#nonbinary egg

Like you had to hide them to avoid being pigeonholed into uncomfortable binary gender stereotypes? Like I felt self conscious about liking Ben 10 and occasionally watching episodes of it here and there at friends houses and playing with the “boys toys” in elementary school. I also felt self conscious about my intense interest in the Disney fairies movies and strawberry shortcake. Like being afab I didn’t want to be seen as a girly girl or a tomboy. I just wanted to be lil ol me who liked a little of everything and was just a kid.

Just musing on some feelings I had as an egg. I didn’t understand why calling someone less like their gender, or alternatively saying they were too much like the other binary gender, was such a bad insult. I was going to make this longer and include the idea that being male and looking feminine or female and looking masculine was somehow bad as well, but I wanted to get the comic finished and stick to the main point. The basis behind that kind of insult could be transphobia, but it’s probably also about gender roles and not adhering to social expectations (and for men it’s also femininity being seen as weak because sexism).

Notes:

I had cis people in mind when I used to think about this. For trans people it’s way easier to see why it’s insulting.

I’m not trying to say anyone else who feels this way is automatically agender or otherwise nonbinary. This was just something that helped me realise my gender identity.

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