Would I Press The Magic Queer Button To Become A Cisgender Woman? Unequivocally, irrevocably, resoundingly, YES.

For all those fears and concerns that other trans people have, I simply do not have them. So, without question, I am smashing that magic queer/trans button to make me a cisgender woman!
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Would I Press the Queer Magic Button To Become a Cis Woman? What about the the fine print?

It’s not as if I haven’t wished at least a million times that there was a button that could instantly transform me into a cis woman.
But but but. What about the fine print?
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Would I Push the Magic Button To Become a Cis Girl? Why I don’t think I would

If you could push a button to swap sexes, would you? What if it were permanent not impermanent? What if pressing the button meant everyone has always known me as a girl, so there’s no sacrifice or stigma?
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My Transition Is When I Gave Up My Banana For Breakfast Ham The death of my male identity

I began to explore and search for my mum’s bras. I tried wearing it on my head, like a pilot getting ready to take off.
I wore the bra, and would sneak the bra back to the wardrobe before my parents came back.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff #Memoir #Singapore

If I Could Press a Magic Button To Be Cisgender, I Would Walk Away I am a woman. I am a transgender woman.

I think about the magic button a lot. It’s burned into a lot of trans people’s brains, because it’s a tool we almost all use at some point — usually when we’re struggling the most.
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I Lived as a Man and a Woman: This is What It’s Like And here are the lessons I learned.

I’m a #transgender woman. I spent years living in a body and a social role that didn’t fit. I want to tell you what I noticed from the perspective of someone who has genuinely lived on both sides of the gender gap.
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Why Don’t Trans Women Have “The Operation” The reality of transgender surgery

“Wait,” she lowers her voice, leaning in conspiratorially. “Don’t take this the wrong way but… are you trans?”
My heart does that familiar little stutter.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff #Surgery

The New Kids on the Block Shirt I Never Wore and the Queer Woman Who Could That T-shirt was my first brush with gender policing

Back then, in the late ’80s and early ’90s, liking what girls liked was a risk. The rules weren’t written down, but everyone knew them. Boys could wear sports logos or heavy-metal tees. Girls got pink, glitter, and heartthrobs.
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A series of sketches of my OC Lethe noticing another man. The text reads, "shit! Fucking Errol!"

It's fucking Errol
#wip #webcomic #bl #queercharacter #genderstuff #transmasc

A Shipwreck, a Liferaft, and a Life Secret A gender and acceptance conversation in a most unlikely setting.

The squall had come from nowhere. The weather prediction had been fine; our afternoon forecast called for smooth sailing.
Then a water spout appeared about a mile away on the port side.
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#LGBTQ #Fiction #QueerFiction #GenderStuff #Transgender #AdventureStory

Flat Worlders and Gender Deniers Are Buffoons. Why argue with them?

I miss the simplicity of the flat-worlders’ ignorance of science. They like their world simple, just flat.
Deniers want their gender to be as simple as well, biologically male or female, as if nature is that cut and dry.
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#LGBTQ #GenderStuff #Science #Simplistic

Unlearning Masculinity as a Trans Woman Beyond hormones and presentation, transition is also about releasing the old scripts we were taught to survive.

We are not born with masculine behaviors; they are taught, modeled, and expected of us.
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As a Trans Woman, I Find Power in Not Passing How becoming visibly trans eased my fear of being trans

The first time I put on that basic stretchy red work shirt and looked in the mirror was one of the first times I looked at the curves of my body and felt right.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Passing #GenderStuff #Visibility

I Attended a Salon on Gender Roles In the hours following the salon, I felt a deeper understanding for perspectives not my own.

Though I did not personally know everyone who would be in attendance, I worried I might be be the only gender-non-conforming or #transgender person there.
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#LGBTQ #GenderStuff #GenderRoles

I Stopped Shaving My Legs — But Not Only Because I’m Queer How it looks and feels to be a woman with hairy legs

I am tired of conforming to society’s idea of what a woman is or should be. Buying razor blades and shaving cream is expensive. As I age, bending to reach every nook and cranny is becoming more and more difficult.
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#LGBTQ #GenderStuff #Femininity #Feminism #Shaving

Gender Identity at Disneyland — Why Did Everyone Think I Was a Girl? Imagine what life would be like in someone else’s glass slipper

So are you two sisters?
I chuckled and shook my head, insisting —
I’m a boy!
And their jaws dropped. They genuinely couldn’t believe it.
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#LGBTQ #GenderIdentity #GenderStuff #Childhood #Queer

Am I Trans Enough? Sometimes I “forget” I have transitioned. Is this normal?

