making this thread partly to carry over discussion from another thread but also because I guess having a catch all thread for general discussion on gender related issues, not just as it relates to trans people but cis men and women too. if you're questioning, feel free to ask questions (is that redundant?)
ITT let's talk about gender and gender identity
I'd put up some links but I'm on my phone and it takes a lot of effort just to do that so I'll just do a general overview to start and maybe fill in the rest later
so to start:
gender is the way you as a person perceive yourself in relation to your biological sex. in more recent years gender is considered to be a more fluid concept rather than a rigid binary system, which is how we get identities such as fluid, agender/non-binary, and so on
so let's discuss