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Autism and gender identity

violetdr3amer

I just came across this article and it got me thinking...

https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/

I saw some stats somewhere a while ago, which show that quite a lot of people on the spectrum are trans or identify as non-binary/gender-fluid. Quite a lot of us are gender non-conforming, or we don't identify to our assigned gender role.

I'm a woman but I've been told many times that I "act like a bloke", and from my observations/in my opinion, NTs are much more gender-stereotyped and conform more to societal gender roles.

Thoughts?

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  • The problem with this post is that whilst ASDs are not judgemental (be what you want to be is the motto we live by), we are literal, so gender identity is a social minefield and axiomatically not debatable by an autistic audience.
    I don’t care if you want to be male, female or a meat popsicle, but I am a clinical and literal being so if I think you look like a man or a woman then that’s how I will address you. I’m autistic and even NTs have trouble with this particular psychological phenomenon.

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  • The problem with this post is that whilst ASDs are not judgemental (be what you want to be is the motto we live by), we are literal, so gender identity is a social minefield and axiomatically not debatable by an autistic audience.
    I don’t care if you want to be male, female or a meat popsicle, but I am a clinical and literal being so if I think you look like a man or a woman then that’s how I will address you. I’m autistic and even NTs have trouble with this particular psychological phenomenon.

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