#pro non binary

[friedloverballoon]

Xenogenders on Wikipedia

This is a segment from the main non-binary Wikipedia article. There aren't that many at all, actually. There are a couple others loosely related to a non-binary identity, but this is from the main one.

This is listed among about ten other identities under the list of identities under the non-binary umbrella, others including genderfluid, agender, bigender, and pangender (those last two having the same definition, by the way, but that's a different discussion).

Anyways, the last one is this:

I've seen people on Tumblr make cardds that explain xenogenders better than this. And of course, if you know me, I still don't think that xenogenders are necessary and I believe that they cover up other things that aren't related to gender. But this section in the current Wikipedia article for non-binary states that a section of people under the non-binary label use "gender identities that are described with terms outside standard human understandings of gender."

How long has the LGBT community advocated for being seen as human? Wasn't it one of the main insults back in the day for homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgender people to be demeaned as "inhuman"? And this is really what we need right now?

Also, this part made me question peoples' common sense, but there are two references to that xenogender section. The first leads to a book that I believe has something to do with counselling, while the second one… you can't make this shit up… leads to an article about a "tranimal hippo" (direct quote), and as the tags of the article say:

"Transpecies" is literally something that even mogai/xenogender people all over the internet dislike, and even if it's a metaphor, being transgender is anything but. You don't transition from one gender to another as a metaphor, you do it permanently to become the other gender.

Seriously, this is what people mean when they say that it makes the LGBT community look like a joke. I don't have a problem with otherkin, but what I do have a problem with is identities relating to otherkin diving into the LGBT community when it's something completely different.

Can you imagine yourself genuinely researching non-binary as an identity, completely new to the topic, and then you come across a crossover between transpecies and non-binary people? I honestly think a lot of people are confused about where the line is drawn, and when it makes them bigots to think that the line is only drawn when it's far enough away from being transgender to the point that you identify as a celebrity, then I really think people need to be wiser with that line.

[somescenecatholic]

alright boys

its time

raid this person's comment section with ""cringe"" mogai and lgbt stuff. Ppl are still crying abt it

this person is gross

reblog this

TRUSCUM AND TRANSMEDS DNI

STOP CRYING OVER HOW PPL ARE AND GET A LIFE

[katogarriguesart]

Mad King.

[angelofalls]

[OC] LYNX - An Idea for an alt or upgrade costume for them 👁️

[oddverse]

Don’t even talk to me about the eggs of jojo I’ve had them in my mind all day

[sophieinwonderland]

May the 4th be with you.

May the 4th be with you!

Oh, and in honor of this day, I'd like to show some love for Terec and Ceret, a non-binary plural-adjacent duo with a mental link who use plural pronouns for themselves.

While not plural in the traditional sense of being multiple in one body, I would classify them as a median hivemind, which I consider to be on the plural spectrum.

Whether you consider them technically plural or not, they're non-binary representation that are helping to normalize plural pronouns in their own way, and I think that's pretty amazing! 😁💖

[eddiesblklvr]

i’m scared and angry for my daughter, who’s very young right now but might not be able to choose whether or not she wants to have a baby when she’s older.

i’m scared and angry for my sisters, who are young teens and are starting to develop into young women. something could happen to them or they might make an adult decision and might not be able to choose whether or not they want to have a baby.

i’m scared and angry for myself, because i might not be able to choose whether or not i want more kids in the future.

i’m scared and angry for anyone else with a uterus who may not want kids or has complications during pregnancy and can’t abort because of laws made by people who refuse to use their brains.

[cassandraclown]

Hey Tony Khan you fake bitch you can and should book Abadon all year round. They work really hard to be better and you don’t even give them the opportunity to show it.

[popru]

SHRIKE !

[sirenium]

I made these because I hate the censoring of innocent people. Free to use with credit.

[Pt: I made these because I hate the censoring of innocent people. Free to use with credit. End pt]

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[Banner ID: 'Learn who your users are: you're censoring them.' In black fraktur text. The trans flag is featured in a stretch that takes up most of the screen, but in the top and bottom of the banner a black background can be seen. End ID]

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Banner ID: 'End the censorship of trans people!' In white fraktur text. On both ends of the banner, a strip of the trans flag is seen behind the transgender symbol. The rest of the background is black. End ID]

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Now that that's out of the way...

