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How is “non-binary” any different from “otherkin”? What makes one more ‘legitimate’ than the other? It seems to me that the more ‘violence’ one expeirences, the more support it gets. I’ve heard arguments that ‘otherkin’ aren’t oppressed but ‘non-binary’ people are, and vice versa. One believes they’re non-human, the other believes Where’s the line drawn?
Not about nb specifically but here’s an excerpt from an article I wrote about kin and gender. http://fictionkin.net/what-kin-isnt/kin-is-not-a-gender/
Similarities between being kin and being transgender
- *both experience a mismatch in their physical body versus their mental/spiritual perception of themselves
- *both experience anguish due to internal conflicts between body and mind/soul
Differences between being kin and being transgender
- *kin may experience memories and flashbacks to their other lives, transpeople do not
- *trans people experience systematic oppression, kin do not
- *transpeople are forced pre-transition to constantly dress, speak and act in a way incongruent with their identity, kin are not
- *transpeople are stigmatized by places of employment, and entire governments, kin are not.
- *transpeople are forced to jump through medical and legal hoops to have their identities recognized, kin are not
- Transpeople are expected to present as their chosen gender all the time, kin are not.
- *gender is a fundamental societal marker that is being constantly evaluated by everyone who sees you, kintype is not
- A kintype does not affect someone’s pronouns or gender identity as a whole.
- Kin are not claiming to be oppressed the way transpeople are
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