the choice about the fluidity of my identity, I don't want to be forced to identify as a man or a woman, especially when it feels like just genuinely fucking frustrating that these spaces would prefer I force myself into a binary box in order to be a nonbinary person accepted in their community -_-

[dogwaterdish]

woahh happy nonbinary day!!! take this opportunity to learn more about nonbinary people’s experiences and amplify nonbinary voices and organizations by reblogging posts centered around nonbinary people & issues, or even better, by looking online for organizations that support and promote nonbinary people & their voices!

[feralboo-the-weirdo]

Friendly reminder on Pride Month Eve (though it is applicable all year): peoples pronouns are not for you. They're for the person. Even if it is uncomfortable for you to call someone different pronouns you're not used to it is a sign of respect for that person that you use the pronouns they ask you to. It is okay if you mess up. It is okay if you forget. The point is that you try.

[lexisrants]

heyy! I couldn't help but notice your post about sexism talked about men/women being a "full half of the population". must I remind you intersex and nonbinary people exist or are we purposely ignoring that?

[nonbeans]

With all the different types of representation we get in Helluva Boss, I wonder why we don't have nonbinary representation yet?

My thoughts of why not yet are:

-They want to do it right

-They need a nonbinary person to consult them on it

-They just haven't thought about it

Of course, I'm someone who is nonbinary myself and wants my favorite show to reflect myself more in it. And I'm the type of person that sees a show with so much acceptance of being who you are, like helluva boss, as somewhere that is ripe with potential for a nonbinary character.

However, I do understand that they may want to take their time to understand and do it right before introducing a whole character that fans will relate to.

Overall, I'm looking forward to there being one in the future.