khaos

I realize that not a lot of people are educated on the topic of gender, so I'll explain it as best I can.
 
Binary genders - male and female.
Nonbinary genders (nb) - genders that fall outside of the male-female binary.
 
Nonbinary Genders
There are a lot of these, so I'll try to explain as many as I can as simple as I can.
 
Agender - not identifying as a gender.
Androgynous - partly male and partly female.
Genderqueer - an umbrella term used for many nonbinary genders.
Bigender - identifying as two different genders, with no gender taking preference over the other. (can be male and female, or a binary gender and a nonbinary gender)
Trigender - identifying as three different genders, with no gender taking preference over the others. (can be male, female, or a nonbinary gender.)
Pangender - identifying as all genders, with no gender taking preference over the others.
Demiboy/Demigirl - identifying as multiple genders, but mainly male or mainly female.
Genderfluid - alternating between genders.
There are people who identify as an unknown gender or choose not to identify as a gender (which is different from agender, which identifies as having no gender)
 
Cisgender - identifying as the same gender that was assigned at birth.
Transgender - identifying as a gender different from what was assigned at birth.
 
People with nonbinary genders often use they/them pronouns to refer to themselves, or genderqueer/genderneutral ones such as ze/zir, xe/xir, or sometimes even it/its.
 
There are some people who refuse to acknowledge that these are actual genders or actual pronouns that should be used. However, some people have doubts about or are uncomfortable with the gender that they were assigned with at birth, and choose to identify differently.
 
Now to the debate questions. What do you all think? Do you acknowledge these genders as real, or do you believe that they're fake or made up (which, you shouldn't, and I will argue to defend the fact that they're real)? Have you even had some doubts on your gender and are enlightened by this?

I realize that not a lot of people are educated on the topic of gender, so I'll explain it as best I can.
 
Binary genders - male and female.
Nonbinary genders (nb) - genders that fall outside of the male-female binary.
 
Nonbinary Genders
There are a lot of these, so I'll try to explain as many as I can as simple as I can.
 
Agender - not identifying as a gender.
Androgynous - partly male and partly female.
Genderqueer - an umbrella term used for many nonbinary genders.
Bigender - identifying as two different genders, with no gender taking preference over the other. (can be male and female, or a binary gender and a nonbinary gender)
Trigender - identifying as three different genders, with no gender taking preference over the others. (can be male, female, or a nonbinary gender.)
Pangender - identifying as all genders, with no gender taking preference over the others.
Demiboy/Demigirl - identifying as multiple genders, but mainly male or mainly female.
Genderfluid - alternating between genders.
There are people who identify as an unknown gender or choose not to identify as a gender (which is different from agender, which identifies as having no gender)
 
Cisgender - identifying as the same gender that was assigned at birth.
Transgender - identifying as a gender different from what was assigned at birth.
 
People with nonbinary genders often use they/them pronouns to refer to themselves, or genderqueer/genderneutral ones such as ze/zir, xe/xir, or sometimes even it/its.
 
There are some people who refuse to acknowledge that these are actual genders or actual pronouns that should be used. However, some people have doubts about or are uncomfortable with the gender that they were assigned with at birth, and choose to identify differently.
 
Now to the debate questions. What do you all think? Do you acknowledge these genders as real, or do you believe that they're fake or made up (which, you shouldn't, and I will argue to defend the fact that they're real)? Have you even had some doubts on your gender and are enlightened by this?

the video makes a comeback once again although i know khaos won't see it

Yes. Exactly. Everyone is different, so it's impossible to say 'if you like pink things and painting your nails and going shopping, you're a girl' or 'if you like video games, sport, or wearing trousers, you're a guy'. As people say all the time, we define labels; they don't define us. That's the great thing about this whole issue, you get to decide who you are and then pick a label that suits you the best. You don't have to construct your identity around the labels themselves.
I've been having this same problem with my sexuality. For years I was comfortable just being 'whatever' (that's actualy what I called myself to my friends). But I wanted to come out to my parents, but I didn't know how to do it without being able to tell them exatcly what I was. I still haven't got around to it, but I'm thinking of just calling myself grey pan and leaving it at that. And in the end, I know it's not going to affect the person I go out with and that's really the only person who is involved in these things. That's sexuality. With gender, the only person who's really involved is you. You do what feels right to you and don't be afraid to take your time to explore yourself. Remember, gender is a social construct anyway. It's important to feel comfortable with yourself, but don't feel pressured to slap a label on straight away. There are always umbrella terms you can fall back on if you find nothis really suits you.

i think anyone and everyone has a right to basic respect about how they self-identify. ill use any pronoun someone wants, without a blink, in specific interactions - though i strongly agree with neekers that expecting anyone to know automatically is unrealistic.
 
however, were i being honest, when i see most of the things listed here (or, to be fair, any general post i see on a forum or fb etc), my first thought is that it makes me very sad that some people even see these things as being male or female identified to begin with. if you are on a path to examine your own gender identity, my personal advice would be to throw out everything about colours, clothing, movies, makeup, jewelry, jokes, toys, etc - all of it - and get down to what you really feel inside. you cant get to your own truth while you have a bunch of manufactured gender identified bs in your way.

