I love this.

About a year ago, I encountered a situation with my (then) 6 year old daughter where she defined pink as a girl color, and blue as a boy color. I made sure to sit her down and explain that a color is just a color, and no one is defined by the colors they choose to wear. While she still likes wearing a lot of pink (believe me, *not* instilled by me. I don’t think I own a single pink piece of clothing LOL) she was quite happy to buy tshirts from the “boys” department because they had badass stuff on them like Batman, Regular Show, and Adventure Time.

anondromeda:

dvek:

Cute and femme don’t just apply to women, ya’ll.

You can be a furious little genderqueerling and still like things that most people would say are “feminine.” Genderneutral and genderqueer doesn’t need to be “plain” or “masculine” by default, and enjoying or choosing to dress in a way that is seen as feminine or girly isn’t weak or submissive, and anyone who assumes that to be true is a misogynistic piece of shit.

Things that define your gender identity:

  • You
  • Your feelings, opinions, desires, thoughts, needs, etc

Things that do not define your gender identity:

  • The color of your clothes
  • The gender of other people who wear clothes like yours
  • Whether you sit or stand to pee
  • What combination of sexual organs you were born with
  • What combination of sexual organs you currently have
  • The gender of your romantic partner(s)
  • The gender of your sexual partner(s)
  • The kinds of sexual activity you enjoy
  • Other people’s assumptions
  • Other people’s opinions
  • I could literally sit here all night and type up this shit
  • But I am going to sleep now ok 

this is the best.