The general idea that you cannot be transmasc if you're an AMAB enby or transfem if you're an AFAB enby. If you ask why, the logic essentially boils down to "you're not actually transitioning". Because nonbinary men and nonbinary women are actually just cis men and women, right?
this is exorsexism.
these arguments are messed up in many ways. it implies that afab people are feminine by default and amab people are masculine by default which is bioessentialist. it's not that uncommon for someone to be an amab tomboy or an amab femboy, realise they're nonbinary and then feel comfortable with femininity and masculinity respectively, so they might identify as transfem or transmasc. there's also more than one kind of masculinity or femininity, transitioning from binary masculinity/femininity to nonbinary masculinity/femininity can absolutely count as transmasc/transfem if that's how the person identifies.
also for the one millionth time: intersex people exist.
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For whatever reason I crave consuming like, clouds and nebulas and stars and wanted to share my brewing ideas for how to mimic that :3
☁️ Clouds - Pretty obvious but cotton candy. Biting into cotton candy is essentially like biting into a cloud. I think whipped cream could also satisfy this in some way tho
⭐️ Stars - Konpeitō! It’s a Japanese candy that you may recognize from Mario Galaxy or Spirited Away; very star coded and I think they would work well for any star consuming urges (I haven’t tried them personally though)
☀️ Stars - I feel like ‘cute little sky dots’ and ‘massive balls of ‘fire’’ hit different lol- I feel like massive balls of ‘fire’ would be spicy but I have no idea what would fit that
🌌 Galaxies - Space themed sprinkles!!! If you think you can handle it I feel like eating just. Icing with sprinkles can have galaxy vibes but I don’t recommend it in large amounts
If anyone could point me in the direction of healthier space foods that would be much appreciated X3
I didn't know this...reblogging to remember
the terms afab and amab have always belonged to the intersex community
just because perisex people have bastardized their meaning, doesnt mean that it belongs to them now
afab DOES NOT MEAN "person who was born with a vagina"
amab DOES NOT MEAN "person who was born with a penis"
that re-definition is the result of bastardization.
someone who has a vagina is müllerian or close-to-müllerian (and that term is inclusive of trans women/fems/nonbinary people who have medically transitioned)
someone who has a penis is wolffian or close-to-wolffian (and that term is inclusive of trans men/mascs/nonbinary people who have medically transitioned)
someone who was afab can be wolffian at birth
someone who was amab can be müllerian at birth
DOCTORS CAN AND DO FUCK UP, EVEN IF THE BABY IS PERISEX. STOP TREATING THEIR GENDER ASSIGNMENT AS GOSPEL.
Redraw. The first image is the new one, second image is the original.
Things I needed to see last year and the year before that. This is super important.
this isn't something that exclusively affects nonbinary people, but for reasons i'm gonna get into, we're disproportionately and the most obviously affected by this.
whether we'd like to admit it or not: the trans community has a problem with bioessentialism and is at times just as obsessed over genitals at birth as cis people are.
it becomes really obvious when you look at how nonbinary people are grouped into amab and afab, transmasc or transfem. for trans men, everyone assumes they were born with a vagina, for trans women, everyone assumes they were born with a penis. with those terms, it's easy for people to make assumptions about "where they came from", i.e. what genitals they were born with. of course in these ideas, there is no room for intersex experiences.
nonbinary is more vague and doesn't have "built-in" assumptions about AGAB or genitals at birth. and people hate that. i believe it's one of the main reasons why people are obsessed with dividing us into amab and afab.
but many people have realised that this isn't a good look, so instead they divide us into transmasc and transfem. if trans men are assumed to all be afab and have vaginas at birth, then so are all transmascs. of transfems are assumed to all be amab and have penises at birth, then so are all transfems. (note: this is not at all about people self-identifying as transmasc or transfem, but rather about people using them as collective descriptors.) nonbinary people are constantly confronted with questions like "are you transmasc or transfem?" by other trans people, trying to figure out "where we came from". nonbinary people confuse most people, and most people can't sit with that at all. transmasc and transfem as collective terms like this are considered less bad than amab and afab, because at least they don't refer to agab anymore, so we're not allowed to say anything. ignore the fact that these terms are misgendering many of us and painting a linear picture of the gender spectrum.
i'm very sure that this is also why people hate afab transfems and amab transmascs so much. if transmasc no longer automatically means afab, and transfem no longer automatically means amab, then these terms have supposedly "lost all meaning", because whatever will i do if i don't know what genitals someone was born with.
because let's be real, that's what the obsession with AGAB comes down to. you were born with either a vagina or a penis and that will shape all of your trans experiences. once again ignoring intersex people or any sort of diversity in people's upbringing. it's bioessentialism.
and because nonbinary as a label is free from agab assumptions, we're called by these extra terms that we may or may not identify with way more often. not only are we reduced to our bodies, we're also misgendered and/or consistently related back to our agab in the process.
💙💙I want to see your creations💙💙
There's a star man waiting in the sky...
Its um. Its Sauron. Its may new design for him, heavily inspired by Maraich from the manga and anime Patalliro. And if any of you know about that manga you can probably guess who my melkor design was inspired by~
🌹🦇🌹 Look out your window, I can see his light. if we can sparkle, he may land tonight. dont tell your papa or he'll get us locked up in fright.
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