I am talking about being transgender (not transgendered, it's an adjective, not a verb. People are transgender, they don't transgender
).
I was assigned female at birth, my ID has an F on it, and my legal name is a traditionally female name. I am a genderqueer person, meaning that I don't identify as a man or as a woman. However, until recently I was almost always perceived as a woman. (More recently, it's been 50% woman, 50% "what the hell is that?!") This is why I used "people-who-are-assumed-to-be-women". I'm not a woman, but because I am regularly mistaken for one, how women with facial hair are perceived will probably apply to be as well.
I have long, dark, thick, noticeable facial hair that I enjoy and have no desire to remove. It's a part of me that validates how I feel about my gender, and I can't say I miss the constant battle of hair removal.
I really appreciate your feedback,
@Ismet and
@Holmwood . What I'm trying to figure out is if there will be repercussions for not removing my facial hair.