Nonbinary Positivity

it’s so incredibly hard to manage your thoughts every single day, let alone coming to terms with your identity, coming out, dealing with the various reactions to your identity from your loved ones and the rest of the world and most importantly loving and accepting yourself.

what a lot of people outside the community don’t realise is that so many lgbt people experience mental illness as a result of the attitudes toward our community or our symptoms are worsened by our individual struggles.

there are services that understand this and provide resources to help you. i recommend trevorspace as a resource for mentally ill lgbt people!

I care about your gender and I respect it.

“I dont care if you’re black yellow green pink”

A long time ago, I saw this post that said if you’re wondering if you’re faking, you’re probably not faking. In the end, if you realize you are cis after questioning, it doesn’t mean you were faking, it means you learned more about yourself.

it’s okay if you use umbrella terms to describe your gender.

you don’t need specific labels if you don’t know which ones fit or just don’t want to use them.

it’s also okay to use specific labels to describe your gender.

Lee says:

The word “transgender” is an umbrella term that covers anyone who identifies as a gender they were not assigned at birth.

Both binary people and non-binary people are equally transgender.

Being trans without dysphoria is possible.

Gender expression ≠ gender identity, as shown on the genderbread person

Again, if you don’t fully identify as the gender you were assigned at birth 100% of the time, you can call yourself trans. That’s it, there’s no other criteria you need to meet to be trans.

More info: Trans resources masterpost or Ally resources for cis people

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