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Thank you for taking part in this poll!  :icon_biggrin:
Do take the time to post your choices if you like.
And how many choices you made too!

-Emerald  :icon_mrgreen:

Hi Emerald...

You left out confused off the list above!! I had to read it at least 3 times.

I would have loved to have voted "all female", but even though I am now, I cannot dispute that at past times in my life I did (at times) feel like a man or a boy, especially in my younger life.

The fact that I didn't like being a man or a boy is beside the point and I have answered with my head, rather than with my heart... :)

Buffy

Hi Emerald,

Even though I did not actually know I was a transsexual until I was nine, I knew something was wrong. Because I have never felt like a boy or man, I chose that I have always known I was a woman. Even in my biggest moments of denial, I still knew the real truth.

Love always,
Elizabeth

I chose one and two, only because  there were times when i wondered about being a woman, not that i was one or ever would become one ... just a thought.
so technically only number one would fit me properly
i'm a man and i like it that way .... and personally, I hope that never changes ! HAHAHHA
c ya !
Bob......

Well that is a hard one for me to answer. I do consider myself a male with a big feminine side. Lots of my actions and thoughts indicate there is a lot of femininity within me.

In the end I chose a 'mostly male but sometimes I have thought of myself as female' as while I still think of myself as male my actions/likes/desires have confused me making me think I am female.

Alice

confused & sort of unsure sounds a reasonable choice to me :)

Rana

I must admit it was a tricky one for me too. As much as I love my female side it could never exsist with out my Male side to. So the 50/50 is my best choice. I guess sorta a ying yang. I always thought my male side built who I am and my female side refined and polished it. I have always felt that I am me no matter if I was born male or female or which genders clothing I am in at the time.

Love & Hugs
Brandi

QuoteFemale - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).

When I was pretending to be a boy I did a good job :P

Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).

As a young child/baby, my default assumption was that I was a girl. It's not something I actually verbalized - I never said to myself, "Well whadaya know.... I'm a girl!" as there was just no need at first. It just was.

Obviously, it wasn't long before evidence began to contradict this. I was given boy things. Encouraged to do boy things. People seemed to assume I WAS a boy. It didn't make much sense to me, and it broke my heart, but who was I to argue with the Big People? They'd obviously been here much longer than I... they must know something I don't. I trusted them.

So I began to think of myself *AS* a boy... much the same way I think of myself AS a programmer, commuter, home owner, etc. It's a label, it's what I "do," but it's not what I AM.

Which is why I had so much trouble trying to think of myself AS a girl later in life... because I AM a girl. It's a subtle, zen-like distinction, but it really confounded me for the longest time. Sometimes it's the most direct and simple answers that are hardest to see, waiting to be revealed once all the mind-searching and "figuring out" quiets down and the simple Truth is just allowed to Be.

Quote1. Ungendered - I have no gender. I am neither a woman, a man, or a member of any other gender.

Quote2. Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).

I voted for two.

The first, I feel, HAS to be true (or at least some derivative of it, such as everyone is both (and more), everyone is neither, or neither exists as we believe it to exist).
This has to do with my beliefs. Simply, the minute you try and define either male or female everything breaks apart. No matter the definition you exclude, divide, and segregate things that I don't feel really can be divided.
My only conclusion is that both are artificial constructs that pertain only to the reality that we exist within. Since the reality that we exist within isn't truely real, or I guess I should say, doesn't really matter, then my belief is that we are all part of some whole, and the minute we try to catagorize ourselves outside of that whole, we are in error.
So, my belief is that gender is an illusion that is a byproduct of the reality that we exist within, as is a WHOLE TON of other things.

The second FEELS so true as to make this entire reality seem very very real and not at all an illusion.

I realize those two concepts are in conflict.

It's like, I am a dreaming soul, and I am really caught up in the dream and can't wake up because I am caught up in the dream. I think that is why I also hold belief in options that aren't necessarily acceptable in everyone elses eyes, I look at suicide/dying as 'waking up' although I acknowledge that it must have karmic consequences due to the pain it causes others.

Jessica

I chose female, because when I was in denial, I thought of myself as male, even though looking back on it, it was far from the truth.

Melissa

Hi Emerald,
I chose Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).
I though I was for many years, all I had to do is look in my pants, although I new that I was different. Everyone treat me as a boy so as a compliant child I believed it. Who was I to deny the obvious?
But now I know, even if it doesn't seem rational, that I'm a female in a male body something that I would have never dreamed was possible.
:)
Jillieann

Hi Emerald,

I choose Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).

