I am not sure how common being lgb and or t is in the autism community compared to the population as a whole.
By this I mean basically non straight and/or non cisgender.
What I can speak about is my own experience. I've written before about my sequel orientation so I will now focus on my gender identity.
It seems with all things I face it's not so straight forward and easy to explain. Again I'm not sure if that's more common with those on the spectrum or not.
I was born female. But most of the time I feel very little gender connection at all. I prefer shirt androgynous hair styles and baggy clothes but also push up bras female underwear (not that I've tried male yet who knows I might prefer it) and figure fitting jackets that seem feminine but I can't put my finger on why (my favorite is Grey black and white fleece with a hood figure fitting and cuts off about my waist).
However I'm also two-spirit or bigendered. This means sometimes I feel feminine yes. I will love my feminine curves and want to show them feel extra romantic play with my appearance and sometimes even wear makeup.
But sometimes I feel more masculine. Most of these times I just basically ignore it. But sometimes the emotional instability is too strong. I don't own anything to compress my chest I barely managed to take a sports bra from my mom. I just don't feel right and any reminder of my sex can trigger me. I become easily agitated and upset. These major flare ups tend only to last 1-2 weeks but they can be hell.
I've been thinking of taking hormone blockers. I'm past puberty and my beasts are already very large so I'm not sure how much good it would do. But I do imagine it would help prevent fertility and other unwanted effects. But since it's such a minority experience I wonder if it's even be worth the hassle in oklahoma.
I realize that I am my feminine persona but I feel detached from it when I'm in this state and reminders can be painful. On Facebook I've adopted a make persona as well so I can interact more "as myself" at all times.
I'm really hoping these changes help.
But there are some issues I will never be able to fix. I want to masturbate as a male but any kind of surgery is out for multiple reasons let alone changing my genitals for the minority of my experiences.
I wonder sometimes if my masculine side appears more or less often or when it's most likely to emerge so I'm planning on tracking it.
I remember back in kindergarten I half the time identified as a boy and half as a girl. Once I got into grade school the teachers segregated by stated sex things like bathrooms and library passes and some classroom games, and I was no longer "alex". I believe taking away my ability to effortlessly identify as my true self on a day to day basis may have caused some of my problems. I think trying to pass as a straight cis girl even when I wasn't was a problem.
It's not very organized I just wrote everything about my experience as I thought it and I hope this is beneficial yo someone.
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