So recently realized I am somewhere on the enby spectrum but wondering if there is a specific name. I'm afab and comfortable in my identity as female, but I'm also cool with being seen as not female. I really like androgynous looks and more boyish haircuts. I also get super happy when people use gender neutral pronouns. Is there a specific name or would it just be enby?

I have felt particularly heavy this week. I haven't gotten much done. I forgot to do a lot of things. My mushy thinkie box is burnt out. But I'm slowing down, indulging in my small world comforts, and remembering I am not alone.

It's okay to not be okay right now 💜🖤💛🤍

I like to write stories. I'm not a great writer by any means. I'm just curious, what are the more common pronouns used other than they/them, and not to include he/him and she/her? I'm looking for at least 3.

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I may not have communicated. I'm looking for the 3 more popular ones.

Okay context; I’m an AMAB with basically a “can we just not” relationship with gender but definitely enjoy leaning into an aesthetic. If I’m trying to make “me” in a game I use a masc starting point, but ever since I’ve been playing rivals I kinda just got obsessed with magik. She’s got the aesthetic popping and looks good in it and we share light skin, blond hair, and I feels different from any other female character.

Anyway who’s your “would body swap” pick? And have you taken any fashion inspiration from them?

Hey fam! When I’m feeling overwhelmed by anti-LGBTQ bullshit, which is pretty often these days, I find courage in remembering our queer ancestors. I wanted to share some quality queer history sources in case someone else needs it too. This post is nonfiction book recommendations. I made a post on podcast and movie recs earlier if you prefer visual media.

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America (Lillian Faderman)

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman (Leslie Feinberg)

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community (Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy and Madeline D. Davis)

How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States (Joanne Meyerowitz)

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890–1940 (George Chauncey)

Creating a place for ourselves: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Community Histories (anthology edited by Genny Beemyn)

Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: the Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States (John D'Emilio)

Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Out (Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu)

Bisexual Spaces: A Geography of Sexuality and Gender (Clare Hemmings)

Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two (Allan Bérubé)

Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context (Vern L. Bullough)

The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture (John D'Emilio)

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us (Kate Bornstein)

Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman)

Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution (Susan Stryker

Hey fam! When I’m feeling overwhelmed by anti-LGBTQ bullshit, which is pretty often these days, I find courage in remembering our queer ancestors. I wanted to share some quality queer history sources in case someone else needs it too. Here are some podcast and movie recs. I plan to make a second post about books so that this post isn’t too long. (All sources are on LGBTQ history in the US, except History is Gay, which is international.)

Podcasts:

-Making Gay History

-Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

-History is Gay

-Slow Burn, Season 9: Gays Against Briggs

-American History Tellers, Season 23: Stonewall

Documentaries:

-Before Stonewall (1984)

-Screaming Queens: The Compton Cafeteria Riots (2005)

-Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)

-Stonewall Uprising (2010)

-Major! (2015)

-After Stonewall (1999)

-Vito (2011)

-How to Survive a Plague (2012)

-United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (2012)

-Paris is Burning (1994)

Biopic: Milk (2008)

I’m not out to anyone yet, but last week I was like “frick it” and went to the store and bought some of the euphoric clothing I’ve been craving but never had the courage to wear.

I wore one of the shirts to a casual event with my mom. She said, “I’ve never seen that before.”

I said, “I’ve never worn it before. It’s new.”

She said, “I love it :) It’s just so… you!”

So being trans “isn’t who I am,” but mildly crossdressing is “so you.” Interesting concept, mom 🤣

(Pls do not bully my mom in the comments. I’m not out to her yet, and while she has been mildly transphobic to people in the past, she is literally the closest person to me in my life, she has undoubtedly saved my life and my mental health in the past, and this conversation gave me a little hope. It’s possible I could even convince her to change her mind whenever I decide to come out to her?🥺)