My wonderous Chime! You’ll be happy to know, I’m back and still trying to keep up on my writing. If you’re new here and you have no idea what I’m talking about, then don’t worry. I am Pixie and this is Diary of a Bipolar Pixie, where I write about what ever strange idea or topic that passes through my head.
Because it is June and it is Pride Month, I’m researching topics that pertain to this month. Last time was sexuality, but in looking it up, I realized that the sight I was using only covered sexual orientation, and not gender identity, which is just as important as sexuality if not more so. You’re gender identity may end up determining your orientation. According to my most recent study, there are as many as 56 gender identities so we’ll go through this together.
Agender is someone who doesn’t have a gender. They do not identify as having a masculine or a feminine gender, and may not even attribute their clothing or style to a gender role, which in a way makes them nonconforming.
Androgyne is someone who feels a mix of male and female characteristics. It sounds like an umbrella term for other gender identities but I could be wrong.
Bigender is someone feels they are two genders. I believe this differs from gender fluid in the sense that this is a person who is always two genders and doesn’t transition from one gender to the other and back as they feel necessary.
Cisgender refers to someone who identifies their gender as they sex they were born with. I am cisgender, as I was born with female anatomy and I’m very comfortable within that identity. Amongst certain groups, this is considered the only valid gender identity (meaning cisgender males and cisgender females) which royally pisses me off and makes me want to commit unspeakable acts.
Gender fluid refers to someone who doesn’t have a fixed gender, meaning they may identify as female one day, male the next, and female again later in the week. They may also not identify as having a gender at all some days. I had a coworker who was gender fluid and watching them get excited about being able to be themselves around me was awesome. Unfortunately, they moved to Denver, which is actually really great for them to be in a community that has more respect for their identity, but sad that they’re so far away.
Gender Nonconforming refers to people who don’t follow societal norms for their gender. I’m finding a lot of drag queen notes. From what I gather, it’s when males wear dresses and makeup and high heels and present as female, but still identify as heterosexual men. This makes them fall outside of what society originally determined as normal. It can also apply to females, but society has started to normalize females wearing and conducting themselves in a more masculine style, so I can’t really find a reference for it.
Gender Questioning is when someone isn’t sure what gender they identify with.
Non-binary gender is an umbrella term that means not identifying as male or female. I’m thinking that means agender or pangender.
Pangender means that a person doesn’t identify as having a specific gender identity because they feel they could identify as multiple genders.
Transgender is someone who identifies as the opposite gender of that they were born to. For example, someone who has male genitalia who then identifies as female is transgender female. If they are making the choice to have surgery to make their bodies match who they identify as, they are in transition. There are a lot of little terms that correspond to this one, but I’ll leave them alone for now.
Two-Spirit is a term used by some indigenous people in America to describe someone fits into the LGBTQ+ community. Some sites say its an umbrella term for all LGBTQ+, some say its specifically for genderfluid or bigender individuals. I’ll let you figure out further what it might mean.
There is my research on the matter. Gender is a pretty large aspect of what people consider to be their identities. When I’m asked who I am, I seem to always say that I’m a 22-year-old female who really loves to write. I’ve encountered some people who want to do away with genders all together to also do away with prejudice against those who choose to not conform, but I personally don’t like that. I enjoy being a female. I like identifying as female. I also think devolving genders would also unintentionally take away from the struggles of those who fought to be male or female, or gender fluid or agender. I believe our society and culture is no conductive for the LGBTQ+ community, but that means we fight harder for everyone to receive equal rights regardless of who we are.
Until next time, fly high, Chimers!
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