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I’m a very confused person | I’M A DEMIGIRL AND MY BIRTH GENDER IS FEMALE, BUT DOES THAT MAKE ME CIS, TRANS, OR SOMETHING ELSE? | image tagged in black background | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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2 ups, 3y,
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Oi demigirl pride!
0 ups, 3y,
1 reply
Yay :D
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1 up, 3y
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1 up, 3y
Shrek good question | image tagged in shrek good question | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
1 up, 3y,
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I think it depends on how you feel towards your body and how people perceive you. Being trans usually means you're unhappy with at least some of your attributes and would like to change. This doesn't have to mean you want to completely transition to the opposite sex, it could also mean, you'd like to change your hair and wear different clothes that closer match your gender. For example, if you're a demigirl and feel uncomfortable wearing a dress or having long hair or wearing girly make-up but in certain situations it is expected of you, I would count that as trans (but good luck explaining this to people who still think there are only two genders).

Now, being a demigirl doesn't mean you have to hate dresses or long hair or whatever. If you're completely comfortable with all of those you're still a demigirl (if you identify with that, which I'm just assuming you are from your meme), just perhaps not trans. There are many different ways of being demigirl and even more ways to express yourself and all of them are correct. The same might apply to being trans, but for me being trans has to do with wanting to change something/wanting to transition. By the same logic, I don't think someone is still trans after they have changed things about themselves and are now completely happy with their body, clothes, etc.

Being cis is a slightly different matter. You could say you are cis as demigirl is still a female gender. You could say you're not cis, because demigirl is different enough from female that you don't feel like being grouped together with "traditional" women represents you. It all comes down to how you feel your gender relates to female and how close or removed you are from it. This is why people who feel trans usually don't feel cis and vice versa, but there is a middle ground where you could feel both or neither as well. Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a word for that but maybe you could come up with one. 😉
1 up, 3y,
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Wow thanks for the explanation! I've heard from other people that the middle ground could be enby, so if that works it works :D
1 up, 3y,
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Yeah, everything in between female and male falls under the enby (short for non-binary btw) umbrella. So, if that's what you feel comfortable with, go for it. 😉
1 up, 3y
Yeah I think that’s what I’m comfortable with :3 thanks!
0 ups, 3y,
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I beg to disagree. Being transgender isn't about hating yourself or your body, aka dysphoria. Being transgender is being happy about being a gender other than your assigned one, aka euphoria.
0 ups, 3y
I said usually. And even gender euphoria comes from changing something about yourself that fits your gender better than what you had before. I didn't say dysphoria is what makes you trans - I said wanting to change makes you trans. And of course, different people will have different definitions of what it means to be transgender but that is what makes sense to me.
1 up, 3y,
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I mean to me it sounds like enby. You’re kind of like me, actually. My birth gender is female and I’m a paragirl (that means I am a girl most of the time),
0 ups, 3y
Ah thanks! I wasn’t sure if enby was a gender or a umbrella term for gender :D thanks!(I just didn’t think cis or trans fit me but that does!)
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1 up, 3y,
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you're half trans
1 up, 3y
...and once again we need more names for what's in between two other things. 😋 Everything is a spectrum! 😅
0 ups, 3y
Trans!
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1 up, 3y,
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Technically under the enby umbrella however I dont think it counts as trams since you still arent the opposite gender completely
0 ups, 3y
Okay thanks!
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0 ups, 3y,
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1 up, 3y,
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My gender is now 👍 :D
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1 up, 3y
I like that
0 ups, 3y,
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The dictionary definition of trans is you do not
identify as your birth sex. How I’ve always been told it is that you are either trans or cis; either you fully identify with your birth assigned gender, or you don’t. One of my teachers was a demigirl (I say was because I graduated to high school and don’t go there anymore) and said that it made her trans, because it was different from her assigned gender at birth.
0 ups, 3y
But they are just words, people could use them in kinda different ways.
0 ups, 3y
What
0 ups, 3y
Trans but you don't have to use the term.
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