November 2008
3 posts
Defining BiGender
The word bigender, which (legend has it) emerged from the transgendered community, is broadly accepted as the label for a person who manifests behaviors of either females or males at various times.
The word itself is composed of two sub-elements:
“bi”, meaning twice, or two, and;
“gender”, the term commonly encompassing one of the two reproductive roles, either male or...
What "bigender" should mean
My argument is that the term “bigender” should embrace those who behave in ways sterotypically associated with one or the other of the two polar genders. Now I’ll ask myself some questions (your turn later…)
Q: So, are cross-dressers bigendered?
A: Not necessarily. If a man dresses up to pass as a woman, and enjoys behaving as if he’s a woman, but then comes home...
I know what I am - but am I bigender?
It’s not me that’s the problem - it’s finding the label that best expresses it. I’m getting used to thinking of myself as a male body being cohabited by male and female personalities.
I think the term is bigender.
I started thinking about myself this way in my teens, but it wasn’t until I wrote a novel and showed to a published author who asked me why my protagonist...