Thread by @moswanyu, That last retweet might be the sign. Dang, can't believe I have [...]

That last retweet might be the sign. Dang, can& #39;t believe I have to come out three times, though this is the actually the first time that it will be a big deal?

My coming out as asexual (particularly demisexual) is more of a realization than the denial to acceptance stuff. I was already ace before I knew the word and concept of it.

My coming out as bi-rom and subsequently panrom was more of a "oh, I didn& #39;t know liking girls AND boys was a thing" and realizing I actually fit into it. Of course I did ID as bisexual at first, but remember, I didn& #39;t know asexuality was a word. Now that was one hell of a

process, I was so confused about myself. It took quite a few years befire I fully settled into it? Now I know it wasn& #39;t as long as some other people& #39;s journey but yeah, again, ace, barely even attracted to anybody until I met my boyfriend. Crushes before that? Purely comphet

and it sucked. If I have the chance to talk to my younger self I would have told her that you don& #39;t need to force yourself to have a crush. Happiness in romantic love is nice to have, but it& #39;s not the endgoal that fits me.

Okay, next tweet is the big coming out part lmao

I am non-binary leaning towards the feminine. Okay, I am born female and because of that I don& #39;t feel comfortable using the term AFAB because some people may slam me for that?

I realized that I did actually like it when people ignored my gender? And not because of the feminist thing. While yes I have always stood and will always stand for women& #39;s rights, I was never fully comfortable with being stuck solely at that end of the gender spectrum.

Ever since I was a kid, I always did my best to defy what was expected of me as a girl. Skirts were only worn when it& #39;s the school uniform, and shorts are always worn underneath. Dresses were only worn if the dress code is strict and even then I will find a way to wear pants.

I never moved daintily. I moved efficiently and fast, if it meant looking ungraceful, I will take that consequence. I always insisted on doing tasks that teachers would usually ask the boys to do, and I would get extremely offended if the teachers told them to do the thing I was

doing. When family members tell me to fix my hair because I look prettier with my hair out of my face, I. Will. Mess. It. Up. Even more.

(yeah hi bf if you& #39;re reading this, you know a lot of this doesn& #39;t apply to you because I like it when you spoil me sometimes, love you)

But hell hath no fury like me scorned if I ever get put on the boys& #39; list or worse, be called he or him (with my name, it happens A LOT). Even with the masculine shit, I am not a man. I do not like being called a man.

(btw gotta add that I& #39;m comfortable with she/her only

because I& #39;m used to it. Filipino doesn& #39;t have gendered pronouns, which give me a significant break from English pronoun discourse)

So realizing that and knowing now that gender is a spectrum, I decided to move that slider away from the feminine. Closer towards the middle.

But not exactly middle, it& #39;s still on the rather feminine side? Sometimes it will cross to the more masculine side when I& #39;m not feeling great with being a woman that day, but I still won& #39;t use he/him, they/them would be fine.

Since then I was more comfortable with who I am. As I learned more, I grew more comfortable with expressing my identity through my clothes (just to let out subtle hints to other people) and widening that range I let that slider move (so it does happen, even rarely, that I

Become full on girl). I have that comfortable space in the gender spectrum that I feel safe in. I don& #39;t have to present as that gender I was born into without resorting to fully switching to the other side.

I& #39;m in the middle and I feel happy about it. I& #39;m proud to be nonbinary. Would appreciate it that if I& #39;m going to be out to people I know irl, that they read this thread or talk to me instead of, you know, gossip or something.

For pronouns, I will be fine using the usual she/her (because yall can& #39;t look at my face and say I& #39;m a guy), but since I picked Rain (a traditionally masculine name) as my online name, I will be more than fine with they/them. Just no he/him, please, I beg.

Yeah I guess that& #39;s it for me. Thanks for attending my TEDtalk?

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