I have always felt inside that I was a female trapped inside a male body ever since I was 4 years old.  I repressed these feelings throughout my 20's and early 30's and I became a very unhappy person as a result.  I had a very negative outlook on life during all those years of denial.  Almost drove me to suicide.  Now that I have accepted what I really am inside, I'm a much happier person now.   :angel:

Shannon

All Female - I have always considered myself to be a woman (or girl).

As those who know me will already know!

Love, Sky XXX

[edit]Kimberly: URL removed, once in the profile is enough (=[/edit]

I have always felt male, even through the forced female parts of my life.

                                     Marco

I'm male, with a bit of a "feminine" side, though that's just in how I relate to other people, and what man doesn't have some femininity? I only played along with the female role before because it made everyone else happy.

Rafe

  What happened to the banana slug option?

QuoteGenderblended Male - I consider myself to be both a man and a woman, but predominantly more of a man.

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QuoteBi-Gendered - I feel like a woman at times and other times more like a man. About 50/50.

tick

QuoteUngendered - I have no gender. I am neither a woman, a man, or a member of any other gender.

tick

That pretty much covers the gamut of gender feelings (or lack of them) that I have or had in the past.  I'd put down genderblended female if I had a fourth option.  ;D

elleane
xxx

I have always felt like a woman.  If anything, my emotional set are that of a girl and once I admitted that, I got along better with many of my friends.

-Rachel

I have always considered myself to be a man with a strong feminine side that I am trying to explore and accept.

I think all people have both a feminine and masculin side but to different degrees.

MTK

Genderblended female.

I feel about 80 percent female, 20 percent male in gender, clothing, and soon to be with physical changes.

Specifically I am all female but sometimes choose to do some more masculine things.  I don't care how people see me, since that's part of who I am.

Melissa

I feel all woman, except I like to dress very casual. I like jeans and a nice top. I am not frilly at all. I like to wrestle with my dog on the floor and I like cars. I don't know what is under the hood as long as it has some power. I love to drive and have fun. I love to mow the lawn and I love horses and like to ride. I ride my bicycle, only on paved areas though. I love to go out in the ocean in a boat. I love nature and love to bike out where there are trees and rivers or bodies of water or ride a horse down by the beach. I used to do that when I owned my horses, I really miss them.
Sheila

I went with two choices as well. I chose Bi-gendered because before I began accepting who I am and realized there's really just one of me in here, I really felt like there were two complete people inside: a man and a woman. But I still feel the mix is very close to 50/50. I also chose Other Gendered. My gender shifts often enough that it feels like a gender unto itself.

A nice poll!

Male / Genderblended Male / Bi Gendered is my gamut...

Thanks Emerald! :)

I THINK, I FEEL, AND I KNOW THAT I AM 500% FEMALE!!! ;)

tinkerbell :icon_chick:

Quote from: Tinkerbell on September 05, 2006, 03:51:28 AM
I THINK, I FEEL, AND I KNOW THAT I AM 500% FEMALE!!! ;)

me too!!

I chose "Female".  For most of my life I had to hide that part of me but it was the biggest part of me none the less.  It wasn't until I was around 6 years old that I found out there was even a difference between boys and girls.  This was followed quickly by a cold, hard slap of reality (literally) resulting in many years of hiding.  So, as was mentioned by others, I've known since I was old enough to remember that I was female but simply due to the social pressures of growing up genetically male I certainly had "male" moments throughout my life.  Whether they were legitimate or a facade doesn't really matter I guess.

Well I choose three options here. gendrblended male, Bigendered, Genderblended female.


I choose genderblended male cause that is the way I felt in my early years mostly male with some female in me. Next I choose Bigendered cause later on I felt I could be ether male or female depending on my mood, and next I choose Genderblended female cause that is the way I now feel about myself mostly female but at the same time I know biologicly I am male if that makes sense. I am still exploring the female side that someday I hope to exploit to the fullest. I mostly feel feminine.

Owen

Love being female
                                               

Genderblended Male - I consider myself to be both a man and a woman, but predominantly more of a man.

I consider myself male, but not a steryotype male traditional man, I have bigger knowlegde of the female life, and I dont want to trow my life experience or freedom away for what people expect of me.

> the results of this poll
> 76% non-binary

I am never using this site again.

I would choose this option, were it available: "Genderblended male-mostly male, but sometimes agendered or neutrois."

