Bwee, 3 months ago

@juliaserano I quite enjoyed this video and learning a bit more about myself as a trans person. But I was sad that nonbinary people were hardly mentioned, and traits still fall into "male" or "female" ones with no room for "other". I have an intersex condition (hormonal) but I otherwise haven't transitioned. I feel inherently "something else" when I look at women and men, including other trans people, even other trans people that refer to themselves as nonbinary. Being nonbinary, like being intersex, is a huge struggle for some of us because we're so misunderstood.

You may have answered this in some of your other writings, and if so, I apologize! But I was SO CLOSE to sending this to my mother and I realized it still plays into her binary way of thinking.

In any case, thank you! This did help me understand better some of the talking points that gender critical people raise, and some ways to refute it. It helped me and I'm sure it'll help plenty of others. :3

juliaserano, 3 months ago

@Bwee so like many ppl, I use "trans people" in an umbrella manner that is inclusive of nonbinary ppl. I felt like (especially during the gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation section) I made it clear that there were experiences/inclinations between canonical male & female, cis & trans ones. plus I discussed gender identity as a holistic way of making sense of our bodies, self-understandings, & desires that may involve shifts over time and/or embracing identities that may not...

juliaserano, 3 months ago

@Bwee ...have existed in the recent past. in Whipping Girl, I talk about the several year period I identified as bigender and genderqueer (nonbinary identities that were more common in the 1990s & 00s). I'm sorry if this particular video doesn't explicitly mention nonbinary identities enough, but I definitely intended it to be nonbinary-inclusive