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I'm gonna thread this with my personal experiences because it's a good jumping-off point:
#NonbinaryAwarenessWeek (1/6) https://twitter.com/NBWeek/status/1283672923161726976
#NonbinaryAwarenessWeek (1/6) https://twitter.com/NBWeek/status/1283672923161726976
1. People tend to see me (and enby folk in general) as woman-lite. I'm not a woman at all. I still enjoy some feminine aspects of *presentation*, but that doesn't mean my gender is in any way woman-aligned. Some nonbinary genders are, mine is not.
2. As above, that we're seen as woman-lite, even within the community itself. This means many amab nonbinary folk (especially those who still prefer masculine presentations) go without support they greatly need.
3. My parents' generation. We have always existed, but this newest generation of enbies have the ability to communicate and educate each other on an unprecedented scale (that sounds like an ad for my new range of nonbinary robots) which in my experience excludes said generation.
4. It is not necessarily reflected in my presentation or dysphoria levels. Took *me* years to work that one out, hence I ID'd as fluid for so long. So if I look typically feminine, that doesn't mean I'm not enby anymore, and if I look masc, I've not suddenly become a trans man.
5. Don't make a fuss when you misgender me. A correction is all you need. A brief apology is kind. But when you come up to me half an hour later stammering over how you're so sorry & just not used to this, that makes *me* feel like a bad person for not wanting to be deadnamed.
Also apologies if this thread came off a little condescending or generally rude. WRT my last tweet, this is just what I sound like when I'm not putting extra effort in to be super-polite-and-chirpy, because this is something I feel doesn't warrant it. I'm not mad, I promise!