Quote from: Gifted on January 26, 2012, 07:08:56 PM
> the results of this poll
> 76% non-binary

I am never using this site again.

whats wrong with being non-binary?

I chose bi-gendered, un-gendered, and other gendered. Because my gender is fluid and ambiguous. Or at least it is ambiguous to describe, if feels rather unambiguous to me but I frequently can't words.

I chose un-gendered. I don't think I have much of a gender.

Quote from: poptart on February 04, 2012, 07:11:01 PM
All male.

No wonder I can only relate to a few people here.

Yeah, man.
It sort of sucks.
I could relate to the guy who actually posted he was leaving - but now he's gone.
In my eyes though, there's nothing wrong with being non-binary...it's just not my cup of tea.

Male. Tbh I think I'm somewhere in between male and all-male. I've never thought of myself as a woman/girl, but occasionally I didn't think of myself as 100% dude, simply because I'm not stereotypically masculine (but then again, who is? :P).

Genderblended Male

full female, though i have the mind of an engineer. i'm more girly than any of my friends as near as i can tell.

Fully female but very much a tomboy. I couldn't be as girly as Azzie, But I'm sure thats because I was raised around guns and tanks. But I have my moments. Like that dress I bought. So I guess that I'm one of those girls that's fluid in who she is and does whatever she enjoys, no matter if it's seen as a male or female past time.

Fully female, I have always been a girly type, my parents had a lot of trouble with it when I was a child, they wanted to change that and make me a man/boy, it wasn't very succesfull.
When I was little and people were asking my mother "how old is she now" my mother was very upset about it, brought me to the hairdresser and had my hair cut short, didn't help either.
I am beaten to change my behavior but I didn't know how to behave as a boy, so every time I was very suprised when I get punishment, I didn't do anything wrong, I was just me.
In that time, the fifties, it was very, very wrong for a boy to behave like that, so I didn't have a nice childhood.

Interesting how all the choices seem to be pretty equal.

I suppose I consider myself ungendered. Inside, I don't feel especially male or especially female. However, I wish I'd been born female, because I think I'd feel more comfortable if society thought of me as a female. I don't think I can convincingly pull off the whole "male thing."

I put "bi-gendered" and "other".  I feel a mixture of both male and female with leanings to either side.  I also often feel like no gender or both genders simultaneously. 

ungendered

 I wasn't sure which one to choose due to my late introduction to the term "transgender" (around grade 10?) :C

I mean, I knew I always felt self-loathing and extreme discomfort at certain things, but I never realized that my embarrassment in my current self and desire to obtain a male physical form (hated my female body ever since before grade 1. I've always been envious of my friends just for being boys~) was an actual condition. Heck, I even thought he was kidding when my councilor told me that they did hormone injections and surgeries for people like me.


Maaaaan. All these things in this word I don't know about! D:

Thanks for posting this poll. I fell into a 22% category, which helps me feel nowhere near as alone.

I've always thought of myself as a non-traditional man. I never went in for manly stuff, never cared about being especially manly etc. But I like women's music, movies, books, and I tend to identify with female characters. All my friends are women. But there is so much man about me - how I solve problems, how I relate, how I want the world to to see me, and especially how I feel at work.

So genderblended male seems just right.

All Female - I have always considered myself to be a woman (or girl).

Despite my birth defect and spending many years in compliance with societies beliefs that we are what we have between our legs, I still always felt that I was really a woman.

Female - I consider myself to be a woman, but at times I have thought of myself as a man (or boy).

Male, but I wish I was a girl...
I'm definitely a guy. I get horrible dysphoria and I know I'm meant to have a penis and seeing my chest gives me panic attacks. But at the same time I'm can be really quite feminine and I know if I'd been born with a dick I'd probably be a cross dresser. I don't know. I'm confused. xD But I definitely should have a male body, and a lot of my thoughts and behaviours match up better with a male stereotype than a female one.

"Male - I consider myself to be a man, but at times I have thought of myself as a woman (or girl)."

As a kid I wanted to be a boy and sometimes I knew I was a boy but there was something wrong with my body and I didn't look like the other boys, and of course everyone calling me a girl and all that jazz kinda forced me to think that I am a girl.
Later on as a teenager and older I pretty thought all the thoughts about being a guy is just some phase and I'd get over it as I grow up. At some point I stopped thinking about it.

I'm glad that I didn't stop thinking about it and started to fix the error nature made. :D