This Trans+ History Week, Just Like Us ambassador Maha Borbon is reflecting on how socially constructed binaries have impacted them as a transmasc person.
Words by Maha Borbon Header by Yosef Phelan In our society, everything is divided into binaries.
Masculine and feminine. I’m a very flamboyant person, you’ll see me in the brightest of colours all the time. And if you want your nails to be done, seriously, just hit me up!
I’m a transmasc person, but I still love some things that are considered stereotypically feminine. Now, I can say that I like how it adds some fluidity in my gender expression, but it took me some time to realise that all these things don’t make me ‘less of a man’.