Gender

[cjsmith]

Neither box, please.

Gender: n: the set of assumptions not actually determined by, but often associated with, the sex of the physical body.

To be *trans*gender, I'd have to be "gender" at all. No. I reject ALL the assumptions.

Comments

[rampling.livejournal.com]

I too reject the *trans* part of transgender for me. That's why I prefer to use the term genderqueer to describe myself. It posits a gender not constrained by the traditional binary sex and gender assumptions.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and in your case that works particularly well because it links in the "queer" bit. I'm not sure even "genderqueer" works for me. I'm just... not.

I definitely find it hard to communicate with those who are. Of any gender. I don't get it. (Except for the posturing and superiority bit from some subset of men; smugness and condescension about luck is common enough that I'm familiar with it.)