Jan 7
" i wish mpreg was real / i wish men could get pregnant "
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" i wont acknowledge the fact that there are men who can and do get pregnant and / or i don't see trans, nonbinary, and intersex men who can / do get pregnant as men "
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" i wish mpreg was real / i wish men could get pregnant "
translation:
" i wont acknowledge the fact that there are men who can and do get pregnant and / or i don't see trans, nonbinary, and intersex men who can / do get pregnant as men "
The difference is completely subjective due to the nature of gender and things like femininity/masculinity as social constructs, but I will say, there is a difference for a lot of people between being a feminine guy and being a masculine or androgynous guy who also just happens to be flamboyant and maximalist, while still entirely self-perceiving as more masculine or androgynous leaning and trying or wishing to present in a way that they see as reading as such. As a guy who is flamboyant and maximalist but distinctly not feminine, it can be frustrating to see these things conflated.
Again- it’s subjective, everybody’s ideas about what femininity and masculinity look like to them are different, depending on the ideas they’ve personally absorbed- but the distinction matters to some people, and therefore it’s worth noting.
[SCENE: driving back from my appointment]
dad: ...am I going to have to teach you how to shave?
me: uh yeah! at some point, lol
dad: hm. well I can show you the way I prefer, with mug soap and a brush, because the aerosol cans are just no. I showed your brother my way and he likes it a lot better too...
dad: [rambles for a bit]
dad: ...it's really just another chore, you look in the mirror and go 'ugh I have to shave soon' so it's just one of those things you do every once in a while
me, externally: haha yeah, I can't wait :]
me, internally: he's talking about this like it's no big deal, it's not weird at all,,, he doesn't mind the idea of teaching me despite the fact that he never expected to be doing this with me,,,, he's my dad and he supports me even if he doesn't completely get it,,,
I am transmasc non-binary.
I want to get pregnant someday.
If I were to be able to have the finances and mobility aids necessary to do so, and have a co-parent to do so, the only thing that would be holding me back is the fact that I know damn well people - even within the queer community - are not normal about men and enben being pregnant.
Be normal about masc, androgynous, neutral, null, genderless, xenine, outherine, aporine, multigender, and mixed gender people being pregnant.
Be normal about feminine-gendered enben being pregnant without treating it as them "being repressed binary women."
Be normal. About. Non-female. Pregnancy.
Trans people, non-binary people, and intersex people [link] (trans, cis, or cistrans) exist.
Be normal about us. I beg of you.
Gang, I am looking for a photograph I know exists, but I can not find. It is a historic black and white photo of a group of butches/transmen with a sign that say's "Who says there are no boys in Chaigao" (I believe, in reference to the draft)
"but you were so much prettier when-"
Actually my worth isn't determined by how I look. No, I'm not a trans poster child who is gonna get hundreds of likes for a selfie but that's not why I transitioned. You have no idea how good it is to be able to go "Woah who is that guy in the mirror?? Oh yeah, it's me!" not because I'm a hunk but because I'm finally ME.
Nonbinary people don't owe you androgyny, nonbinary people don't owe you conformity, nonbinary people don't owe you gender neutrality
Nonbinary people can be mostly men, mostly women, both, neither, fluid, half and half, xenic, many or all
Nonbinary means not in the binary, which also includes those who identify with binary genders + more, have unique connections to a binary gender, only identify partially as a binary gender, those who see their binary gender as inherently non conforming to the binary
Nonbinary comes in so many different forms of experience
We aren't all gender neutral
I am nonbinary, I am a guy, my gender is more complicated then you could ever fathom
"Ew lesbinism is for women and nonbinary people only! Not men!" HEY SO BUDDY,, DID YKU KNOW THAR MANHOOD COULD OVERLAP INTO WOMENHOOD AND THE NONBINARY SPECTRUM??? WOW CRAZY RIGHT IT'S ALMOST AS IF MANHOOD ISN'T COMPLETELY BINARY AND MONOGENDER!! IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU GUYS JUST WANT TO IGNORE ANY MAN THAT ISN'T A CISMONO BINARY DUDE. ABD WANT TO ACT LIKE MEN ARE JUST CREEPY CISSIES. HUH BUT THAT'D BE CRAZY RIGHT???? RIGHT??