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Just letting this off my chest (GENDER TOPIC) (lemmy.world)
submitted 21 hours ago by madamarie@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world
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Im male born, but i dont feel particularly "male" so to speak: currently im non-binary bc i dont feel i belong to gender categories. Its just like im mentally in a gender-limbo and i think ive been in it my whole life, but its not concrete, as in sometimes i wish i was a girl (this happened also when i was a kid) but at the same time i feel like the categories of binary gender arent fit for me. Im just confused as in what i am. From the outside i think im generally seen as male but inside it's kinda like i don't care but i don't like to be in the gender binary but i wish i was more "girly". Can anyone relate?

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[–] classybattery@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago

this sounds a lot like me! i'm autistic and female born, so i kind of switch between nonbinary and masc/male. right now, i just identify as nonbinary transmasc. i think im seen as female on the outside and i don't really care, but at the same time, i wish i looked and was seen as more male.