PersephoneMar 5
When I was figuring my self out, one of the things that cracked off a big chunk of shell was a reasonably famous dude on Twitter (well you know Twitter famous) saying he'd thought about his gender and come to the conclusion he was really a dude.

Up until that point I'd been hiding behind the assumption that anyone who actually thought about this would end up figuring they aren't their gender assigned at birth, and most people have just never thought about it but were probably some flavour of non binary at least.

RE: masto.hackers.town/users/siege/statuses/116177643222854981
Show threadPersephoneMar 5
So... Hay... Cis folk, I... Errr... Think there are some of you following me... Maybe...

Want to do a trans person a solid and chime in with your answers below.?

Have you thought about your gender? What it would be like to not be your current gender?

Did it feel good? Better? "Oh fuck no"?
Show threadDavid Howell

@mindpersephone I have.

I've felt sufficiently detached from gender (and especially from cultural expectations of performance thereof) that the idea of being some form of cisn't has crossed my mind.

And I think the answer is "I'm autistic and cis, and very much in that order, and may perform gender nonconformity as a direct result of this."

Specifically, I got married in a corset and circle skirt made for me by a friend solely for my sensory desires of Squish, Swish, and Shiny. The circle skirt material was a metallic blue fabric I couldn't stop stim-staring at in the shop where I met said friend to be measured, so we chose it; meanwhile, the navy taffeta corset was made not for body-shaping but for even deep pressure, and it helped ground me on the big day.

I have wondered what it would be like to not be a man, and it's not felt right. But I'm not attached to this one either; I just haven't really felt dysphoric either, and the alternatives (plural!) just feel at least as ill-fitting if not more. So I've called myself "inertia cis" 😂

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Show threadNaga (he/him)Mar 7
@shinybat @mindpersephone I appreciate "autistic and cis in that order."