Non-Binary Comic - Why Not Both?

[EchelonHunt]

I threw these three images together and still find it amusing how much I can relate to this...

No more having to stick to one side, sure, my physical body has to be male to quiet the noise but clothes, make-up and more importantly, my mind, gender identity remain free to be as fluid as ever.

[Sisyphus]

"Why not both?"

Yup!

Then again, there is the third option of neither, or a fourth option of a blend, in and of itself,, though "both" could cover that.

Why be limited isn't quite as catchy though.

I can't do images, but if I were to make one for myself, I might make the female symbol blue and the male symbol pink and another mix symbol thats purple, and another mixed symbol thats green, and maybe a set of mixed symbols (one circle with the male/female addendum and a third addeundum that just off but is neither) and a singular symbol with a "neither" appendage and another set of symbols thats just the circle thats those colors, and I think I would arrange them into a heart or a brain or a silloheutte of a body, or the image of a planet. But I don't have graphic design skills. So in my head it stays!

[Ativan Prescribed]

"Then again, there is the third option of neither, or a fourth option of a blend, in and of itself,, though "both" could cover that."

Neither is still a blend of sorts. Just as both is normally a blend, neither could be seen as the negative or reverse blend.
Could be that the 'reverse' blend is a way of canceling out what a blending of both would be.
Reverse blend as a way of blending or canceling would be one way to deal with dysphoria.
Blending of both is a way of dealing with dysphoria, a lot of times.
It's in the constant push-pull feeling of one being more dominant at times can be uncomfortable, so blending can help to alleviate that.
I imagine a reverse blending that cancels could help as well, but I really don't know, I'm not like that, but it seems reasonable enough.
At least to think about. Even in blending, one or the other could still be dominant, but only if the other side also allows that.
More fluid, but that's often how it is to one degree or another for most people, it seems.
I know once I started to think in those kinds of terms, instead of having to consider them as separate and not in agreement, 
it helped to drop my dysphoria down to a much more acceptable level, one that easy to deal with, left in the background, usually not noticed.
I think it's in that 'battle' for dominance that a lot of dysphoria is felt.
Ativan

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Yes,
It surely seems that way for me...

[Sisyphus]

I suppose for me that there is a part of my gender that is not a blend. It is neither female nor male nor a blend of male or female, nor a reverse of male or female. But I respect that there are others who experience it differently, and that it's alleviated distress.

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Multifaceted diamonds. All of us.

[Sisyphus]

Sometimes I want to set up non-binary store front. You said a non-binary knot, which made me think of Gordian knot, which made me think, I want want of those.

Which made me think, what would a Gordian knot look like? Make one up, put non-binary colors on it and voila, put it in my (imaginary) non-binary online store front so I could buy it. I love being inspired by others.

[Sisyphus]

Mindbender, eh?

[Sisyphus]

That is so interesting you say that. I am told that very very often, by internet and RL colleagues alike. I've never tried any substances that enhance or alter the mind (I don't even drink), so I can't say for sure, but I can say it is a constant source of entertainment to be in my head.

[Ativan Prescribed]

So I read the term Gordian Knot and think back about my times working in R&D and that to untie that knot, one must think outside the box in order to do so.
(The only place I recall where the term was used enough to remember it)
It's not unlike thinking of a gender that is not a blend of male and female components, but one that is viewed as something separate altogether.
Which is the other option, but often hard to express without using male and female terms because of the restrictions of common language.
So it is very correct to think of non-binary gender as a Gordian knot, simply because it is in essence, outside the box of cis normative gender expression.
The difficulty lies in the use of language to describe that gender and the width and depth of it as compared to the simplified cis male or female genders.
'Gordian Knot' would make a fine name for a non-binary online store.

[Taka]

gordian knot is a good metaphor for the confusion many nb people go through. ativan taught me how to cut through mine. worked perfectly for me, and life is so much easier without scratching my head over puzzles that don't need to be.

"why not both" is fun. but when we start talking about gordian knots, i think i'll answer with "i'll take it all". *cuts knot*

[Edge]

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