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Note: This is a pretty long and possibly rambling description but I feel it is fairly important that I write a description of this size.

This is a painting I did of the transfeminine pride flag. Transfeminine is, to put it very simply, an umbrella term that refers to any AMAB individual but identifies with femininity to any degree or, as defined by Merriam-Webster, "of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is partially or fully feminine and differs from the sex the person was identified as having at birth" (please go the links below that can better define this term than I can). I find transfeminine to be an appropriate descriptor of my gender because I am bigender (male-female) and experience both genders at the same time (not as two separate genders, but rather a blended mix of the two), usually in the form of being male in body and female in spirit (my profile says he/him pronouns but I am OK with any to be honest, but Deviantart does not really give the option to choose anything other than he/him, she/her, or they/them so I use the ones most people tend to default to anyways since it is not really incorrect and I don't really care that much). Especially since the female part of my gender identity is not necessarily obvious, and I usually prefer to express it in subtle ways. Plus I am not technically out (or technically in the closet) since a) it isn't really anybody's business how I perceive my gender since it matters more to me that I know what I identify as than it does that other people know (the only reason I actually explain it here is to provide some background as to why I am painting these flags b) all of my legal documents saying male are not inaccurate since I do identify as such even if I identify as female at the same time c) I don't really experience a lot of dysphoria (there is some at times, but what that is I will keep to myself) and what I do experience is pretty infrequent and d) at the risk of trying to self-diagnose myself there are times where I feel like I might have twinges of impostor syndrome as to whether or not I am a part of the LGBTQIA+ community or not especially since I am also asexual (and possibly aromantic but at least demiromantic) and the usual reaction to when I mention it is that I just haven't found the right person yet or some variation thereof. So, I don't really feel the need or desire to come out officially. Still, at the same time, I don't try to hide it, so I don't talk about it to people unless they ask specifically, and even then, no one has ever asked, and I don't see that changing.

For more information on the term transfeminine please click on the following links (this is not necessarily an exhaustive list but these are the links that have helped me the most):
www.healthline.com/health/tran…
www.verywellmind.com/what-does…
www.medicalnewstoday.com/artic…
www.them.us/story/how-do-i-kno…
www.merriam-webster.com/dictio…
www.cosmopolitan.com/sexopedia…

Description
Note: This is a pretty long and possibly rambling description but I feel it is fairly important that I write a description of this size.

This is a painting I did of the transfeminine pride flag. Transfeminine is, to put it very simply, an umbrella term that refers to any AMAB individual but identifies with femininity to any degree or, as defined by Merriam-Webster, "of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is partially or fully feminine and differs from the sex the person was identified as having at birth" (please go the links below that can better define this term than I can). I find transfeminine to be an appropriate descriptor of my gender because I am bigender (male-female) and experience both genders at the same time (not as two separate genders, but rather a blended mix of the two), usually in the form of being male in body and female in spirit (my profile says he/him pronouns but I am OK with any to be honest, but Deviantart does not really give the option to choose anything other than he/him, she/her, or they/them so I use the ones most people tend to default to anyways since it is not really incorrect and I don't really care that much). Especially since the female part of my gender identity is not necessarily obvious, and I usually prefer to express it in subtle ways. Plus I am not technically out (or technically in the closet) since a) it isn't really anybody's business how I perceive my gender since it matters more to me that I know what I identify as than it does that other people know (the only reason I actually explain it here is to provide some background as to why I am painting these flags b) all of my legal documents saying male are not inaccurate since I do identify as such even if I identify as female at the same time c) I don't really experience a lot of dysphoria (there is some at times, but what that is I will keep to myself) and what I do experience is pretty infrequent and d) at the risk of trying to self-diagnose myself there are times where I feel like I might have twinges of impostor syndrome as to whether or not I am a part of the LGBTQIA+ community or not especially since I am also asexual (and possibly aromantic but at least demiromantic) and the usual reaction to when I mention it is that I just haven't found the right person yet or some variation thereof. So, I don't really feel the need or desire to come out officially. Still, at the same time, I don't try to hide it, so I don't talk about it to people unless they ask specifically, and even then, no one has ever asked, and I don't see that changing.

For more information on the term transfeminine please click on the following links (this is not necessarily an exhaustive list but these are the links that have helped me the most):
www.healthline.com/health/tran…
www.verywellmind.com/what-does…
www.medicalnewstoday.com/artic…
www.them.us/story/how-do-i-kno…
www.merriam-webster.com/dictio…
www.cosmopolitan.com/sexopedia…