It was only after the break-up that I had the mental freedom to really consider my gender identity, which was significantly aided by my friends in Washington Square Park and meeting so many trans and non-binary people there.

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It's become clear that I don't identify with men (most of my friends in high school, and more recently since the break-up have been women), but it also feels wrong to be referred to as if I were a woman. So, that's led me to realize that I'm non-binary. The struggle for the last couple months though is what my pronouns should be. I think I feel most comfortable with he/him/his, but at the same time it just doesn't seem to really capture me since I just don't identify with men. In that regard, I think I just would like to reject pronouns entirely. Fuck pronouns. I'm Joe.