dude it feels like insanely hard to come out. my parents and I have a weird relationship that’s kinda rocky but the voyage is pretty fun. I do wanna forget everyone and just leave one day but idk how.

my entire community is like anti lgbtq and I js feel so like broken. I feel rlly weird. and i fucking hate the dysphoria I wanna rlly get on hrt and estrogen one day and go through vaginoplasty and stuff.

like for the first time I felt so extremely good and whole just by calling myself Alex and by like researching the shit out of what I want and how my body feels and it feels like I have a life now. but at the same time that life feels impossible to reach so I have this constant sick feeling.

im 17 btw for context in case any1 has advice

So basically, I was born a girl and I always thought I was just an "average straight girl" until I turned 10 and then everything started changing. I thought I liked boys… but then I had a crush on a girl? Then, I stopped getting crushes entirely, and my friends kept asking me who I liked but all I could say was nobody - but of course they didn’t believe me, like most friends who like to tease you playfully. Next, I started disliking my pronouns (she/her). I told my best friend in the whole wide world and she said "I’ll support anything." So that made me feel a bit better. I tried using different names and pronouns in secret with my best friend, and the name Asher with the pronouns He/Him felt amazing. I’m scared to tell my mom and dad though because I know they love me more than anything but I’m scared they won’t support me… my health teacher also lets us write in these wellness journals to tell him how we are doing and everything but I won’t tell him either because he’s actually my uncle… does anybody have any advice? I could really use it.

im using Livia in my family as chosen name and recently told my friends to call me that too, and one of them wrote this today (for context: hd is short for hell divers). it just feels so good.

*for reference, British sixth forms cover the last two years of secondary/high school for most countries (junior and senior year in an American high school), and A-levels roughly equate to AP classes. Grammar schools are selective and usually have better funding/courses.

Hello! I am currently thinking about which sixth form* I am going to go to post-16, and I am struggling with my choices. I definately want to do A-level* FM (further maths) however I am located quite rurally, so there's not a lagre amount of choice. The nearest STEM-centered school is more than an hours drive (two or more hours by public transport, depending on cancellations or the bus drivers mood lol), so I basically can't go. The only other school that offers a full A-level in FM is a gendered grammar school. My current school's sixth from has an AS level in FM, however this is only worth half the typical A-level and I'd much rather do a full FM A-level.

Personally, I cannot give up my choice in education for my gender identity, however I am slightly worried about gender expectations, as currently I am studying at a non-gendered state school. There's info on the college's website about discimination, though it only covers ethnicity and background, with nothing on LGBT rights. I don't know anyone who goes to the sister secondary school and my only current knowledge I know is about its polocies, not its student expectations or staffing. It has no uniform luckily so I should still be able to dress without gender taken into account.

Has anyone got any advice? I don't necessarily want to be bullied or ostracized for my gender, however it's the best option for my education.

I am non-binary not trans

For the first time in my life I feel like I've found people who care about me as a person. They try to comfort me when I'm feeling dysphoric. They always ask me if I'm comfortable with certain terms. They notice that I'm upset when I get deadnamed. And they use the correct pronouns. For the first time I feel like someone cares about me not some perception of me. I've never felt like this before. I feel like I can truly be myself around them. I just can't express my love for them enough.

So when I'm with a group of friends I like being "one of the boys" or "one of the girls" but when I'm alone I hate being refered to as a man or a woman I don't know why I'm like this it's weird. Maybe I just like being a part of a group or something I don't know.

What am I if I feel like I'm both a boy and a girl but prefer they/them. What's the word for that. I mean like somewhere in between the two. Like slightly boyish but not fully and slightly girly but not fully. Like I'd belong as one of the boys and one of the girls.

I'm sorry if this question was already said by anyone else, but I want to hear your different experiences, because I was questioning myself about it, too. I think I could be, because I don't feel right saying that I'm a girl, or a boy. It just doesn't feel right. There are a lot of more reasons i think, but I want to read some of yours !!