[pt: Now that that's out of the way... end PT]

[Banner ID: There's no DNI for this post. However, there's nothing stopping me from blocking you if you're a weirdo or an asshole. End ID]

[friedloverballoon]

My mind's open, don't worry

Clearly, they did care about us.

Every time that trans laws post of mine blows up, there are even more of replies like this. You people have got to stop playing dumb.

[angelicidols]

pinkmagicalgirlic :: a xenogender that relates to being a pink magical girl. it can also relate to the aesthetic of pink magical girls, the colour pink, or being a magical girl !! the gender often feels feminine or neutral .

[mediocrephd]

If you're in the UK, please sign this petition!

Currently, as a non binary person, I'm not able to get married or a civil partnership as myself and my gender. I'd have to be deliberately misgendered in all the paperwork and in the ceremony - in front of everyone. I'm also unable to get my passport, driving licence, and other official documents to reflect my correct identity. I can't even be officially recognised as trans, even with a gender recognition certificate, because the UK doesn't recognise non binary as a valid identity!

Please Reblog this to get as many signatures as possible! :)

Thanks! :)

Petition: Recognise nonbinary people's genders in law and in identity documents

[genderstarbucks]

We reclaiming shit tonight boys 🗣️🗣️

Flags from left to right top to bottom: transneutral, nonbinary, stargender, gai, nonbinary, lesbian

[angelofalls]

[OC] LYNX - Another drawing of them in their alt/upgrade costume

[sophieinwonderland]

Revisiting Slur Discourse and Systems

There was an incident where I mentioned the T-slur in a conversation a few months back.

As I've said before, I don't feel comfortable reclaiming that slur based on my personal experiences despite being a female headmate in an AMAB body. At the same time, I don't like the policing of which systems are genderqueer enough to use it. And I feel a lot of the backlash violates traditional conventions on slur reclaiming that needs to be addressed.

The Rule of Bodily Experience

In a lot of discourse, it seems the standard is that you can reclaim any slur the body could reclaim.

For example, in the case of a racial slurs, it would be problematic for a black-identifying headmate in a white body to try to reclaim the N-word. But it would be ridiculous to claim a white-identifying headmate in a black body couldn't reclaim words used against their system and their families.

So as a rule, priority in slur discourse is always given to the body's experience.

Applying this to Gender

With this in mind, I want to establish two facts.

#1. A Body That Switches Between Headmates of Different Genders is Technically Genderfluid.

#2. Genderfluidity is on the Transgender Spectrum.

These should be self-evident. But they apparently need to be reiterated here.

Following the logic of the Rule of Bodily Experience, headmates of different gender should be able to reclaim the T-slur because they inhabit a body that would make them subject to transphobia.

Where is the Line Drawn? Hypotheticals:

Let's ignore the rule of bodily experience though. My critics claim that a cis-identifying female headmate in an AMAB body can't reclaim the slur. So where is the line drawn?

What if my host was a transwoman but I still identified as a cis woman?

Would this run into the same problem? After all, I'm not identifying as trans myself. And while the body would be subject to transphobia, you could argue that I'd avoid most of that by not fronting much.

What if my host was a transwoman and the body had medically transitioned, but I still identified as cis?

This would reinforce the body's experience as "being trans," and would expose to more transphobia in our daily life, but I still wouldn't use the label for myself.

What if I took over as the host and was out about my identity?

At this point, I would personally be subject to all the discrimination of any out trans person. But I still wouldn't use the label for myself.

When is a headmate trans enough to use slurs that could be used against them?

This is what this all comes down to.

An idea that GNC systems need to meet some arbitrary standard to be trans enough, even if that standard is just "using the prescribed label to fit into our club."

Trying to enforce such a standard hurts all systems.

Systems are Victims of Transphobia, Even When We Don't Identify as Transgender

Transphobia doesn't care what you label yourself as. Transphobes don't ask what causes your gender and don't care if you internally identify as cis because you're a headmate who was created with a different gender from the body.

Laws that impact transgender people will affect systems with headmates of multiple genders, as will societal attitudes towards them.

And cis-identifying headmates will still be subject to the same slurs because bigots don't recognize a difference.

All of this is to make it clear that while I may not feel comfortable using a slur myself, I do completely support the right of other systems to do so based on their bodily experience.