LGBTQ+ Stuff

Genders!

You should know what a gender is. If you don't...... well I have no clue what you've been doing in life. If you don't know what a gender is, go look it up. Please! You will not survive this story/blog thing of mine unless you know! Now onto the important stuff. Genders. They can be quite complicated. I should start explaining now, shouldn't I?

A lot of people identify as cis-gender, meaning the sex they were born with. Some people identify as transgender, meaning they don't identify with their birth sex. Now, there are different kinds of trans people so lemme put it simply.

Sex: The gender you were born with

Gender: Where you fall on the spectrum between male and female

Cisgender: Identifying with the gender you were born with

Transgender: Identifying as a gender other than the one you were born with

Transsexual: Having surgery to replace your sexual organs to those of another gender

Male to Female (MTF): Being born a male but transitioning to a female

Female to Male (FTM): Being born a female but transitioning to a male

Binary: The two genders at the end of the spectrum (male and female)

Non-Binary: A term for genders that fall in between male and female (genderqueer)

Genderfluid: Moving between genders or having a changing gender identity

Agender: Not identifying with any gender

Bigender: Identifying as two different genders, most commonly (not limited) male and female

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That's all for gender in this chapter. I'll definitely be coming back to it though. Now for a story. This story is written by Aurelia (Aurelia2873).

"So I have a story that you can put on your book if you want to. My story is kind of long so if you just want one individual section feel free to just use what you want. I don't mind if you mention my name or not. So here it is:

I never really knew that girls could like girls, or that guys could like guys. My whole childhood no-one ever taught me that there were more than two genders, that you could change your gender, or that you could like the same gender.

I remember one Thanksgiving dinner my aunt teased me about liking a neighbors' son and I replied, "EWW NO. Boys are yucky! When I grow up I'm gonna marry a girl."
The whole table was dead silent.
The silence was broken by my mother, "No Aurelia, girls can't marry girls,"

Everyone in my whole family are strong Christians and they are homophobic. I love them all dearly but I could never tell them what I am. Because I have no doubt they will disown me.

I learned about sexualities in 6th grade when my friend came out. I thought it was kind of weird because I wasn't accustomed to it. But I didn't hate her, I kind of understood her. Now that I think about it it's odd seeing how I was raised that I wasn't homophobic about it.

At school I never really liked boys. I was pressured by my friends into dating some boys that I had no interest in
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In ninth grade I developed this huge crush on this girl. I thought she was beautiful. I wanted to kiss her and hold her.I wanted to be more than just friends.

These thoughts scared me, I knew that according to God these thoughts were wrong. I knew that my parents and family wouldn't accept me if they found out. And I got along with everyone at my school, I didn't want anyone to treat me differently just because of my sexuality.

So far I've kept my sexuality in. The only ones that know are my best friend and the girl I like. We are currently talking and I like her more and more everyday.

Honestly I'm just scared of my future and what will happen if my family finds out. I can't be someone I'm not forever so I'll tell them when I don't need them anymore. I'm 15 right now so I still need them to pay for the bills, to pay for my school, for my college and all that kind of stuff."

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That's all for now. I hope you have a mysterious day or night. Goodbye! <3