I am probably quite agender, as I have no intrinsic sense of my gender. I simply accepted my AGAB (assigned gender at birth) without questioning it. At some point, I realized that I don't feel any connection to this gender, no feeling like other people have. I also don't see it as something that influences my personality and I don't apply to gender norms. I just don't care about gender. (This btw. also makes it harder for me to understand people whose sense of gender is so strong that they even reject their AGAB, although I accept their feeling, of course.) So how do you “feel” gender?

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[–] 6 points 10 months ago

As a nonbinary person who still feels a bit unsure, THANK YOU for this long, well written answer. I'd give you gold points but idk if that's a thing on lemmy.

I'm AFAB but I very often wish I could be included in the mens group, you know? I don't really feel a desire to be part of a womens group tho. In many aspects I don't really relate to many of those expectations like dressing up, makeup etc.

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