Mine would definitely be Night of Nights. I've proclaimed that as my theme song for a while now.
 

Mine would definitely be Night of Nights. I've proclaimed that as my theme song for a while now.
 

I'd been looking for this thread >_> I recently found a site which streams old anime I liked when I was younger. The last "new" anime I watched was Black Butler and Kyoukai no Kanata, but I've been re-watching Kyo Kara Maoh! and You're Under Arrest (don't judge, I loved this growing up!) and have been really enjoying my vacation xD

Fitz and the Tantrums - Out of My League
 
Repeats: 606
 
i think that says a lot by itself

SILVER

HYPHEN

My birthday is on Monday so my mom is taking me to Gamestop and a really nice bookstore. She said that this bookstore has a big manga section. Other than that, I'm just gonna relax since this is my first Summer of not having Summer school because I graduated.

Really glad to see a topic/thread like this, and to observe other peoples' thoughts on the matter!
Shelley pointed out the various added gender options now on Facebook, which I think is really great. It's nice to see larger amounts of people realizing that gender isn't the simple 'staples' (male, female; aka cis).
 
I myself am genderfluid. I was born a 'female', but prefer your or male pronouns; but if people are uncomfortable with it (some people are) I have them use your (or female ones) as my feelings towards my identity fluctuate. That may seem very confusing v_v; and I apologize ugh. Genderfluidity in itself isn't the easiest thing for me to elaborate on.
I honestly tend not to be open with it; with only my girlfriend knowing, and close friends. They are fine with using a male name around me (the name I chose can also double as a girl's, so that makes everybody a bit easier) and their/male pronouns. The reason for this (not being open) is the way my mother took my sexuality (ie: not well). I do have my hair short and dress androgynous; often attempting to skew my 'natural gender appearance' (as I do bind).
 
I don't think it's a 'phase' (boy, have I heard that...) and everyone should explore how they feel; and shouldn't have to repress that. It is an iffy subject, which needs to be handled and tread carefully. But like I said, every person should be able to be themselves without scrutiny, which is sadly really hard in today's society; although we are becoming more tolerable and considerate. Not everyone is going to know what every single gender term means, and that's okay. I see a lot of people who fall into alternate genders snap on people who don't know. Why not politely tell them? If they've just met you, they don't know you want to be addressed by xyz/xyzr/xyzself.
 
Overall, it's great to read some of the things that are posted in this thread; very informative!

GENDER 1, 1, 4
BINARY 0, 2, 4 (I see what you did there... and there's a whole new topic about this in Debate, too!)

I love this topic - it's one of the themes I'd love to study in Psychology, especially transgender kids.. I've been following the life of Josie Romero, born Joey. She's one of the most known transgender kids out there. Such a brave girl!
 
You can find on Youtube a full interview by Tyra Banks with lots of transgender kids of various ages, too.
 
Also, last week I woke up to this touching video on my facebook timeline. It's the beautiful story of Ryland, another trans kid.
 

I dislike the idea that genders exist in the first place.
You want to wear frilly things but were born with a dingdong? Go for it!
You have a hoo-ha but want to play sports, catch lizards, and play video games? You go Glenn Coco!
You want to die of heat stroke wear a fur suit because you feel like a dog? It's you're life.
My motto in life is, if it makes you happy and doesn't hurt anyone (including yourself), then go for it and forget what everyone has to say about it.

I realize that not a lot of people are educated on the topic of gender, so I'll explain it as best I can.
 
Binary genders - male and female.
Nonbinary genders (nb) - genders that fall outside of the male-female binary.
 
Nonbinary Genders
There are a lot of these, so I'll try to explain as many as I can as simple as I can.
 
Agender - not identifying as a gender.
Androgynous - partly male and partly female.
Genderqueer - an umbrella term used for many nonbinary genders.
Bigender - identifying as two different genders, with no gender taking preference over the other. (can be male and female, or a binary gender and a nonbinary gender)
Trigender - identifying as three different genders, with no gender taking preference over the others. (can be male, female, or a nonbinary gender.)
Pangender - identifying as all genders, with no gender taking preference over the others.
Demiboy/Demigirl - identifying as multiple genders, but mainly male or mainly female.
Genderfluid - alternating between genders.
There are people who identify as an unknown gender or choose not to identify as a gender (which is different from agender, which identifies as having no gender)
 
Cisgender - identifying as the same gender that was assigned at birth.
Transgender - identifying as a gender different from what was assigned at birth.
 
People with nonbinary genders often use they/them pronouns to refer to themselves, or genderqueer/genderneutral ones such as ze/zir, xe/xir, or sometimes even it/its.
 
There are some people who refuse to acknowledge that these are actual genders or actual pronouns that should be used. However, some people have doubts about or are uncomfortable with the gender that they were assigned with at birth, and choose to identify differently.
 
Now to the debate questions. What do you all think? Do you acknowledge these genders as real, or do you believe that they're fake or made up (which, you shouldn't, and I will argue to defend the fact that they're real)? Have you even had some doubts on your gender and are enlightened by this?

I realize that not a lot of people are educated on the topic of gender, so I'll explain it as best I can.
 
