Gender Identity Poll

[Jack Lionheart]

I'm very curious about what gender identities are represented on these forums. I'm bigender and am always interested in finding other gender-non-binary individuals so, if you don't mind sharing, please select the option for your gender identity. Feel free to discuss your gender identity here, whether you answer the poll or not. 

[aperson1]

There's already a very similar poll here

[MrRazot]

I am physically a male and as such is my gender.

[anoni]

There's already a very similar poll here

Gender and sexuality are quite different concepts and are relatively independent of each other (although it has been shown that there are some correlations). Generally there are three terms.

Sex = Physically what you are (boy, girl, neither, both) (identified by genders, chromosones and the like)
Gender = Mentally what sex you are
Sexuality = What sex you are attracted to

To illustrate my point, you can have a heterosexual cisgender person and a heterosexual transgender person, both of these people have the same sexuality but have different genders, you could also have a heterosexual cisgender person and a homosexual cisgender person, again someone who has the same gender but different sexuality. So generally gender and sexuality are separate constructs, to the untrained eye a heterosexual transgender person may seem identical to a homosexual cisgender person in terms of relationships and attractions, but the mindset of the person in mind and the psychology of the attraction and relationships is generally quite different.

[aperson1]

I apologize. I hadn't known about these differences, so thanks for explaining.

[Jack Lionheart]

I apologize. I hadn't known about these differences, so thanks for explaining.

It's a common misconception that the terms "sex" and "gender" are interchangeable and that sexuality is inextricably linked to one or both but that's part of the reason I made this thread. I like to make people think about different gender identities and help them learn about things they don't understand.


Thanks, anoni, for that detailed explanation. 

[Cyril_Vaspasien]

Hi, jack! Nice poll. I replied as agender although I indentify as genderqueer the most  I have the body of a female, but I've always felt the most comfortable when I hide my feminine body behind jeans, sports-bra and boy's t-shirt. Although the rest of the world keeps calling me a she (and I don't really have a problem with that) I can't help but feel nice when someone says "I thought you were a guy when I first met you". 

[Jack Lionheart]

I'm pretty much the same way. I prefer feminine pronouns and masculine titles and like it when people use masculine or gender neutral adjectives for me.

[aperson1]

I suppose looking at this again, I want to change my vote. I had mentioned in a PM to Trixsie about a week ago that I'm 'pretty much straight but with a few differences that would take a lot longer to explain than it's worth' - not word for word, but that's what I said as best as I can remember. Anyways, I'm a straight transgender. I frankly have no idea how that works, but it's what I am as far as I can tell.

[Lacrymosa]

I'm so happy that this poll just sparks a light discussion, not a heated argument like it would become on tumblr 

[Jack Lionheart]

That's why I made this thread. I don't condone heated arguments but I love fostering respectful, educational debates/discussions. L=

[Nicklaus Morgan]

Well I'm born as male xD And I am a male So male x3

[Lacrymosa]

That's why I made this thread. I don't condone heated arguments but I love fostering respectful, educational debates/discussions. L=

And that is how it should be 

[Cyril_Vaspasien]

I'm pretty much the same way. I prefer feminine pronouns and masculine titles and like it when people use masculine or gender neutral adjectives for me.

I'd love to use gender neutral pronouns for me but I live in Mexico and well, spanish is a ver "sexist" language and there's no such thing as gender-neutral pronouns. What we know as gender neutral pronoun it's still masculine and only plural (ellos). I love linguistics so I may do a study on the matter in the future (huge linguistics nerd over here  )

I'm so happy that this poll just sparks a light discussion, not a heated argument like it would become on tumblr 

omg I know that feel. On tumblr there's even people who thing that if you don't feel sexual atraction to a transgender person you're being transphobic .__.

I'm a straight transgender. I frankly have no idea how that works, but it's what I am as far as I can tell.

Sometimes I don't get the "gender stuff" either, sometimes I don't know if I define myself as genderqueer or queer or non-binary (on the matter of gender identity) because they're almost the same thing? but again I'm not quite sure if they're actually the same thing???

[Jack Lionheart]

I'm pretty much the same way. I prefer feminine pronouns and masculine titles and like it when people use masculine or gender neutral adjectives for me.

I'd love to use gender neutral pronouns for me but I live in Mexico and well, spanish is a ver "sexist" language and there's no such thing as gender-neutral pronouns. What we know as gender neutral pronoun it's still masculine and only plural (ellos). I love linguistics so I may do a study on the matter in the future (huge linguistics nerd over here  )

I'm a straight transgender. I frankly have no idea how that works, but it's what I am as far as I can tell.

Sometimes I don't get the "gender stuff" either, sometimes I don't know if I define myself as genderqueer or queer or non-binary (on the matter of gender identity) because they're almost the same thing? but again I'm not quite sure if they're actually the same thing???

I was raised by a linguist so I hear stuff like that a lot (and know a lot about things like the gendered pronouns in the romance languages).


The trouble is that the definitions are still forming and changing because gender identity (as something separate from physical sex) is a relatively new concept. From what I understand, genderqueer is an umbrella term for anyone who is non-binary (anyone who doesn't just identify as either male or female).  So the term genderqueer/non-binary would include agender, bigender, and gender-fluid individuals. They're less specific terms.