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Title: I need a shrink to tell me that I am a woman!
Post by: Shana A on September 06, 2009, 10:03:28 AM
Post by: Shana A on September 06, 2009, 10:03:28 AM
I need a shrink to tell me that I am a woman!
Matt
http://www.afterellen.com/node/58339 (http://www.afterellen.com/node/58339)
Now here is the conversation:
Her:
why u do feel genderqueer people do not need to be identified as neither male or female? theres only 2 genders n the world. and sometimes i think they gay community justs pushes certain things to feel and get accepted by trying to spread understanding.
Me:
You are sort of correct biologically. There are in fact three genders based on anatomy, hormones, and chromosomes (male, intersex, female) Intersex is when you were born you can not be correctly identified as either male or female there are hundreds of reasons why that may be. But genderqueer has nothing to do with your biological identity. Genderqueer is based on your gender identity. Your psychological sense of who you are as a person (man, third gender/two spirit, woman) Genderqueer is a gender identity not biological sex of both/neither "male"/"female". The commonality is that all genderqueer people reject the notion that there are only two genders in the world. I personally am neither male or female. This is when Third Gender/Two spirit comes into play like you saw in the diagram. Referred as hir,zee,hy,boi etc.
Matt
http://www.afterellen.com/node/58339 (http://www.afterellen.com/node/58339)
Now here is the conversation:
Her:
why u do feel genderqueer people do not need to be identified as neither male or female? theres only 2 genders n the world. and sometimes i think they gay community justs pushes certain things to feel and get accepted by trying to spread understanding.
Me:
You are sort of correct biologically. There are in fact three genders based on anatomy, hormones, and chromosomes (male, intersex, female) Intersex is when you were born you can not be correctly identified as either male or female there are hundreds of reasons why that may be. But genderqueer has nothing to do with your biological identity. Genderqueer is based on your gender identity. Your psychological sense of who you are as a person (man, third gender/two spirit, woman) Genderqueer is a gender identity not biological sex of both/neither "male"/"female". The commonality is that all genderqueer people reject the notion that there are only two genders in the world. I personally am neither male or female. This is when Third Gender/Two spirit comes into play like you saw in the diagram. Referred as hir,zee,hy,boi etc.