BdUnicorn

Read here if display is not working. Hello everyone, my name is Brittany, and I am a non-binary trans femme. So, recently I thought of my past and what could have been. I helped my parents clean their basement and inside the aged boxes were relics of the past: my childhood, yet I felt terribly disconnected, this was one of many times I’ve reflected upon my past and youth. I intend this to be an introduction and overview of facets of the transgender experience using my own to serve as examples, but even others, from a twitter thread. Imagine what would have been for the adult identity you have and your childhood matching. No women with boyhoods and no men with girlhoods, and nonbinary people not having either. Imagine the world of difference it would make for one to transition as a child, even before puberty, and not have permanent masculinization or feminization in the wrong way. I also wish I could have been an enby girl as a child. It’s one thing for an AMAB perso...

Hello everyone. You have probably heard of the phrase "gender non-conforming" and have wondered what does that word mean. Gender non-conforming refers to a person whose gender expression does not match the typical cultural norms for their gender identity. The most well-known examples are androgyny, feminine men, and masculine women. These are powerful things to be, especially if you're trans. Yes, trans men can be feminine and still are men, and trans women can be butch or masc and still are women. I am feminine and a non-binary transfeminine person, a demigirl, lady-androgyne. You know your enby-girl, she has a lot of labels for herself. Labels are like that. We have a lot and are a largely individual style that tries to align oneself to social conventions. In terms of expression, I conform, to my identity, but then again my identity is not conforming to the binary. Perhaps it is a little gnc. Ultimately, using the label of gender non-conforming serves to call at...

Holidays are here, and that means visiting extended family. One of my relatives, an aunt, has four children, two of them are grown up, and two are new from her new partner. As I drove back home with my sister, she said something to me She reported to me that our aunt was strongly enforcing gender stereotypes on her infant son and daughter. Gender stereotypes definitely affect children, especially when parents interact with them. What do to do? There are a few ways Status quo? Often makes life hell for trans people, especially trans youth if there is no culture of awareness or acceptance, and even if they are cisgender, gender non-conformity is often discouraged or worst case punished, at best tolerated, but expected to be "just a phase" and inauthentic for their assigned gender. Integrate the possibility that the child might be transgender when you assign gender at their birth. This would leave transitioning for trans people as we know it, but hopefully, it'd ...