RE: So there's a prominent "vigil for Nex" in my city tomorrow.
( Ladylucy )
I don’t understand why enbies are considered trans. They are the opposite of trans.
( DurableBook )
Oh but seriously the trans/enby schism is one of my favorite areas of trans religious history.
See, there's one sect who see "transgender" and "cisgender" as the fundamental binary. Any person who is transgender is, by definition, not cisgender, and vice versa. Therefore, enbies are a type of transgender.
But there's another sect who divide people into the "binary gendered" or "non binary gendered". Any person who is cisgender is, by definition, binary, but the reverse is not necessarily true. A trans person who sees themselves as exclusively a man or a woman is also a binary gendered person. Therefore, enby does not fall under the "umbrella" of transgender, but rather is actually its own umbrella which trans people may or may not fall under.
If you haven't lurked trans forums and watched the internecine squabbles between these two factions in particular, I really encourage you to give it a try. It's like that old joke:
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump. I ran over and said: "Stop. Don't do it."
"Why shouldn't I?" he asked.
"Well, there's so much to live for!"
"Like what?"
"Well, what about your identity? You have an identity, right?"
He said: "Yes."
I said: "Me too. What are your pronouns?"
"He/him."
"Me too. Are you AFAB or AMAB?"
"AFAB."
"Me too. Are you masc or femme?"
"Masc."
"Wow. Me too. Are you an allosexual masc he/him AFAB, or an asexual masc he/him AFAB?"
"Allosexual masc he/him AFAB."
"Me too. Are you an alloromantic allosexual masc he/him AFAB, or an aromantic allosexual masc he/him AFAB?"
"Alloromantic allosexual masc he/him AFAB."
"Me too. Are you a cis alloromantic allosexual masc he/him AFAB, or a trans alloromantic allosexual masc he/him AFAB?"
He said: "Um, I'm a non-binary alloromantic allosexual masc he/him AFAB."
I said: "Die, heretic scum," and pushed him off.