#cis non binary

Hi to you! I honestly dont know about how many trans people view their gender as a constant and how many identify as trans because their gender changed. I vaguely know that the idea of "Ive always known, Ive always been this gender" was more popular as an explanation in the past, but it's still very much a representation of a good part of transgender people's experience. I also know that some people others would call trans dont feel like the label applies to them, because their gender identity has always been the same.

There are two big interpretation of trans and cis. One relates to society, so how someone was assigned, raised and viewed by others, which may or may not be consistent, and one relates to if one's internal feeling of gender has changed or not. I think the first one is what is most discussed and most known, but the latter is a concept important to things like genderfluidity.

Genderfluidity reveals that one's gender can indeed change, so it is not necessarily a constant. Some trans people live as one gender and then when they explore their gender identity, find that that gender doesnt really feel like theirs anymore, that it has changed. These people dont necessarily identify as genderfluid at all, as genderfluid is a label more popular with people who feel that the shift in identity is common or significant enough for it to be a characteristic of their gender. So it's really unclear how common of an experience that is, since there's very little research with everyone being more preoccupied on if we should exist at all.

What I can mention is that this internal consideration of cisness and transness is sometimes part of why some people identify as cistrans. Their gender identity may be trans in how it's viewed in society, but they didnt have to go through a journey to discover it had changed, so they feel it's more intuitive to describe that aspect as cis. Thus, cistrans! Though this is far from the only reason people identify this way.

Non binary people in general can and do identify as cis, or otherwise feel that the trans label isnt correct, when applied to them. That all comes with an internal perception of themselves, as according to the social definition of cisgender, they wouldnt fit in it since non binary isnt included in it. It doesnt make their identity less valid though, and if the part where I said that non binary people can be cis makes sense to you, then it might help tie together the rest of the things I said. I very much encourage everyone who may explain further or from personal experience to add in their thoughts!

If you think cisgender nonbinary people can't have a definition bc then it would describe someone who is not cis, then you're in the wrong bc just cause something describes you it doesn't mean it applies or include you bc the identity requires self-identification as well.

Same goes for bi lesbian, demisexual, or lesboy, you 'are technically lesboy' (/demi/lunian) but refuses to label yourself as such? Cool then you're not/don't experience that identity 🤯 and that's okay. But to imply anyone with such identity are not that thing bc it can't exist, then you're being a reality denier, bc ppl with such identities exist regardless if you recognize them or not. For instance, just bc someone uses ungrammatical conlangs doesn't mean that language can't exist. In fact, it's written already and it's on you if you're gonna cry or ignore.

Non binary people are part of the trans community, because being non binary defies the strict gender-sex binary, and therefore we're part of the community of marginalized people who defy said binary, we're all allies to each other for our shared experiences, oppression and also joy in our identities that the strict binary ignores and rejects.

Despite non binary being a label under the trans umbrella and non binary people being a vital, historically active part of the trans community, not all non binary people identify as trans!! And that friends, is totally valid!!

There's a vision of non binarinity as "not trans enough" "not outside/against the binary enough" that claims that non binary people *cant* be trans. That's false! So the response is "actually, non binary people are trans!! Being non binary makes you trans because it falls under the trans umbrella!!" And that's a valid counterargument, but also, it ignores that not all non binary people are trans! Some are cis! Some are neither!

You dont have to be trans if you're non binary, you dont have to describe yourself as trans or identify with transness to be non binary. But you are and always will be welcome as part of the trans community! That's the important point! You belong here if you want to! The community is for you too! Even if you're not trans!