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[rinnakins]

Hey, I'm Rinna (I also go by Rin) and I'm sixteen years old. I don't know whether or not that invalidates me; I still have a lot to learn about myself. Still, I've been feeling for years that there are days when I just can't be female, though my body dictates it. I want boyish hands. I want a flat(ter) chest. I want thinner lips.

Then again, I don'

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[gymx]

Hi Rinna. Welcome to the comm.

A couple things I wanted to say--
16 is young. I think it's great you've adopted a 'let's learn' attitude and are open to exploration and your feelings possibly changing over time.

You also might want to check out genderqueer.

I also identify strongly with the desire to be, to exist on the most basic level. It's a sort of 'deep' feeling for me, in that it's at the base of how I strive to live, but also permeates through every layer of my life.

[pink_pet]

Hi and welcome.

One thing I like about this community, and the genderqueer community, is the recognition that you don't /have/ to choose one gender or the other.

Sure, we get a lot of messages from society that says we /should/ choose. But we really don't.

For me, I don't think my personality ever really changes. But some days I want to present more as a boy and some days more as a girl. Some days I feel like emphasizing parts of my personality that are more "boy like" and some days I emphasize parts of my personality that are more "girl like."

Being genderqueer has allowed me to spend time in, and be accepted into, traditionally female spaces and traditionally male spaces. And sometimes I've felt like an outsider in both.

Being own a different path is not always easy, and so it's good to have this community for some support. But being on your own path is just as valid as any of the other paths out there.

[littlejenny123]

I chose androgyny. Because I feel similar to how you just said.

[disdwarf]

im a girl inside but im a genderqueer, a feminist, and sometimes a tomboy so many days I like to wear neckties etc... after all who said girls cant wear neckties?? i wear whatever i want!!! and even when when in stereotypically male clothing im still a girl inside and i can compete with the males just fine!!