The Joy Of Genderfluid And Pansexuality

Here’s the issue I’m facing. I wanted to do a content idea, which I did two years ago. The idea was to showcase queer artists that I didn’t know about, but I didn’t find what I needed for the post, so I was stuck. As I said in one of my posts this week. I’m pansexual, which means I’m not necessarily attracted to someone’s gender traits, which then people go on to assume, ” Oh, then you might be dating a lot if anyone can be your partner” This is very far from real life, at least for me.

I found this story about pansexuality and genderqueer, and I thought I would share it with you. Here’s the story of Talia Clementine, and I hope I do it justice. They were abused when they were young by someone who was in charge of taking care of them, which led to them having C-PTSD, which made childhood memories in their words, “ I had trouble remembering my childhood and felt this freezing sensation whenever I was touched by a woman” Talia went on to say that society has the stereotypes that abuse will “turn you gay”.

The bright side is that their family was accepting, and their mother worked at an NGO that hosted an LGBTQ+ youth support group. The reaction of the mother when their sibling came to them was epic, stating: ‘I didn’t pressure you into feeling like you had to be queer, right?’ Talia came out as pansexual at the age of 24, then genderfluid at age 26. They also wrote in this article how they feared it was too late for them to come. This was a fear for me as well in the first years, especially being told by doctors that it might be too late. I came out on my 21^st birthday, so thinking about it now, I had barely started adulthood. I loved how they explained healing, but it didn’t feel right for me to write it secondhanded. So, I will link the article here so you can go check it out