The truth is, I never really felt different, in the sense that I was in the wrong body, as a kid. By the time I hit my early twenties, I just felt like a person. I enjoyed “female things” and “male things”.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff #Identity

What If Kurt Was Claire? A Transfeminine Reading of Kurt Cobain Claire Cobain might not be fiction — just someone history never gave a voice.

Publicly, Kurt was vocally critical of toxic masculinity and embraced feminist ideas, often performing gender-nonconforming acts like wearing dresses as a form of anti-conformist protest.
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Finding My Definition of Manhood as a Gay Man Unravelling old stories and embracing vulnerability.

It’s been a slow process, learning to trust that I don’t have to be a “real man” by anyone else’s standards. My version of #masculinity can be quiet and tender, strong and vulnerable all at once.
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The Earth is Flat and There are Only Two Genders — A poem of discovery Where is the edge?

No one fell off,
into the abyss.
Where was the edge?
who said it was flat?

And the double helix?
Chromosomes, Alleles and genes,
XX and XY, male and female, says who?...
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#LGBTQ #Poetry #Transgender #GenderStuff #Science #Discovery

Biological Sex: A Lie Dressed as Science When advanced biology kicks basic biology

The truth is, the concept of “biological sex” is not ancient. It’s not universal. It’s not neutral. It was born out of the need to justify inequality — to fix differences and create hierarchies.
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#LGBTQ #Biology #Science #GenderStuff

Who are Crossdressers, Drag Queens, Feminine Men and Transwomen? Most people don't understand who is who, and for them, we are all "men in dresses."

Most people don’t understand who is who, and for them, we are all “men in dresses.” In some cases, it’s true, and there’s nothing bad about it, but in others, it can be offensive and lead to high distress and anxiety.
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#LGBTQ #GenderIdentity #GenderStuff #Transgender

I’m Crying Queer Tears of Sorrow And Feeling Helpless, If Not Hopeless tRUMP said “now government policy is that there are only two genders: male and female.”

I know many people will be sitting down to write about their grief as I am doing. It is a way for me to deal with what I feel is a personal loss as a citizen of the United States of America and as a #gay man.
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#LGBTQ #USPolitics #Transgender #GenderStuff #Grief #CurrentEvents

I Got My Gender for Christmas Some people get socks for Christmas. Others get gadgets. Me? I got my gender…

Some people get socks for Christmas. Others get gadgets. Me? I got my gender!
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #GenderStuff #Christmas #Life #Milestone

A screenshot of a quiz result reading "Your Result: Sleep Paralysis Demon Bitch let me sleep okay? Stop haunting people." Sleep Paralysis Demon is written in blue.

so i took a uquiz (the refuge of all the baby gays trying to figure shit out) and yeah. while i don't say we have answers, we have. something. #whatsgoingonlol #genderstuff

If their breasts were not deemed large enough, they would not be allowed to keep their bras. I felt like I’d woken up to some imagined dystopia, but they say truth is stranger than fiction.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Prisons #GenderStuff #Bigotry

we roll out your room with Vs and Ws in a neutral color,
as we want to keep your identity a surprise...
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#LGBTQ #Poetry #Transgender #Parenting #Family #GenderStuff

They told me to give up, but that only fueled my need to push forward. I wanted to prove that I did belong, that I wasn’t the weak girl they told me I was.
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#LGBTQ #Memoir #Transgender #Childhood #Sports #GenderStuff

Five Signs You May Be Transgender or Nonbinary Bonus sign: You’re extremely invested in the question

It took me a long time to accept my gender.
Here are a few of the signs I missed.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Nonbinary #GenderStuff #Identity