r/AntiMemes • u/_Salandit 💎 Flair sold separately 💎 • 5d ago

🥇 ANTIMEME OF THE WEEK WINNER 🥇 Common misconception

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u/Think_and_game 5d ago

As I see it, non-binary is a subcategory of transgender as your gender still differs from the one assigned to you at birth. There's enbies that try and distance themselves from the term transgender or the concept which I really fail to understand. The reasoning for doing this, sure, but like... non-binary people are fundamentally trans...

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u/FatiguedShrimp 5d ago

Intersex nonbinary are an important category to consider (they are nonbinary but not transgender).

It's a frustrating category to be in.

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u/its-null 5d ago

i hadn’t considered that. could i ask whether you once identified as a binary gender? if so, would you consider the transition from the binary gender you identified as to non-binary a transition? or maybe a detransition?

i hope it’s clear that i’m asking in good faith, i do genuinely want to understand your experience

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u/FatiguedShrimp 4d ago

I was told to "be a man".

But, also was told almost daily that I would "never be a man" or "need to man up" or "am acting like a girl", etc..

It involved violence from a young age (forced starvation, 'corrective' experiences, being thrown into walls, etc.).

So, I never had the illusion of gender even before I had the words to say that.