Apagender is a new one for me. I was eyeing agender, but I don’t quite “feel seriously enough” about it. I thought of it as “eh-gender” before. I’m socialised male and comfortable being addressed as such, but I attach no value to masculinity. I’m a human, can we get on with more interesting parts of me?
One time, I was referred to as “young lady” on account of long hair (and on a spindly teenager, my physical sex wasn’t obvious at a glance). They were quick to correct themselves and apologetic, but it didn’t bother me the way I get the impression from strongly cis" people, nor elicit the kind of gender euphoria I read about in trans spaces. I was more irritated about the correction and apology wasting time when my train was about to arrive.
You actually sound like me. Long hair, condstantly mistaken for a girl growing up, “eh-gendered”. I am straight, but us sexual preference really what makes me who I am? I definitely like the term and am stealing it.
Apagender is a new one for me. I was eyeing agender, but I don’t quite “feel seriously enough” about it. I thought of it as “eh-gender” before. I’m socialised male and comfortable being addressed as such, but I attach no value to masculinity. I’m a human, can we get on with more interesting parts of me?
One time, I was referred to as “young lady” on account of long hair (and on a spindly teenager, my physical sex wasn’t obvious at a glance). They were quick to correct themselves and apologetic, but it didn’t bother me the way I get the impression from strongly cis" people, nor elicit the kind of gender euphoria I read about in trans spaces. I was more irritated about the correction and apology wasting time when my train was about to arrive.
Apathy is probably the best description.
I still like eh-gender though.
You actually sound like me. Long hair, condstantly mistaken for a girl growing up, “eh-gendered”. I am straight, but us sexual preference really what makes me who I am? I definitely like the term and am stealing it.