Sometimes, gender dysphoria is not always obvious or uniform in its presentation of symptoms, which can be mental, physical, and social. Often, trans people feel gender dysphoria due to a disconnection between their gender identity and their sex assigned at birth.
Don’t feel pressured to conform, though it may feel scary and impossible at first.Ĭan genderfluid people experience gender dysphoria?Īnyone can experience gender dysphoria, including genderfluid people. With that in mind, take pride in venturing where no one else has gone before. Given the lack of visibility on people who exist outside gender binaries, your journey may be totally unique. If you are genderfluid and your feelings change constantly, you may be overwhelmed by the possibilities during your transition. The goal to “pass” as cisgender may be even less important to you, as a genderfluid person.Įveryone’s transition and feelings around gender identity are different. Transitioning as a genderfluid person means you might not always take the same path as someone who identifies as a trans man (sometimes called FTM) or trans woman (sometimes called MTF). Or maybe you merely want to move through gender categories by chest binding, changing your mode of dress, or lowering/raising the pitch of your voice on certain days-but not always. Maybe you only want to microdose hormones, so your transition is more subtle. Other people want facial feminization surgery (FFS) to change the way their face looks. Or maybe it does! Some people want bottom surgery but not top surgery. Perhaps your genderfluid transition does not include top surgery, bottom surgery, and gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT, sometimes also called hormone replacement therapy or HRT). (Frankly, I believe that no one has a clear ideal.) But for those of us who are genderfluid, it can be especially difficult to know what you want yourself to look or be like. Because our identities are fluid, there is no “ideal” in gender presentation to move toward. Genderfluid people do not have a clearly defined or traditional aesthetic. Taking time to explore your identity and how you best feel affirmed will help you decide how you want to be seen and respected.įinding your physical comfort zone during your genderfluid transition However, if a stranger at the supermarket uses “she/her” pronouns for me, that action may feel like misgendering.Ĭontextual preferences like this can make it confusing to understand what your transition goals are, difficult to set clear boundaries and rules for friends, acquaintances, and loved ones, and difficult to validate yourself and move forward in your transition as a genderfluid person. For example, I don’t mind if my sister calls me by feminine pronouns. On the other hand, context really matters for me. This preference can change depending on your relationship with the other person, what social context they address you in, and other factors. Sometimes, the pronouns aren’t what matter, but the bond shared between you and the other person. The “she/her” pronouns feel acceptable in this social context because they are unconsciously familiarity. For instance, my sister and I often use the pronouns associated with our assigned sex at birth, even though we both inhabit nonbinary identities these days. You might not mind being gendered in a particular way, while this may bother you at other times. For example, at times you might not mind being viewed as your assigned sex at birth. That might be true for your gender presentation, which is the way you look and behave, as well as your identity. Genderfluid identity is very personal and individual. T his preference may change depending on your social context, your personal mood, body dysmorphia, or an interrelated mix of all three. Your sense of gender euphoria, which the the sense of being comfortable in your body, might not be linked to a particular gender presentation.Īs a genderfluid person, your transition goals may not be either MTF or FTM, but an embodiment of both or neither. Ĭhanges in gender presentation like male-to-female (MTF) or female-to-male (FTM) are often equated with identities like “trans woman” and “trans man.” However, as a genderfluid person, your identity may not always align with binary ideas of gender. Often, the idea of a finite, finish line to the transition encourages a binary that can be quite confusing if you identify as genderfluid. However, this can be challenging for those of us who move between or beyond binary identities.
Some genderfluid folks aim for more gender-ambiguous looks. As you transition, you may seek to break down gender binaries. What does genderfluid gender transition look and feel like? Your individual genderfluid transition might have a specific aesthetic.
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