My sense is that my “gender identity” – whatever that is – was delivered to me first by my family as well as a variety of school and medical authorities. It was with some difficulty that I found a way of occupying the language used to define and defeat me.

I still rather think that pronouns come to me from others, which I find interesting, since I receive an array of them – so I am always somewhat surprised and impressed when people decide their own pronouns or even when they ask me what pronouns I prefer.

- Judith Butler

I relate to them on this.

I don't like to use the language "I identify as", I don't believe I have an intrinsic gender identity, an internal truth. These are all just words which can be used to describe me and the amount I relate to them fluctuates. Butch, nonbinary, woman, lesbian, queer, all just words. I just know I'm not a straight man. While I'm interested in the effects of T, I wouldn't want to transition to being a man. If I would ever take T, it wouldn't be with that intention.