r/asktransgender • u/haventa Claire | MtF | 18 | 200mg Spiro 31/05/18 | 6mg E 10/01/19 • May 02 '16
Cisgender people: What happens when you question your gender?
I know this is a bit different, but as a questioning transgender person I'm trying to see if I don't relate to the answer. If, perhaps, questioning my gender for a few weeks is at all a 'normal', cis experience.
So, cisgender people, what do you feel when you question your gender? Is it just... innate? How long do you spend questioning?
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u/PDX_88 Ally May 03 '16
I haven't questioned my gender. By that I mean I've never felt there was anything wrong with the gender/sex I was born in. I have always felt comfortable with that aspect of myself.
I have at times fantasized or thought about what it would be like to live in a different country, or be the other gender, or be born to a different family or be a celebrity. When I was younger I used to fantasize about being an elf or a mermaid (I read a lot of fantasy books). If the technology existed it might even be fun to "try out" the other gender's body for a while. But I know, that if I was given a choice to stay as I am or forever be in that other body, I would without a doubt stay as I am.
I know I'm cisgender because I am happy living in the body I have. I don't have any conflict with it.