Gender pronouns. What a mixed bag of predicament, that one. I've thought about this quite a bit, especially now that I'm transitioning and facing new, not entirely anticipated social pressures orienting around binary gender - both within the trans community and outside of it, which I'll ramble on aboot in a later post. For now, I'll try to stick to the nitty gritty of answering, " What pronouns do I prefer, and why? " Back in January I posted, "I'm noticing that people are just too confused by it, default on 'she', and it's exhausting to constantly explain genderqueer or how my transition is separate from my gender identity. I'm finding that I'm in a position where it's easier to just use language most people can understand, like "female-to-male", for example. Given the options 'he' or 'she', I feel much more comfortable with 'he'. So, at group yesterday, I said, "I'm starting ...
I promise it's not that hard, but at the same time, there is nothing wrong with being prepared.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I think it's amazing how supportive the people in your life have been so far.
It's very amazing. I feel really lucky. I wish being supportive and tolerant was the norm, however, and... well, one day, it will be. In regards to shaving, I just have three little hairs at the moment, so it's most definitely not hard. ;]
ReplyDeleteHaha. I actually shaved no different than how I shaved my legs.
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