#genderquantum

[thepoetrytheorist]

New Identity Submission: Genderquantum

Hi! My name is Draigìn, and I'd like to talk about my gender identity. I haven't seen anyone else refer to themselves as Genderquantum before, so I think I'm the first one. If you feel like you identify as Genderquantum, feel free to add this label to your endless pile of labels.

Genderquantum is a subset of genderfluidity. I used to identify primarily as genderfluid, but it frustrated me that people would assume my gender was one and not another, and would say "How should I refer to you today?"

Genderquantum is based on the concept of Quantum mechanics, in which partial states may be identified, but identifying one state omits the whole. If you think I am a particle, then I am a wave. If you think I am a wave, then I am a particle. I am all, I am none. My gender fluctuates very quickly between feminine, masculine, and agender, and as such can never accurately be identified at any given time. As such, I am simultaneously male, female, and none. Genderquantum is a form of bigender and multigender. Here's how pronouns work for me: I go by he/him and she/her, but I don't want others to stick with one and use it per day or per occasion or based on my appearance. I invite others to switch out my pronouns as they choose. For example: "Draigìn likes to work on his needlecraft in her freetime." This may or may not be the same for you.

Genderquantum is not the same as Schroedigender, although the two are similar. Genderquantum does not seek to be one gender encompassing many, but rather to encapsulate the shifting feeling of gender and the plurality of gender. Genderquantum identifies the absence as well as presence of gender in our society.

Above is the Genderquantum flag, created by myself. It is a black base with a white helix [or a sine wave and a cosine wave] crossing horizontally. In the center is a white dot with a lavender gradient, surrounded by 9 half-moon like strokes to represent quantum energy shells. Each stroke is a color of the gender fluid flag [pink, purple, blue]

[ladyofspoons]

genderquantum is kinda like this

new gender idea: guy who is super masculine and uses he/him pronouns, but every time someone acknowledges his gender or asks about it he switches to feminine presentation and she/her pronouns and refuses to acknowledge the change

[aerieldandrea]

Makeup on @indyamoore for the TAO Opening. So lovely!!! ❤️ 😊 #NYFW • #hairstylist @hoshounkpatin • #fashionstylist @iancogneato • #makeup using #patmcgrathlabs #lovemyjob #nycmakeupartist #makeupartistforlife #followmypage #aerieldandrea #freelancemua #promua #celebritymua ____________________________________________ #Reposting @indyamoore with @instarepost_app -- When #GenderBinary meets #GenderQuantum he stares at me in cis, blinks in gender, and begins to sweat in masculinity as I Pose handsomely in #toocutetobebinary. The tension between His conflict of binary and the transcendence of my freedom. An Excistential cricis at the Moxy down town ny. @iancogneato @hoshounkpatin @aerieldandrea @thombrowneny https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ZYb0zJkQe/?igshid=1nzhn6kasq6gb

[luxite-keith]

New gender descriptor term!

Quantigender

(Also 'Superposic' and 'genderquantum'.)

Two or more entangled shades of gender experience, typically opposed in such a way that one cannot be described without the other. A quantum gender is fundamentally incapable of being described completely; therefore, quantigender denotes a gender which can be approximated or generalized but never truly pinned down. This gender is deeply related to a mathematical/scientific understanding of the universe.

I also created this variation, quantiangelic (based on the colors from the angeligender flag). It is inspired by the quantum-mechanical nature of light, as it is made of both particles and waves, each facet becoming more apparent in different situations. It is linked to a concept just beyond human understanding, something higher-dimensional.

[rogue-ai-cat]

What about spin-hall states??? or degenerate matter??? TIME CRYSTALS!!!????

[thepoetrytheorist]

Casual Transphobia in the Queer Community in the Internet Age

If you are queer, please read this.

I can't believe I need to say this to the queer community in 2023, but I'm noticing a trend of transphobia in both online and irl queer spaces that is much worse and much more pervasive than when I was a baby queer in the late 00's.

I feel like we need to address casual transphobia more as a society. Of course it's important to discuss rampant transphobia, but we can't fully "fix" rampant transphobia without first talking about how normalised it is... even in our own community.

For background, I'm a 20 yearold anthropologist who happens to be trans. More specifically I am a genderfluid transmasc who identifies as genderquantum. My masculinity and femininity are inseparable. My pronouns are she/he. My gender can shift so rapidly that it's best not to assume which one I am feeling at any time. I am man and I am woman, and it is wrong to remove either of those from my identity.

I've also done extensive studies and research on human relationships and interactions. Why we act the way we do and what inherent societal norms are behind that.

I expect cisallohet's to misgender me, even in close and intimate relationships. It's quite normal for straight men to say to me "I understand that you're a trans, but I'm attracted to you as a woman." That sucks, but it's expected.

It's normal for my cisallohet friends to exclusively use he or she instead of mixing them up. I had to stop using "they" as a pronoun because I recognised that people refused to call me he and would just use she or they.

At the same time though, it's easy to expect the opposite from the queer community, when in reality... it can be quite the same. Quite a few lesbians have approached me and said "I'm sorry, I'm attracted to you, but I'm worried that it invalidates your identity as a man and mine as a lesbian." I've had gay men say to me, "but you're just a woman, so you wouldn't understand." These are all people who know my identity is genderfluid. These are all people who have been in the queer community for years. These are people for whom boxes are so important that they feel guilt when you exist outside of one.

I've even had bi and pan people say "but I see you only as a woman" "but you identify as a man!" "...but you're nonbinary right?" All of which are wrong, all of which misgender and misidentify me. All of which feel violent.

This is exactly the same if not worse than when straight people do it. It's exclusionist. It's misgendering.

And it happens to more than just genderfluid or other gender deviant people. It happens to mono binary trans people as well [people who identify exclusively as trans men or trans women].

We are being told "I'm sorry, but I only see you as your birth identity, and it makes me feel bad when I'm attracted to you" "you can't possibly understand my experiences, because you're not really a wo/man" "I'm sorry, but your identity as trans brings me discomfort in our interpersonal relationship since I have not come to terms with my own feelings towards real trans people."

To me, most of the issue is that in the age of the internet we feel as if we have to conform to the exact dictionary definition of our chosen label. We can't just be sapphic, we have to be lesbian. Bi means two, pan means all. And it's just bullshit. It's bullshit! You can have experiences that don't exactly conform to your identity. It's natural, it's normal, it's human. It doesn't have to change who you are.

You don't have to be a 5 star lesbian or 5 star gay man. You don't have to change your perception of the world to respect others! It's ok to befriend transfolk. It's ok to be attracted to trans folk. It's ok to pursue a relationship with someone who you genuinely like even if it doesn't quite match your identity.

It is not ok to make us feel bad for challenging your perceptions of yourself and the world around you.

Obviously I'm just one person on tumblr, I can't hope to make a difference with one essay textpost thingamajig. But if you've read this far, please examine yourself and your actions. You don't have do suddenly be the world's best trans ally, but please please please treat us with human decency and kindness.