Binary genders - male and female.
Nonbinary genders (nb) - genders that fall outside of the male-female binary.
 
Nonbinary Genders
There are a lot of these, so I'll try to explain as many as I can as simple as I can.
 
Agender - not identifying as a gender.
Androgynous - partly male and partly female.
Genderqueer - an umbrella term used for many nonbinary genders.
Bigender - identifying as two different genders, with no gender taking preference over the other. (can be male and female, or a binary gender and a nonbinary gender)
Trigender - identifying as three different genders, with no gender taking preference over the others. (can be male, female, or a nonbinary gender.)
Pangender - identifying as all genders, with no gender taking preference over the others.
Demiboy/Demigirl - identifying as multiple genders, but mainly male or mainly female.
Genderfluid - alternating between genders.
There are people who identify as an unknown gender or choose not to identify as a gender (which is different from agender, which identifies as having no gender)
 
Cisgender - identifying as the same gender that was assigned at birth.
Transgender - identifying as a gender different from what was assigned at birth.
 
People with nonbinary genders often use they/them pronouns to refer to themselves, or genderqueer/genderneutral ones such as ze/zir, xe/xir, or sometimes even it/its.
 
There are some people who refuse to acknowledge that these are actual genders or actual pronouns that should be used. However, some people have doubts about or are uncomfortable with the gender that they were assigned with at birth, and choose to identify differently.
 
Now to the debate questions. What do you all think? Do you acknowledge these genders as real, or do you believe that they're fake or made up (which, you shouldn't, and I will argue to defend the fact that they're real)? Have you even had some doubts on your gender and are enlightened by this?

I've had doubts about my gender...plenty of times. Somewhere in my teens I was convinced I was actually a homosexual male. It was fun and interesting to explore my gender and sexual identity, which is why I fully believe in nonbinary genders despite identifying as a cisgendered bisexual female (although I've been attracted to nonbinary people so I guess that makes me pansexual, but whatevs).
 
My dad is a very, very homophobic person. He cannot stand homosexuals (and does not know about my sexual preferences obviously). But recently he got a new worker at his shop - she used to be Victor but now goes by Victoria and prefers female pronouns. Surprisingly, my father has not only TOTALLY respected her pronouns but has insisted to people that Victoria was "born in the wrong body" and is actually female despite what her birth-assigned gender says she should be in society.
 
So there is hope! My only qualm is that people tend to lump homosexuality and non-binary gender issues as one, which they can be...but they are not necessarily so.
 
ETA: After kissing a girl at a bar and making our way to another party, a drunk frat bro plopped down next to me on a couch. "Hey, were you at (bar name) just now?" I nodded and expected the worst. He then said: "I don't mean to be heteronormative, and if it's not an insulting question, I just wanted to know what you identify as. Like, a cisgendered homosexual female or...?"
 
That may have been the best pick up line ever.

I realize that not a lot of people are educated on the topic of gender, so I'll explain it as best I can.
 
Binary genders - male and female.
Nonbinary genders (nb) - genders that fall outside of the male-female binary.
 
Nonbinary Genders
There are a lot of these, so I'll try to explain as many as I can as simple as I can.
 
Agender - not identifying as a gender.
Androgynous - partly male and partly female.
Genderqueer - an umbrella term used for many nonbinary genders.
Bigender - identifying as two different genders, with no gender taking preference over the other. (can be male and female, or a binary gender and a nonbinary gender)
Trigender - identifying as three different genders, with no gender taking preference over the others. (can be male, female, or a nonbinary gender.)
Pangender - identifying as all genders, with no gender taking preference over the others.
Demiboy/Demigirl - identifying as multiple genders, but mainly male or mainly female.
Genderfluid - alternating between genders.
There are people who identify as an unknown gender or choose not to identify as a gender (which is different from agender, which identifies as having no gender)
 
Cisgender - identifying as the same gender that was assigned at birth.
Transgender - identifying as a gender different from what was assigned at birth.
 
People with nonbinary genders often use they/them pronouns to refer to themselves, or genderqueer/genderneutral ones such as ze/zir, xe/xir, or sometimes even it/its.
 
There are some people who refuse to acknowledge that these are actual genders or actual pronouns that should be used. However, some people have doubts about or are uncomfortable with the gender that they were assigned with at birth, and choose to identify differently.
 
Now to the debate questions. What do you all think? Do you acknowledge these genders as real, or do you believe that they're fake or made up (which, you shouldn't, and I will argue to defend the fact that they're real)? Have you even had some doubts on your gender and are enlightened by this?

Banned because some people will actually donate 10,000 dollars to a kickstarter to have their fantrolls put into the comic for a single panel.

hammer bros in super mario bros (and lost levels). i can only get past them by running towards them without thought. its even worse in lost levels because there's barely any powerups

Ninjari Bang Bang - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
 
kyary is my QUEEN

He's pretty cool and the Hanso Charisma Charm is a really good weapon(ihaditonanaccountbutitgotspontaneouslybannedsobs)
 
EDIT: yeah the Xwee is pretty cool what was her name? whatever her name was i liked her

(oh Javi, your presence is required)