nonbinary writers

i’ll get a bit personal: for a long time, i didn’t really feel like a “real” girl. i wore t shirts and jeans every day (aside from mandatory school uniform, where i was forced to wear a skirt). didn’t shave my legs. didn’t do my hair. makeup was a bother. i loathed the color pink. my mom always said i dressed like a boy. eventually i came to realize that i was nonbinary, that i felt more neutral than anything. not genderless, but a completely neutral gender. and since i realized that, i let myself like “girly” things. i love pink and pastels. i try to buy brighter colored clothing when i can. i allow myself to indulge in cute things. i genuinely enjoy wearing makeup and getting a manicure. and you know what? i’m still nonbinary. i can wear a dress and i’m still not a girl. being DFAB, will people assume i’m a girl? yes, they will. i have breasts, so that certainly doesn’t help. i also have a light voice, so that’s an indicator, too. i bleed once a month. i can get pregnant. society sees these things as ticked boxes for a female standard. “you wear makeup. you have breasts. you like cute things. you were born with a vagina. of course you’re a girl.” i have this privilege that i can use a women’s restroom and not be attacked, because 99% of the time i look like a girl, even though i’m NOT a girl. so i am lucky in that regard. gender roles? those are obsolete. trans women can have beards. trans boys can wear skirts. you can be soft and gentle, tough and feisty, enjoy romcoms and cooking shows, watch wrestling and football, no matter what gender you are. 

i’m afraid i don’t quite understand the question... o-o; you’ll have to forgive me, i’m not very smart, haha. i think that the transgender man would still be a trans man because gender is not always reliant on society’s gender roles.

ask box stuff is perfectly okay :) submit as much as you need to!i think the most important thing to do when writing an NB character is to show that they’re still a person (if they’re a human, which i’m assuming they are). NB people have dreams, hobbies, likes, dislikes, the usual stuff. describe how your NB presents if you like. do people mistake them for a woman? a man? and how does this make the character feel? how are NB characters in general treated in this world? (if the world does NOT treat NB people kindly, then make sure it’s obvious in the story that this is a bad thing) what are their pronouns? what are some of their hobbies/skills that relate to the story? how do their friends treat them? how does their family treat them? is the character’s gender a big part of their identity, or is it something they don’t think about very much? you say that the NB character is the best option to save the city. will the NB character be seen as a hero for this? will they make some enemies? will the enemies use the character’s gender against them? be cautious when writing a bigoted character.here’s a very basic guide to some other questions you’ll want to keep in mind when writing an NB character: https://letterpile.com/writing/Writing-Non-Binary-Characters-A-Very-General-How-To i hope this helps :) and if you have more questions, feel free to submit them

So uh, to be quite honest, I actually forgot about this blog because it never really got noticed. That’s my fault for not promoting it enough. Also, my pal Averie who is the other admin doesn’t use Tumblr anymore, so it’s just me now (Reese, aka Robin). That being said... I think I should try to give this place new life again. But I need your help! So please send in submissions/posts to reblog so we can get some wonderful NB content on here! I want the world to see your stories! In the meantime, I’m gonna tidy up the blog pages a bit... - Reese

i’m not sure i have any good advice, but maybe if you tell me what kind of story you’re making with them in it, like stuff about the world they’ll live in, i can help you more?

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