I'm gender fluid. This means that my gender identity fluctuates and changes. Some days I feel masculine, some days I feel more feminine. Some days, I just feel androgynous or agender. Here's the thing, though; a lot of people don't know what gender fluidity is.
Gender fluidity is a gender identity where your gender can vary from moment to moment. People that identify as Gender Fluid fall under the genderqueer, non-binary and transgender umbrella terms. However, being gender fluid can cause one to encounter problems that M2F or F2M transgender people don't. One thing that they encounter is people that have never heard of gender fluid, or even non-binary. This may cause people to think that they're just attention-seeking or trying to follow a "trend." This means that they just need to learn about it. You could try educating them, or just let them know that this is who you are and they can believe what they want to believe. You should never get overly-defensive, unless they're causing problems. Some Gender Fluid people experience dysphoria, as myself. This can be caused by looking overly masculine or feminine, while you feel like you should look more like the other. It can also be caused by not looking androgynous, even though you feel you should (This specifically is what causes my dysphoria.) The best thing to do is to just let them dress how they want, grow/cut their hair how they want, and let them wear whatever accessories or cosmetics they want.
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