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Trithis2077

So I think I'm gender indifferent, but I was wondering if there's a more common way to describe it.

Hi folks, so I had the realization over the last month or so that I might be gender fluid, but also not. The term I've been using is "Gender Indiferent" or "Gender fluid in a cup" which works, but I wanted to see if there's another way people would describe it.

The way I've come to describe it is with a cups analogy. Basically, you have a whole bunch of cups, all different colors and I'm the liquid in a blue cup. I'm firmly in the blue cup and will happily identify as blue, but because I'm just inside the cup, I don't mind if you call me red or yellow or purple. At the same time, if you were to pick me up and pour me into the red cup, life wouldn't really change for me. I'm still just the liquid. I'd probably more identify as red at that point, but wouldn't mind being called blue.

To put it in more common terms, I identify as a cis male, but mainly because that's how I've always presented. I identify most with he/him pronouns, but don't mind any particular pronouns. I don't feel like Gender Fluid fits quite right because I do currently feel firmly male, but if I woke up tomorrow with a female body, it wouldn't change the way I view myself all that much if at all. I'm not Agender because I definitely feel like I have a gender, but said gender just... isn't important(?); thus gender indifferent.

I'd love to hear if there's anyone who can relate to this weirdly specific feeling and if there are any better descriptors people would use.

Posted Nov 11, 2022, 12:47 AM UTC

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