Gender, sexual and other kinds of identity often play big parts in our lives and our experiences living in the world, our sense of self, our sexualities, and our interpersonal relationships. Here’s information on gender, including transgender and gender-expansive identities, intersex, gender roles, expression and navigating gender in relationships, sexual orientation, including the asexuality spectrum, and other kinds of sexual identity, as well as other aspects of identity to help you find your own way around your own identity and figure out what it all means for you.
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I’m an AFAB person who is close enough to feeling cis. I’m not a trans man, and I don’t wish I was a boy, but I really wish I had a penis. I don’t want a flat chest, or a more “masculine” body. I want...
Advice
Feelings about my body as a cis(?) girl
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Articles and Advice in this area:
Advice
- Mo Ranyart
First off, it’s great that you’ve found a sexual orientation that you identify strongly with! Regardless of if and when you talk about this with anyone else, it’s an exciting and positive thing to understand and accept about yourself, so: congratulations! When contemplating coming out, remember that…
Advice
- Mo Ranyart
Maggie’s question continued: I’m struggling with the fact that when I talk about being bisexual I mean that I could happily be in a committed relationship or desire to have sex with someone of any gender. I sometimes find that when people (as a way of trying to be supportive, which I am grateful for…
Article
- Heather Corinna
- s.e. smith
This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults . The current social and political climate for those who are LGBTQA+, especially youth, can feel really scary. We know from the previous Trump administration, as well as the Trump campaign…
Article
- Andy Herrera
Being bisexual entails a very specific struggle that isn’t talked about enough: being believed.
Article
- s.e. smith
Am I trans enough? It’s probably one of the most pervasive questions for trans and otherwise gender nonconforming people and the answer is “yes.”
Article
- s.e. smith
- Sam Wall
If you’re having difficulties, know that there are people out there who are ready and willing to help you.
Article
- Sam Wall
- s.e. smith
Dating doesn’t have to be dreadful!
Article
- s.e. smith
Facial surgeries can change the shape or structure of your face to align with your gender identity.
Article
- s.e. smith
Vaginoplasty constructs a vagina from existing genital tissue.
Article
- s.e. smith
If you’re equipped with a clit and some labia and you’d like a penis (with or without testicles), you’re looking at either a phalloplasty or metoidioplasty.
