I've been hardcore struggling lately living in FL and haven't had the confidence or bravery to present as anything other than AMAB. I decided I'm tired of hiding and want to change that.

(P.s. First time posting myself. Also pay no attention to the dirty mirror lol)

So I’m assigned male at birth (19 years of age rn). I’ve never quite related to men so much, I act and think much differently to all my friends, and I always have. I’ve been going out a lot on my own, and just enjoying my own freedom. I’ve been questioning who I actually am. I don’t feel androgynous, I don’t feel Female, and I don’t feel male. I’ve always dressed like how a man “should”, but I do like the way I dress, I’m confident on my outside appearance. I’ve also been almost envious of females, but I also don’t think I could seriously handle the pressure they have on them. I’m just very confused right now and I’m not comfortable talking to anyone about it.

Ever since I changed my name six months ago, my older brother has actively avoided saying it. He won't call me my old name, but he wouldn't call me my new name either. On Thanksgiving, he finally said my name. He shortened it to Al instead of saying the full name, but that's still an improvement so I'll take it! 😁😁😁 I've been riding that high for the last two days.

Went thrifting and found this outfit for the holiday season! Found the shawl in a closet and felt very majestic ! Any fashion advice is welcome as I’m just getting back into masc style clothes :)

Hey y’all, so I’m finally 18, yay. I turned 18 on Friday. Here’s the thing, I really, really want to legally change my name. I’ve been going by Rowan to my friends since 14. However, my family doesn’t call me Rowan and no one at my work does. This kind of makes every birthday bad because I get so many “birthday girl” or “happy birthday (deadname)” and it just sucks. What made it worse this time was my dad made a joke about me voting for trump (I seriously don’t know why he made that joke because even when he voted for trump the very first time I said something). Anyway, I really want things to say Rowan. Like, extremely bad. But my dad got mad when I even changed the name in my phone to Rowan (the one in settings on an Apple device, I don’t know if Android devices have the same thing). So I’m genuinely afraid but I really don’t want to wait. My mom and older brothers are supportive of me changing it (at least I’m pretty sure because my second oldest brother was really chill when he found out I was changing it a few years ago). So that’s my tiny dilemma.

Also I’m able to get a small boob job and I’m pretty excited because I’m pretty sure my parents are paying for it so they’ll be easier to hide. It’s not completely top surgery but they’re like…not the same size. Sorry

Looking towards the future now as I’ve been dating my partner for a long while. Anyways the question came up as to what to call them when they end aged like fine wine. Some people say milf or dilf for cis ,but what would I call an enby!?

I live in Michigan, where you can get the gender marker on your license changed to X just by filling out a form. I submitted the paperwork a few weeks ago, and I got the license today, so I'm officially an X! Seeing it meant more to me than I thought it would, and I just wanted to share.

I'm feeling quite alone these days. Came out to him over a year ago, initially he was very supportive and asked me questions, we had conversations, etc. Now he has been more reserved around topics of gender, we don't talk about my experience, etc. But I'm not out to everyone in my life, and I'm still exploring my flavor of enby, and need to talk about these things with my partner.

I'd love to hear your experience and some examples that made your relationship stronger.

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Bonus pic from senior portraits over 10 years ago -- because the evidence has always been there (and it's rudimentary, dear Watson)

Hi!!! I'm conducting a study that explores how one's sense of identity relates to their mental health! right now I especially need non-binary individuals (only if aged between 16 and 30) so any help would be appreciated greatly :) it's a pretty fun online questionnaire that feels a bit like taking a personality quiz and it's also a good opportunity to learn about and reflect on who you are. Your participation would help me graduate so I'd be eternally grateful!!! https://uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6RrNP8rup51CW46

For the past two years I had these thoughts of getting a double mastectomy to feel more comfortable with myself and more aligned with my identity, but today I had this realisation that, as in the title, I don’t think I’d ever spare a thought to my breasts if people around me didn’t sexualise them.

I find it disheartening and saddening how just not wearing a bra could make me ’sexualise’ myself to others just because my nipples might be visible, when male-presenting individuals’ nipples are not seen that way. I wish I could take off my shirt when it’s a hot day and not think of it. This culture of sexualising my body and putting labels on it simply for existing in it makes me feel sad and frustrated.

I find I even sometimes look at my chest as if it were disgusting, because the thought of someone perceiving it in a sexual manner repulses me so much. How I wish the culture wasn’t this way…

I know breasts aren’t inherently sexual, their primary function is not of a reproductive organ, not in any way. Tribal people and hunter-gatherers don’t sexualise breasts, why if we are so supposedly so much more ’advanced’ as a society we think of the female body in such a backwards manner?

Hi niblings :) So I'm looking for honest feedback about how I'm read based on this picture TYSM

So i am very feminine and people usually call me girl she/her, but i am nonbinary and my pronouns are they/them. I am from a town that’s kinda conservative but I usually try to give people awhile to get use to using my pronouns, lately I feel like all I get is she/her, at what point do I give up bc obviously people don’t see me as nonbinary, even people who claim to be ok with and be my friend have been using she/her after months :/

So I wear masculine, androgynous and feminine clothing but every time I wear female clothing the front part is just jiggling in the front and it makes me really sad :( so any recommendations for female clothing for male body types

Please tell me I am not alone

Eu sou uma pessoa não binaria, eu não me considero nem 100% como um garoto, nem 100% como uma garota, porem sempre foi comum eu ter mais amizades com as garotas e ter uma "atitude feminina" em minha vida toda, porém, mesmo após passar a me identificar como não binário eu ainda não me sinto realmente pertencente a algo, talvez só não tenha me encontrado direito ainda.

O problema é que eu nunca consigo me encaixar em nenhum grupo social, mesmo entre pessoas trans e pessoas não binarias eu não consigo me sentir 100% pertencente a algo, eu sou o problema?

sorry if i say something wrong or rude by accident idk much about this stuff. im afab and ive never really felt like a girl (when i was younger i always wanted to be a boy, but i think thats just because little me didn't realise girls could like stereotypically masculine things lol) but i dont think im trans

i always get jealous of more androgynous people and i dont really care about labels but obviously just because you look androgynous doesn't always mean you're genderqueer and even tho i dont care abt labels i dont really care about a lot of things so i think thats js bc im js a chill guy (sorry to mention brainrot memes here 😭)

i dont really get much dysphoria other than wanting to be flatter sometimes but some girls are flat anyway so that could be more like body dysmorphia type stuff (ie not gender related js appearance related) and having a deep voice would be nice but maybe thats bc my voice is annoying lol and i want short hair but girls can have short hair too

i guess questioning ur gender a lot (which ig i do and have been diong for a while) is a sign but i think its js bc im gay so i was already questioning my sexualiyt so i did a bit of research on gender too for funses and some of it fit

i never really felt like a girl and didnt understand girl stuff but i think thats partially because my parents dont let me do girly stuff and i never really felt like a boy either but ive been at an all girls school for a while so i rarely talk to boys

id be happy as a masculine presenting girl/tomboy but id also be happy being nb or something and tbh id also be happy if i was a boy

and i dont really get the difference between being a tomboy/femboy/having an androgynous style and being genderqueer since style doesnt equal gender