Is it normal i don't know what gender i am yet?

I'm 23 assigned male at birth. I don't know what gender I am yet. When I was a kid I just assumed I was male because I was assigned it but as a teen I was feeling a little not so masculine. I still thought I was male but I didn't really want to do male things as much as my friends. They wanted to go to the gym to lift weights. I wanted to go hang out at the lake or sometimes I enjoyed shopping at the mall with my female friends. Now I'm thinking more and maybe I'm female because I also enjoy female things like I have a fixation on the color purple, I enjoy cologne shopping and even smell perfume, I love going shopping for clothes and my voice is more light than deep. I also get jealous girls get to dress up more and wear makeup but I know I'm not gay because I'm only attracted to women.......

But I think I'm not male fully or maybe not female fully but I'm thinking maybe I'm non binary. I don't know what gender I am and it makes me so lost and depressed. I want to say non binary or gender fluid but I don't know which one.

How do you know? I lean towards non binary I think I'll end up realizing I'm that but I don't know.

I just told people don't call me he/him just they/them because I don't feel male anymore but I don't know which one for sure. Is it normal?

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14% Normal
Based on 7 votes (1 yes)
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  • RoseIsabella

    What's wrong with just being a guy who happens to be in touch with his feminine side rather than making such a big deal about so called gender?

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  • Mini69

    You are male. Your gender is assigned at birth and easily worked out by checking what’s between your legs. All this nonsense about choosing your own gender is young people living in a fantasy world. You are what you are, get over yourself and deal with it.

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  • donkeykong716

    Please don't take what I'm about to say personally.
    This is coming from a gay man.

    I find it really irritating that you equate activities SOME men or SOME women do with meaning that is signifying your actual gender.
    You have been confused. You have been brainwashed by this new gender movement.
    This makes no sense.

    Gender and your sexuality is something so clear, so obvious, so at home feeling. Unless you suffer from gender dysphoria. You should not be lost, and the fact that you are is a sign you've been confused by this modern rhetoric.
    That, in itself, is what pisses me off. Not you, and you're not thinking right because of this.

    Girls do lots of girly types of things. Then there are girls who do 'tom boyish' or seemingly masculine things. Be interested in air planes, sports, hanging out with bros, doing roles that break the gender stereotype (aka a female construction worker!) and YET your logic is dictating that a woman who wants to be a construction worker - a typical male role historically - IS PROBABLY ACTUALLY A MAN? There is no logic in it, it makes no sense, and if this is actually what they're teaching nowadays, it's so hypocritical it's not funny. It's like saying a stay-at-home dad, who prefers cooking, cleaning, nurturing his kids - is actually a woman in disguise. Utter lies.

    So, I understand that might be harsh to read. I understand you're confused. I understand you felt left out from your male peers who were doing typical guy things but you weren't into them. That doesn't mean you're not a guy or male. That means you're not into that stuff. It doesn't invalidate who you are. You are drawn to what you are drawn to. You love what you love to do.

    There are GAY MEN out there who do things that are not stereotypically 'gay'. They watch sports, are really into gaming/nerd stuff, are masculine in nature (deep voice), dress more care-free, etc. It's not equating anything about them, as their gender, OR their sexuality. In fact, the reality that they exist DEFIES typical cliches and roles and makes me very happy (because it gets annoying to have a group of people boxed in) but to suggest otherwise, that if you like those things that aren't normally attributed to your group, maybe you aren't it at all - well that just plays right into the stereotype, doesn't it? That only men can be a certain way? Only women can be a certain way? Only gay men can be prissy flowers who dance and wear glitter?

    My guess is you're confused, you know who you are actually, and it's NORMAL to feel the way you felt - BUT NOT NORMAL to equate it with meaning your gender is different than assigned.

    Think about it. Know any straight emo or punk/alternative guys who paint their fingernails? They're still guys right? Still straight right? Exactly.
    What about metrosexual men? Straight men who are into more feminine things or take really great care of their appearance, bordering on them appearing stereotypically gay? They're still men.

    So you do you. You've got a dick. Do you like your penis? You like girls you said right? You enjoy pussy/titties I assume? Then you're by default, a guy, a dude, male. (because in this scenario you are obviously not lesbian)

    But think about it. Would you prefer to have a vagina? Would you want to be penetrated by a thick piece of meat during sex where your penis is? Would you prefer to have breasts? Would you ever consider bearing a child inside of you? How would that child come out of you? How would it get into you? Basic questions answered easily by science and common sense.

    If that helps, great. If not, I'm sorry. I'm just really bothered by this whole movement and to see people confused over something they shouldn't be.

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  • foxgirl83

    Ok so i honestly don't think here is the right place for this. IIN is often very toxic towards LGBTQA+ individuals, I suggest going to twitter, tumblr, or even tiktok instead (though tiktok should be a last resort, a genderfluid girl got banned because she kept getting falsely reported by transphobes). One resource if you wanna look at some gender terms (many of which are very uncommon) is the gender category on the LGBTQA+ wiki. It has over a thousand different gender terms! Though their page on lesbians is VERY incorrect, and is actually lesbiphobic, so take anything about lesbians on the wiki with a grain of salt

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  • 1WeirdGuy

    Since all the liberals give you the liberal side of it I'll give you the other side. I dont believe you should do it for a few reasons.

    1. Chances are you wont pass. People are still gonna see you're clearly a man. You arent gonna fool anyone.

    2. Like it or not there's a lot of people that do not like trans people and think they're very annoying. You will not always be treated kindly. This is wrong for people to treat others badly but you cant change the world.

    3. Probably some of your friends wont want to be seen around you. Your family will probably be upset about it. Its gonna hurt a lot of people.

    4. Not many people actually want to date a trans person. Your opportunities will go down.

    5. If you decide to take hormones those give perminate effects on your body and there really are no long term studies on a man taking female hormones for decades.

    6. Theres a reason almost half of transgenders kill themselves.

    7. Social repercussions if you decide one day you made a mistake and de-transition your LGBT friends wont be happy with you.

    Those are just a few I thought of on the fly if I think of another maybe I'll comment again.

    As far as non binary goes I think it's the most ridiculous bs I've ever heard and it shouldnt be a thing. Gender dysphoria is supposed to be a medical thing where you're in the wrong body. But if you cant stand to be either gender and you expect the world to change their vocabulary then you're just an ass. At the end of the day none of us as individuals are that important to expect to change everyones world view because we cant stand to be called "he".

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    • bigbudchonger

      The harsh truth.

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  • girlinadarkcorner

    I think you should consider why you feel like you might be transgender. Like, when you say that you feel jealous of other women, is it because you actually see yourself as a woman, or want to have a more feminine body, and want to be seen as a woman? or do you just like traditionally feminine clothes/hobbies?

    There's nothing wrong with just liking feminine things as a male, and you don't need to be a womam to have female friends or enjoy things that are considered more feminine.

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