The Pros And Cons Of Non-Cisgender

With the “Orange Is the New Black” star, Laverne Cox being transgender and permitted to play a vivid character as “Sophia”, Caitlyn Jenner’s announcement on the Diane Sawyer interview in 2015, and the arsenal of social media, being non-cisgender (not the gender assigned at birth) in general, has been discussed more than ever. Due to the Internet’s broadness, people who met this classification are unraveling new identities such as non-binary and genderqueer (only people who are this can say this word as “queer” is a slur). Being cisgender is the norm in society. I am also non-cisgender and this is an unique thing that possessed many scars.

Typically, with people who are not cisgender (the gender matches the same one at birth; mentioned in the

I always sensed that I was not a “girl’ and would partake activities such as sports and distancing myself from drama that is considered “girly”. I also have a niche for masculine things such as clothing and play video games, which are marketed profusely towards boys and men. At the same time, I did not feel like a “boy”. I was, during my early childhood, elementary, and pre-teen years labeling my as an “outsider” due to the perception of myself not fitting in. I went on to take on my persona as this “tomboy” while still having a distinctive identity that was not matching with the beliefs of how transgender people were in the

People required strength in order to deflect the ignorance of things that do not conform to the norm. This is because anything abysmal can occur to a person. Everything appears to be at stake when there is deviation of the norm. Bullying aspect because these non-conforming things are viewed as “aberrant”. (Non-cisgender and transgender people are victims of discrimination and sixty-nine percent are homeless or were homeless, fifty to fifty-four percent were targets of harassment and insults, and multiracial along with Native American non-cisgender plus transgender person had the highest suicide rates; fifty-four percent of multiracial people and fifty-six Native Americans who are non-cisgender and/or transgender (Suicide Attempts Among Transgender and Gender Non-comforting Adults, 2).) The previous sentence outlined the isolation and melancholy and plus, with the majority of people being cisgender, people like me are casted out to the wilderness to defend ourselves, without any guidance. Straying away from the norm is gambling with your life and being seen as “void person” in