gender stuff

[groundisnotmine.livejournal.com]

Hey all! First of all: awesome community! I love learning new things about my body.

I don't know that I have a specific question to ask. Lemme introduce myself: I'm an 18 year old lesbian; I've been in a long term, healthy relationship, in which silly labels like "butch" and "femme" never came up. I think this is because we were each other's first girlfriends. This was definitely a good experience for shaping my future views on relationships. Now that I am dating around again, I've come into heavy contact with the typical lesbian labels and weird gender roles. Sometimes I like them, sometimes they are completely ridiculous. For instance, I don't like filling a fully "femme" role, mainly because that's not who I am and I am a feminist who doesn't agree with traditional gender roles.

I've also met many people that are situated all over the transgender continuum, which is starting to make me question the concept and place less emphasis on "gender." This has led me to want to experiment with my own gender. I'm completely happy as I am, I love every part of being a girl, I've just started thinking about messing around with image short-term-wise.

So here's the point: Have any of you crossdressed or maybe just changed small parts of your appearance to assume a different (and/or new) gender? Any and all information and experiences would be helpful.

Comments

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

I shave my head, I wear men's tank tops and boxers, sometimes pants.
But I don't really assume a gender different than the one I was born with, I just like wearing that style of clothing.
You should dress and present yourself in a way that is most comfortable for you. Perios.
The rest is just details.