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Thank you for "Your Identity"!

Glitter

When I joined the community recently I edited my profile and was disappointed to find we only had two gender options, especially in light of the "now I know" campaign. So I sent a message requesting a third, and I just spotted that it's been changed!  We now have a non-binary option, and it's categorised as "your identity."

Thank you NAS people! I am feeling validated and seen in wonderful ways.

Anyone else here in the autigender category? I have never particularly felt attached to either male or female. I have aspects of both, but I'm also not quite either.  Gender mostly seems like a social construct to me, and I'm not always good with those.  

Parents

  • That’s brilliant! Well done! I am sure many LGBTQIA+ members of our autistic community will appreciate your efforts.

    I am glad you feel so validated, everyone should have their identity recognised. I am surprised that NAS still only offered gender binary options given that there is now much more awareness of the diversity in gender identity.

    Glitter said:
    Gender mostly seems like a social construct to me, and I'm not always good with those.  

    Yes definitely. I just feel like an autistic adult, I don’t feel like a specific gender really.

    You may be interested in this research below about how being autistic influences your gender identity:


    https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2018.0001

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  • That’s brilliant! Well done! I am sure many LGBTQIA+ members of our autistic community will appreciate your efforts.

    I am glad you feel so validated, everyone should have their identity recognised. I am surprised that NAS still only offered gender binary options given that there is now much more awareness of the diversity in gender identity.

    Glitter said:
    Gender mostly seems like a social construct to me, and I'm not always good with those.  

    Yes definitely. I just feel like an autistic adult, I don’t feel like a specific gender really.

    You may be interested in this research below about how being autistic influences your gender identity:


    https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2018.0001

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  • in reply to Ausomely Autistic

    That's a very interesting link- I'm glad there is proper research happening because there is definitely an overlap. Thank you! 

    And yes, I think our sense of gender can be hugely affected by our autism, just like everything else. If we struggle to understand our own basic emotions, how are we supposed to understand how we feel about gender constructs?