Ask Matt: Why Am I Bigender?

January 7, 2013 by Matt Kailey

http://tranifesto.com/2013/01/07/ask-matt-why-am-i-bigender/

A reader writes: "I'm a 32-year-old female who is a bigender transgender. I got my testosterone checked and it's 43. The doctor said that 45 and up would be kinda high, and I'm very close to that.

"Can this be why I'm bigender? I heard that most transgenders (transgender people) have high or near-high testosterone or estrogen. Thanks."

The short answer is that I don't know why you are bigender – but I obviously have more to say!

My understanding of the term bigender is that it refers to a person who manifests both masculine and feminine gender identities and who sometimes identifies as a man, sometimes identifies as a woman, or perhaps identifies as both simultaneously. I believe that this term can also refer to people who have multiple gender identities that are not necessarily restricted to traditional masculinity and femininity or to traditional representations of "man" and "woman."