Gender Identity

[Umbvix]

Female by sex, bi-gendered by gender identity. At least, I'm pretty sure that's how it should be described. Honestly, some of the terms start seeming to overlap and I get confused xD I identify just fine as female in public most of the time, as long as I can wear some more boyish clothes. A few of my friends call me Al (my boyfriend calls me this and has gotten a few others doing it xD) and when I crossdress, I like to go by Colten. Colten was going to be my name if I had been born a boy (like they thought I was going to be).

[thestrangewinston]

Bi-gendered but for my sake I just identify as a male(I live in a shitty town)

[Dodger Thirteen]

Biologically, I am female. Socially, I also identify as female. This still makes me uncomfortable. I hate the connotations that come with female and sometimes, I hate my body for being female. (Certain times of the month especially.) Still, I feel like a strong woman, and that makes me happy.

Men have it easier sometimes, from my experience. I think that if I had been born male, I may have been happier in my childhood. As of now, I'm comfortable with who I am.

But gender-wise...I don't much know anymore. Identifying as female is easier, mostly because I have huge knockers, large hips, and cannot be mistaken as male...at least, not often. I was mistaken as a boy when I was younger and my voice sounds (to me) very masculine. I like that.

So what the hell am I?

I'm Cat. Nice to meet ya.

[Olive]

Jun 9, 2011 16:21:36 GMT -5 Dodger Thirteen said:

Biologically, I am female. Socially, I also identify as female. This still makes me uncomfortable. I hate the connotations that come with female and sometimes, I hate my body for being female. (Certain times of the month especially.) Still, I feel like a strong woman, and that makes me happy.

Men have it easier sometimes, from my experience. I think that if I had been born male, I may have been happier in my childhood. As of now, I'm comfortable with who I am.

But gender-wise...I don't much know anymore. Identifying as female is easier, mostly because I have huge knockers, large hips, and cannot be mistaken as male...at least, not often. I was mistaken as a boy when I was younger and my voice sounds (to me) very masculine. I like that.

So what the hell am I?

I'm Cat. Nice to meet ya.

We sound very similar. I do love my female body (except for that regular hassle, of course), and I'm perfectly comfortable identify with being female. Except, my brain doesn't always work like one. Even though I'm an English major, I have a bit of an engineer's brain (extremely logic driven), which is more frequently viewed as masculine. Many friends have now learned not to come to me for advice on girls, because I don't socially function like one a lot of the time. But all the same, I've never wanted to a guy.

Am I making any sense?

And yeah, I've got a "husky" voice, as my boss once put it. I was mistaken for a guy some time in high school, which is impressive, because I really don't look like one (well, my face looks like my father's at times, but that's another issue).
Though, to be fair, it was Halloween and I was dressed up as Magenta, wig and all, so I think they assumed I was just a guy dressed as a french maid...

[alyoshka]

I went through a long long phase where I truly believed It was G-d's mistake to make me female, but as I grew older; i am glad how I am.

I use to get mistaken as a boy a lot though which I felt was a huge compliment. heh
I have female facial features but a body of a12 year old boy.

[Dodger Thirteen]

Jun 9, 2011 17:12:06 GMT -5 Olive said:

Jun 9, 2011 16:21:36 GMT -5 Dodger Thirteen said:

Biologically, I am female. Socially, I also identify as female. This still makes me uncomfortable. I hate the connotations that come with female and sometimes, I hate my body for being female. (Certain times of the month especially.) Still, I feel like a strong woman, and that makes me happy.

Men have it easier sometimes, from my experience. I think that if I had been born male, I may have been happier in my childhood. As of now, I'm comfortable with who I am.

But gender-wise...I don't much know anymore. Identifying as female is easier, mostly because I have huge knockers, large hips, and cannot be mistaken as male...at least, not often. I was mistaken as a boy when I was younger and my voice sounds (to me) very masculine. I like that.

So what the hell am I?

I'm Cat. Nice to meet ya.

We sound very similar. I do love my female body (except for that regular hassle, of course), and I'm perfectly comfortable identify with being female. Except, my brain doesn't always work like one. Even though I'm an English major, I have a bit of an engineer's brain (extremely logic driven), which is more frequently viewed as masculine. Many friends have now learned not to come to me for advice on girls, because I don't socially function like one a lot of the time. But all the same, I've never wanted to a guy.

Am I making any sense?

And yeah, I've got a "husky" voice, as my boss once put it. I was mistaken for a guy some time in high school, which is impressive, because I really don't look like one (well, my face looks like my father's at times, but that's another issue).
Though, to be fair, it was Halloween and I was dressed up as Magenta, wig and all, so I think they assumed I was just a guy dressed as a french maid...

You make perfect sense to me, luv.

I call myself a duality usually. I'm two things in one. Two things of what? Everything, silly! I'm a gods damned Gemini and the gods were laughing the day I was born.

[cyanea]

Many friends have now learned not to come to me for advice on girls, because I don't socially function like one a lot of the time.

I'm the same way when it comes to being male. I just...don't know anything about being a guy socially. I never did. When I wasn't withdrawn from my peers as a kid and in high school, I acted very "feminine" according to society: I never engaged in gym class, I read a LOT, I wrote a lot, I daydreamed a lot.

Masculinity scares me. People who are overly masculine frighten me. I feel deathly uncomfortable around "guys" who talk "guy things", like at my job before last when on break, my coworkers (all male) would generally brag about the girls they did that weekend or "that hot chick that works in the office", and even though I might have agreed that that woman at the office was attractive, their attitude disgusted and scared me. I responded by bringing books to work with me to read on my break, which only intensified the "joking" insults I got from them "all in good fun", that I still despised.

I hate that because I have an extra chunk of nerves and tissue between my legs, it's okay for me to behave like that. I hate that advertisers think that I'll buy something just because they stick a pair of breasts next to it (and I like breasts).

I don't know how to behave as a male in society. I don't want to know.

I hate being male.

[thestrangewinston]

Personally I identify as female but I have to keep that a secret :/ It sucks! And I just bought the cutest dress too >_<(im not kidding)

[cyanea]

Oooh? Dresses? What ones and from where?

Also: You live five minutes away from me. o.o

[thestrangewinston]

Jun 9, 2011 18:18:07 GMT -5 cyanea said:

Oooh? Dresses? What ones and from where?

Also: You live five minutes away from me. o.o

Another south jersey person? Have you ever been to murphy's loft used books? I just found it and its amazing :3

Forever 21 was the place I got the cute little sundress

[cyanea]

YES! I love that place! I walked in for the first time and said, "I'm home." It's so great.

They have cute clothes.

South Jersey is <3. I'm in Virginia for the summer, but I live in Clayton.

[thestrangewinston]

oh man Clayton Our towns dont like each other very much haha

[cyanea]

I don't like Clayton, so you and I have that in common too.

[thestrangewinston]

Hey I didn't say I didn't like it! I'm just saying that when I would play your town in sports I feared I was gonna get shanked hehe But pitman isn't so great either

[cyanea]

Yeaaaah. Clayton's like that. Why do you think I came to VA for the summer (aside from my boyfriend being here) and go to school in North Jersey? :3