Any other gender diverse people here?

i think this counts as a special interest - of mine, anyway. I've met so many other people on the spectrum who are gender diverse in some way, and I'm always happy to connect.

By gender diverse I mean trans, intersex, genderqueer, gender questioning, agender, non-binary, and so on...

I'm genderless and trans female, I began transitioning six years ago in my 40s. Gender never really made any sense of my experience at all (though I have no problems with it working for other people), I just knew my body was supposed to be female, so I got it upcycled :-). I co-lead a non-binary support group in the South West, and kind of unofficially mentor younger trans and/or non-binary people, many of whom as I said are also on the spectrum.

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  • I gather by "transitioned"  and having to sit to peeI take it you've had the op to become your preferred sex, but as so I understand it a post op trans person won't have the full functions of their chosen sex. Even if I've doubted my gender/sexuality from time to time. I don;t think I;m a gay male. I have a preference for men, never having viewed women sexually, apart from perhaps briefly in my teenage years. If I watch the film "Wilde" I'm not disgusted by any love scenes in it, whereas if I see a programme with two women kissing i think EWWWWW!!!!
    I'm equally at home wearing a long flowing dress, (I love the hippy look, I love Janis Joplin's style , and I wish I could belt the Blues as she did, or the medieval style big sleeves, think also outfits in Lord Of The Rings), or in a boiler suit and saftey boots, if I'm polishing copper pipes in overhauling a steam locomotive. I do love the batwing, or the flowing sleeves on tops, tho can be impractical for everyday, just I've almost set fire to them whilst cooking and they get wet washing up , so either have to change clothes or put sleeves out of the way.
     

    I did read of a woman (or they were born female), she or should I say they decided to get her boobs chopped off as I think they felt they were genderless and they had their boobs lopped off OUCH!!! I personally think that's too painful , tho I do wish my boobs were smaller, just I'm quite big in the boob department, and sometimes I think that's what people notice about me especially men. I guess for me that's one problem with finding a boiler suit, I had to buy  one designed for a 6ft +  man and ask a friend who is good at sewing to alter it as at 5ft4 it was too long.  I did buy a flowing dress last year, from Yours , tho standard fitting , rather than petite, and found it drags on the floor, the design means it can't really be taken up. Same thing sometimes with jeans, I love bell bottoms/bootcuts, flares (Tho to think my mum bought me some jeans in 1984 for a school trip, they were straight legged and I got the pee taken out me for wearing flares!!! Since I started buying my own jeans I tended to go for drainpipe, stretchy ones, very 80's metal, and then since c 2003 I've always gone for bootcuts, tho think 70's Roc/Metal.     

    Whilst physically I'm female I do feel gender is more than that, I think in terms of interests and what I like that's more fluid. Tho a female friend who likes aviation says there's no reason why women can't like avaition/railways etc.

             

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  • I gather by "transitioned"  and having to sit to peeI take it you've had the op to become your preferred sex, but as so I understand it a post op trans person won't have the full functions of their chosen sex. Even if I've doubted my gender/sexuality from time to time. I don;t think I;m a gay male. I have a preference for men, never having viewed women sexually, apart from perhaps briefly in my teenage years. If I watch the film "Wilde" I'm not disgusted by any love scenes in it, whereas if I see a programme with two women kissing i think EWWWWW!!!!
    I'm equally at home wearing a long flowing dress, (I love the hippy look, I love Janis Joplin's style , and I wish I could belt the Blues as she did, or the medieval style big sleeves, think also outfits in Lord Of The Rings), or in a boiler suit and saftey boots, if I'm polishing copper pipes in overhauling a steam locomotive. I do love the batwing, or the flowing sleeves on tops, tho can be impractical for everyday, just I've almost set fire to them whilst cooking and they get wet washing up , so either have to change clothes or put sleeves out of the way.
     

    I did read of a woman (or they were born female), she or should I say they decided to get her boobs chopped off as I think they felt they were genderless and they had their boobs lopped off OUCH!!! I personally think that's too painful , tho I do wish my boobs were smaller, just I'm quite big in the boob department, and sometimes I think that's what people notice about me especially men. I guess for me that's one problem with finding a boiler suit, I had to buy  one designed for a 6ft +  man and ask a friend who is good at sewing to alter it as at 5ft4 it was too long.  I did buy a flowing dress last year, from Yours , tho standard fitting , rather than petite, and found it drags on the floor, the design means it can't really be taken up. Same thing sometimes with jeans, I love bell bottoms/bootcuts, flares (Tho to think my mum bought me some jeans in 1984 for a school trip, they were straight legged and I got the pee taken out me for wearing flares!!! Since I started buying my own jeans I tended to go for drainpipe, stretchy ones, very 80's metal, and then since c 2003 I've always gone for bootcuts, tho think 70's Roc/Metal.     

    Whilst physically I'm female I do feel gender is more than that, I think in terms of interests and what I like that's more fluid. Tho a female friend who likes aviation says there's no reason why women can't like avaition/railways etc.

             

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