Me
Words that apply to me:
- Cory, Cor, Co, epochryphal, ed-ochryphal, ed
- co/co/cos/cos/coself; to a lesser extent (it’s not offensive, just not affirming) they/them/their/theirs/themself
- M. (title)
- neutrois, neutral, neut (that last only if we’re friendly)
- non-binary, trans*, trans, transgender, transexual (one ‘s’) [sort of on that one]
- soft, neutral (this is w.r.t. presentation)
- neutrois, neutral (this is w.r.t. body/sex identity)
- questioning, wtf, queer [sometimes, but problems], pan [sort of, and without a stem] (and yes i here collapse sexual+romantic orientation since that is what makes sense for me personally); allosexual [i guess now?]
- kinky, masochist
- white, french-canadian [loosely]
- middle-class
- unilaterally hearing-impaired, hearing aid user; sighted, mostly temporarily able-bodied, allistic
- English native speaker and native-born U.S. citizen
- singlet
- single birth
- post-college (studied mathematics & linguistics)
- vegetarian
- loosely spiritual, less unitarian universalist these days
- probably: depression, social anxiety, OCD; family history of bipolar (II and I)
- human [though not attached, ‘tis a site of privilege]
Words that do not apply to me:
- C, Coco
- any other set of pronouns at all
- Mr., Mrs., Ms., Miss, Mx., Mre., ma’am, sirma’am (‘sir’ is variable; some neutral alternative would be ideal)
- agender, genderless
- genderqueer, man, woman, boy, girl, third gender, other, any other gender words
- androgynous, butch, femme, masculine, feminine
- male- or female-bodied; intersex
- grey-a, demi, asexual, hetero- or homo- or bi-; ‘grey’ less and less, ace [sometimes broadly, and history, but]
- sub, dom, switch, any of those
- caucasian [i find it problematic]
- deaf, hard of hearing, Deaf
- multiple, median
- vegan, pescatarian, omnivorous, carnivorous
- agnostic, atheist, religious, any specific denomination [although raised Protestant Baptist]
- otherkin, ‘kin, nonhuman
Words that are acceptable if masculine-default-reinforcing:
- dude, bro, one of the guys, sir
Anatomy:
- i don’t have nipples! it’s awesome! :D
Detailed posts about me (most recent to least):
- on species dysphoria [12/12/11]
- personal shiftings [10/26/11]
- on kink and some other pieces [7/10/11]
- dysphoria letter to a parent [4/12/11]