Gender and the Syntax of Being

Maverick · 07-22-2013, 08:21 PM

This quote from another article on Joy Ladin titled "Breaking the Gender Covenant" really struck me:

http://www.onbeing.org/blog/breaking...-covenant/5711

"My transition has not only been from an inauthentic life as a man to an authentic life as a woman. It has also been from a gender covenant based upon physical sex and social convention to a new gender covenant in which gender doesn’t mean being male or female, but being true to others by becoming our truest selves."

This sums up pretty well how I'm feeling about my own transition and my motivations. I'm really tired of living "a lie" and not being my authentic self especially around the people that mean the most to me.

07-22-2013, 08:21 PM	#3
Maverick Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Transman Preferred Pronoun?: they/them Relationship Status: encumbered Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: eastern US Posts: 48 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 361 Thanked 181 Times in 34 Posts Rep Power: 1216948	Breaking the Gender Covenant This quote from another article on Joy Ladin titled "Breaking the Gender Covenant" really struck me: http://www.onbeing.org/blog/breaking...-covenant/5711 "My transition has not only been from an inauthentic life as a man to an authentic life as a woman. It has also been from a gender covenant based upon physical sex and social convention to a new gender covenant in which gender doesn’t mean being male or female, but being true to others by becoming our truest selves." This sums up pretty well how I'm feeling about my own transition and my motivations. I'm really tired of living "a lie" and not being my authentic self especially around the people that mean the most to me.