#questioning intergender

You cannot say in one breath that “gender is a social construct” and then in the next breath insist that “you can’t opt out of gender”.

If it’s a social construct - WHICH. IT. IS. - then you absolutely can opt out of it if you feel you don’t fit your assigned gender or the gender binary itself. 

Like, wtf are you folks smoking bc it’s making you contradict yourselves at every goddamn turn. 

As I’ve said so mannnnny times before:

How do you EVER expect to do away with gender if you keep insisting upon it at every turn???? [bolding added]

Personally, I see no reason for gender nihilism because it becomes another form of gender prescription (i.e., everyone is suddenly forced to be agender). 

Instead, I prefer the idea of transforming gender from something that is prescriptive to being descriptive. 

Again, as I’ve said before:

Concept: Gender and sexual orientation should NEVER limit us; they should only ever ENABLE us.

Instead of using gender and sexual orientation to limit us by demanding particular performativities and physical appearances, we have found a way to harness them as tools that help us to better understand, express, and explain ourselves to others.

IOW, I advocate for #GenderReform. 

Aspecs: “…. yeah… we know th-”

Also Exclusionists: “Aphobia isn’t as precisely the same or as bad as homophobia and transphobia so it doesn’t belong in the LGBT, I don’t care that it also challenges heteronormativity, is a marginalized sexual orientation, and intersectionality, research, & personal accounts don’t count for the ’”“”“aspecs”“”“”’, duh.“

Aspecs: "ummm… ? ? ?”

More from camp-Ex: “Actually scratch that, aphobia doesn’t even exist™. You don’t even /understand/ how oppression works but /we/ clearly do. And not only do we have the right to speak over & for (other) aspecs, we are actually obliged to bc asexies are dangerous, so STFU & pee your pants!!!!”

Right?!?! *rolls eyes right out of head*

TERFs are horrible and illogical and please stay safe when interacting with them. I've gotten death threats and stuff and lots of trans ppl (trans women mainly) get doxxed

Thanks for this sweetie, I’m definitely blocking anyone that’s aggressive. But I held off a little with blocking that other blog bc they were being fairly respectful compared to most terfs and they also ID as nonbinary, so that allowed me to explain my position a little better without causing me as much emotional grief. I also don’t feel like this person is likely to try to dox me, but who knows? Their followers could too, that’s the other thing?

Either way, I’ve clarified my point now and I’ve blocked the terf. I’ve also blocked any and all other terfs that are either reblogging from those folks or adding new hateful nonsense.