I am very tired of seeing the exclusion of autistic trans men in these conversations.
1. Autistic nonbinary people don't all grow up being perceived as girls.
2. Autistic trans men exist & should be allowed to talk about their experiences being perceived as a girl growing up 1/3
1. Autistic nonbinary people don't all grow up being perceived as girls.
2. Autistic trans men exist & should be allowed to talk about their experiences being perceived as a girl growing up 1/3
https://twitter.com/autismslove/status/1399879691008421892
3. The idea that we should only include women and nonbinary people in the autism discourse is just really weird on so many levels. Some autistic cis men mask! Fun fact!
4. Just say marginalized genders if you want to talk about experiences outside of autistic cis men!
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4. Just say marginalized genders if you want to talk about experiences outside of autistic cis men!
2/3
5. Regardless of someone's gender (such as nonbinary people and trans men) they may still be perceived as a woman in society depending on what they look/sound like! (Yes even an autistic trans man!)
Stop slapping the "women and nonbinary" label on and calling it a day, everyone.
Stop slapping the "women and nonbinary" label on and calling it a day, everyone.
If you want to talk about autism and gender, there a few things to keep in mind:
1. Are you wanting to talk about experiences growing up specifically and the societal impacts of that?
2. Do you just want to talk about autistic masking in general, which can apply to anyone?
1. Are you wanting to talk about experiences growing up specifically and the societal impacts of that?
2. Do you just want to talk about autistic masking in general, which can apply to anyone?
3. Are you trying to talk about "female autism" vs. "male autism"? (if so, take a step back and maybe educate yourself about societal expectations on autistic people)
4. Do you want to talk about marginalized genders and how they navigate society as autistic people?
4. Do you want to talk about marginalized genders and how they navigate society as autistic people?
Each of these questions has a different audience.
Make sure you know what the goal of your meeting or presentation is, and why you are including or excluding specific people from that group. Please don't leave people out when they need to be part of that specific conversation.
Make sure you know what the goal of your meeting or presentation is, and why you are including or excluding specific people from that group. Please don't leave people out when they need to be part of that specific conversation.
And one last thing:
Are you including nonbinary people because all nonbinary people have relevant experiences to give input on this,
or are you including nonbinary people because you assume that most of them were raised as girls, or worse, are "close enough" to woman?
Are you including nonbinary people because all nonbinary people have relevant experiences to give input on this,
or are you including nonbinary people because you assume that most of them were raised as girls, or worse, are "close enough" to woman?
And let me clarify here -
I am absolutely fine if an event excludes certain genders. That's not really the issue.
The issue is when a certain group of people have relevant experiences to a conversation and are not included in said group.
I am absolutely fine if an event excludes certain genders. That's not really the issue.
The issue is when a certain group of people have relevant experiences to a conversation and are not included in said group.
Answer key to above questions:
1 - include anyone who has been perceived as a girl/woman.
2 - include anyone who masks
3 - just don't have this goal
4 - include all marginalized genders
1 - include anyone who has been perceived as a girl/woman.
2 - include anyone who masks
3 - just don't have this goal
4 - include all marginalized genders
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