Non-cis people of hexbear, what does being your gender mean to you?

Inspired by this dorky exchange I had, thank u BountifulEggnog.

I want to know what your gender means to you, how you define it, what it means for you to "be" that gender and how you define it. Don't fuss about 'correct definitions' or anything, this is about your experience, I want to know what it means to you. How you relate to that gender, perceive it.

Genders have a social construction aspect and is very subjective, so I think people's subjective, personal views of their own are both important and interesting. Inquiring mind wants to know!

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Gender has always felt like a label with no relevance to me, like what football team I support (none, I don't watch it.) I'm happier keeping my identity ambiguous, but I have made peace with presenting as my agab irl because it's easier. I imagine being vulnerable and putting in the effort to 'pass' as nonbinary (whatever that means) only to still have people not get it would hurt, a lot more than keeping my real self hidden from everyone but the people closest to me.
- Is it even possible to 'pass' as nb? Is that when you get they/them'd because someone is unsure?
  
  Hold on, I'm thinking... maybe I need to wear a sticker that says 'Hello, my name is nonbinary'? They/them knuckle tats?
  
  Is it even possible to ‘pass’ as nb?
  Maybe if you're like a slime or something along those lines? /j
  Perhaps if you get nullification surgeries and live in a nudist colony, you could relatively easily pass as an NB.
  
  Being a slime would be fuckin based. Getting nullification and living in a nudist colony is also kinda based.

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