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I'm really starting to get the feeling that human binary genders just straight up don't apply well to autistic folks.

@Motodrachen Do human binary genders really apply well to allistic folks? or are they just getting by on societal inertia?

sarcasm, mh (-) 

@Motodrachen @kelseyhusky the "I never questioned it and I have to be this thing" brought me so many wonderful things

Like bipolar depression for example, or losing the will to live.

@Motodrachen we've seen people who say that autism is their gender

@Felthry TBH when I started with my gender therapist I opened with "Growing up I didn't really have a gender. My gender was geek." At the time I saw that as unprocessed dysphoria, and it led to a mostly-binary transition (which was legit great for me). It was also about five years before I figured out I was #ActuallyAutistic. I've since found the terms autigender and gendervague, and while they're not identities for me per se, I love them as a descriptors.

// @Motodrachen

@Motodrachen feeling alien is already a pretty common sentiment anyways (wrong planet forums anyone?) What's the harm in another step, or ten?

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