my gender was the imposter

i just saw an article by a nonbinary person named charles-elizabeth and i must say. the sheer POWER in that kind of name. to choose a gender-contradictory name instead of a gender-neutral name - a name that, instead of slipping between the boundaries of gender norms and carefully negotiating its place at the tipping point of gendered perceptions, is categorically unable to exist within them! i am in awe

Nonbinary people are so powerful some of them choose gender-neutral names like Riley or Charley and some of the choose gender-defying names like the one above and then some of them are just like “my name is Teabag” and all the other NB folk are like HELL YEAH - Like I cannot support this enough

[image description: 4 gifs of a performance of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman. the first three gifs are a closeup of Tracy Chapman as she sings, “So remember we were driving, driving in your car. Speed so fast it felt like I was drunk. City lights lay out before us. And your arm felt nice before us and your arm felt nice wrapped ‘round my shoulder. And I had a feeling that I belonged.” The last gif is a zoomed out view of the stadium where the performance is being held, packed with people, with the lyrics, “I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.” end id.]