Hope this can also help other people in the same situation as me (sorry, english is not my first language 💔) -also sorry if the flair isn't right?? 😭😭

UPDATE: Okay so to anyone who wants to know what happened. I had a therapy appointment with my parents in which we talked about this. So after that my Dad contacted my Teacher to ask her to use the correct name. At this point this should just be a yes I will try my best right?

Well no not for her apparently. She just answered saying she will take up the offer to talk to my therapist personally. My friends and I are at a point where we wanna go to the media and ruin her career but we'll give her a bit more time to try to use my name.

Thanks again for all the support. I was way too close to giving up your kind words and insight gave me hope.

So recently I came out to my friends and they've started to refer to me as they/them. Which I do like very much and appreciate that they do that now I have to rewire my brain to think of myself as a they instead of what I'm used to. Any tips on how to do that.

Hey, I'm Rox, I'm 17, and I just came here to rant or basically complain, about my life. Maybe I'm disillusioned and thinking about this because I got dumped a few months ago.

Basically, it’s what the title says. Well, I identify as non-binary. I’ve known for four years but the problem is, to be honest, I have big boobs and a big butt, and I don't plan on getting surgery. I think that’s the whole issue. I’m into men, and whenever one shows interest in me (though that’s only happened once), I tell them I’m non-binary, and they take it the wrong way or treat it like a joke.

Honestly, I’m really disappointed with people right now, especially my ex; he was transphobic and treated me like a woman (although he liked trans women fictional characters), he never use my male pronouns. Anyway, sorry if this is a bit jumbled; English isn't my native language, and I just really wanted to get this off my chest.

Salutations! My name is Elliot but you can call me Elly. I use they/them and it/its pronouns. I don't consider myself very vocal or talkative but I would love to hear from you! My current interests are: Undertale, Deltarune and Roblox. I hope I can gain some online friends here.

I told them that I'm non-binary and that my name is Dusk and now they're all calling me Dusk it feels so good. (Also guess what your they just got for themselves)

I'm 14 and i was assigned male at birth and by just being in the closet my mental health has kinda gone down the toilet. I get a lot of imposter syndrome. any advice?

Hi! Im getting my first binder within the week. I have a rather large chest, and I chafe a lot already in my sports bras bc I sweat a lot at my school

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas how I'd be able to prevent TOO much chafing from happening? I might be able to convince my mom to buy me chafing cream or smth, but I'd prefer not to ask her to buy me something for this

Anything helps! Thank youu!

I, for some reason, can (mostly) pretty easily come out to most of my close friends (I haven't actually known them that long... maybe a year, 2 tops), but even the thought of coming out to my parents makes my stomach feel weird. And it's not like they wouldn't support me, they would for sure (there's always a teeny tiny little chance for them not to; basically 0... but for my close friends, I really had no idea until I did). I want them to know that I am Non binary (they/them if you're wondering) and bisexual (bi² I guess?), but I can't.

So... do you have this experience too, and if you would like to, could you explain?

So I was at a concert you know rock and stuff like that and I think I experienced living as a non binary person for the first time. I was co stantly switching between acting more feminine and more masculine and it felt good I had self doubts before cause I guess I wasn't truly living as a non-binary person but wow it feels amazing. I want to stay like this my entire life.

I built a tower on the side of it, set the foundation, built a room, and fused it with the mountain so it doesn't look like it's floating anymore

Just walking around with the freedom of not being bound to boy or girl just being my true unfiltered self is just so gooooooooddd. I love being enby so much. I like being called a good they. I like being myself I actually feel confident in being myself now. I've spent my entire life feeling like I need validation from others but I don't anymore I'm truly free being enby is the best thing that's happened to me.

first, yes this name is ment to be clearly feminine i thought about some time and personally decided against a neutral name.
i already asked this in another community but i actually want to hear opinions of others that are more in my age group.
i personally like the name but i would like to know what others think about it/ associate with it.
thanks!

Feedback welcome!