nonbinarypastels:

this is your reminder that you’re allowed to create new words for your gender identity.

if none of the existing terms out there feel like a good fit, for whatever reason, you’re allowed to create a new word that does. this is true even if there are existing terms that come close to matching what you feel but aren’t quite right and it’s true even if there are terms that match what you feel exactly but you just don’t like the term itself and want something different.

there is nothing inherently awful about creating new words for gender identities. it doesn’t make you a “special snowflake” or a “faker” or mean anything else negative about you or your identity. you don’t need some kind of special permission to do it. you don’t even need a tale of woe and angst about why you’re doing it. you don’t have to justify it, like you’re trying to explain why it’s okay, to anyone.