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tisthegender · 6 months

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I feel like each aspect of my lgbt identity is one that I initially said "Oh definitely not. I couldn't be that" to purely due to a lack of understanding about it.

Ace? I knew the general (stereotyped) definition, and thought "but I'm still capable of liking people and thinking people are pretty" Until I heard one explanation from an actual asexual and it clicked, and, after 3 years of questioning, I was like "OHHHH THAT'S ME!!!!"

Aro? I initially rejected it because I wanted to be in a relationship, but turns out that hey! You can be aro and still be in or want a relationship!!

Non-binary (as a blanket term)? Like with the other two, I still respected enby people, but I, again, knew it through a stereotyped lens. Even though I used to sometimes think of myself as "Well, if one gender was kinda a blur between man and woman," and, like *gestures to description*

I still broadly consider myself a woman, but breaking free of the stereotypes of each identity and label is nice

#gender #lgbtqia #genderfluid #genderflux #nonbinary #enby #aro #ace #aroace #tw internalized aphobia #tw internalized transphpobia

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