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Happy #Agender Pride Day to all the wonderful agender people in our community 🥰💚

Today we are taking some time to bust certain myths about the agender identity🧵 ⁠⁠(1/9) Busting Agender Myths
Myth 1: You can't be genderless (2/9) Myth 1: You can't be gender...
Myth 2: You have to be androgynous to be agender (3/9) Myth 2: You have to be andr...
Myth 3: You have to use they/them pronouns to be agender (4/9) Myth 3: You have to use the...
Myth 4: This is a new thing, you're just making it up (5/9) Myth 4: This is a new thing...
Myth 5: You can't transition if you're agender (6/9) Myth 5: You can’t transitio...
Myth 6: Agender folks can't understand gender-based discrimination (7/9) Myth 6: Agender folks can’t...
Not a myth, but you are all valid and we love you 🥹 🫶(8/9) In short, agender people ar...
How are you marking #AgenderPrideDay? Let us know if there are any myths we have missed 💚⁠ (9/9)

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