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"  My sex is female, however I feel more confident/sexy/comfortable wearing mens clothing. I often am mistaken for a male, and it makes me feel incredibly awkward. While I absolutely do not like labels, where exactly do I fit within the gender spectrum? -Age 21 Well, Dannielle is right there with you. She&amp;#039;s been called &amp;quot;sir&amp;quot; more times than she can count and it makes her uncomfortable every single time. The way we choose to express ourselves in dress or appearance is not always an indicator of how we identify \u2014 which means that it would be extremely difficult for us to tell you where you fit on the gender spectrum based on your style choices alone. You&amp;#039;ve expressed that you don&amp;#039;t identify as male, and it sounds as though you may not be questioning your gender at all, but are actually just bothered by the fact that others are questioning your gender based on your appearance alone. There are two concepts at play in your question (and in all of our experiences): Gender identity and gender expression. Gender identity is how we feel about who we are, while gender expression is how we choose to dress and otherwise appear outwardly. Sure, there are some people who prefer to dress in a more masculine manner and also identify as male, but there are plenty of us out here whose gender expression or style of dress doesn&amp;#039;t line up exactly with how we identify! People tend to get caught up in the idea that our identities align with our clothing \u2014 most likely because we are raised to understand that there are boy clothes and girl clothes, boy toys and girl toys, boy jobs and girl jobs, and nothing else. That isn&amp;#039;t the truth of the matter, though! There are tons of styles of dress, and  Bottom line: Dating is dating is dating. If you&amp;#039;re attracted to a girl who asked you out, you should say yes. Figure out the rest as it comes. AY-OH. Kristin Russo lives in New York City and holds a master&amp;#039;s degree in gender studies. Dannielle Owens-Reid lives in Los Angeles where she rehearses stand-up comedy in front of her cat. Together they run the website everyoneisgay.com. Do you have questions or topic requests for Kristin and Dannielle? Ask them HERE. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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