im not sure if any of you actually cared enough to think about this, but i havent actually been nonbinary for that long. yes, i know not everyone starts out as a different gender but what i mean is that i only found out that i felt like something else other than, well, a girl, 2 years ago (june 4th, 2024). this was around the time i started taking my medication, so that probably helped me with figuring myself out a bit.

for the most part i could say i havent been what many would define as a "girl". in fact, for most of my life i considered myself a "tomboy" due to me having less stereotypical girly-girl interests. around the time i was in middle school i think i had a basic knowledge of gender identities, mostly that there were the basic two (male and female) and nonbinary (i saw as they/them, not male or female).

this makes sense, since i had realized i was asexual back then as well. then later on i did find out about aroace and began identifying with that sexuality too.

anyway, by the time i initially figured out i was bigender, i already had knowledge of the identity, but i wanted to know if it was more than just being both male and female. of course, it is, so specifically i identify as both bio female and neutrois ("new-twah"), which is basically just a neutral gender.

now, VERY recently (literally the day im typing this, june 19, 2026), i found out about a term i dont think, i had heard before: paragirl. i happened to learn about this term through an artwork post on here from someone who identifies with paragirl. i looked it up, and boy does it describe my feelings basically to a tee. so, i think ill be identifying with that now, thank you. lol (just to clarify, nothing has changed except the gender term i identify with. as it more closely matches how i feel; same pronouns!)

that's all i really wanted to say. i guess i just kinda felt the need to talk about my queer journey from preteen-now, but also announce this new discovery since you all are most likely used to me saying im bigender. :P

tldr: im a different, more personally accurate flavor of nonbinary now, called a paragirl.

i should also mention that my OCs' gender identities (namely kaiso, sero & taiko24, and snoc) are not affected by this change. my OCs do represent me, but i try not to have all of their personal aspects tied to me, particularly their genders. okay, that's it. thank you for reading (if you did lmao)!

also i might have jury duty. ill let you all know if it happens.