At some point, I grew almost avoidant to talk about my otherkinity/nonhumanity.
Not for whatever the usual suspect is, like, I donāt know, shame or want to hide it or nothing to talk about or writerās block etc etc.
No. I grew avoidant because how much people make nonhuman equate to alterhuman. Nonhuman is alterhuman, but alterhuman is NOT nonhuman.
Maybe itās spite, maybe itās anger, maybe itās ānonhumanity is overratedā in a way in terms of community topicāthatās a joke, itās always fascinating to talk about.
But alterhumanity is so much more, and a big, inclusive umbrella. And Iām tired of my other identities being a footnote, or forgotten. Iām tired of my friends or fellow community members feeling like they donāt have a space, that they donāt belong, or arenāt welcome inside a space that is theirs and ours and for all of us.
Iām still going to talk about my nonhumanity, itās part of me, Iām going to make noise about it. Iām just going to put forth extra effort with all my other identypesāhearttype, linktype, vaguetype, kardiatype, paratype, hearthome, archetrope, and more. As a stern reminder that yes, all these identities are part of the alterhuman community, that once again, alterhumanity is so, so much more than just identifying-as-animalistic-nonhuman.