Last week I came out on Facebook as genderqueer by posting this adorable picture series I found. It fits my situation amazing well. I've always sort of switched between feeling female and male but I didn't realize there was a name for it until a while ago. The only thing I'd really heard of was trans and I spent a while debating with myself over if I was trans. And then I found out about genderfluid-ity and it made sense.
I've known I'm genderfluid for about 3 months now and though I only totally came out last week I started dropping hints and making appearance changes since I realized. I got my hair cut into a more masculine/androgynous style and got some guy clothes. I came out to my immediate family 3 weeks ago and everyone else on Facebook last week. Other than a raging argument with my dad about whether you need a penis to be a man it's gone over pretty well.
Things are going better for me. My mom always bitches at me about not knowing what I want or not taking the steps to get there. But it's hard to know what you want if you don't even know who the fuck you are. I've been doing better since I got my autism diagnosis and since acknowledging my gender identity I'm doing better still. I definitely feel happier more comfortable with myself. Let's hope I continue to improve.
"a raging argument with my dad about whether you need a penis to be a man" You mean I'm not the only one to have this argument with their father? I lol-ed.
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