# How do you identify, gender-wise? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004 "2021-08-04T00:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/1 "2021-08-04T00:59:53Z")
I’m not trying to be annoyingly nosy, and those who know me know I will likely forget your details before I finish reading your post. Just humor an old man. I’ll start it out: **dropzone** male ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/2 "2021-08-04T01:12:53Z")
I ID as a male, ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/3 "2021-08-04T01:50:45Z")
Female, same as was observed at birth ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/4 "2021-08-04T02:00:30Z")
I’m a man, baby. I’m so manly that even my back hair has chest hair. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/5 "2021-08-04T02:17:37Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Female, same as was observed at birth You are lucky. I was observed accurately, but it took my parents a while to solidify on my first name, so I started out “ **boyzone.** ” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/6 "2021-08-04T02:46:04Z")
Male, last time I looked. ---
**Author:** ![Rata\_Sum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rata\_Sum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rata_Sum)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/7 "2021-08-04T02:54:17Z")
Poking around this site, [LGBTQIA+ Wiki | Fandom](https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/LGBTA_Wiki) , I found Mingender [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Mingender](https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Mingender) so I guess that would be my umbrella term and a subset of that I would describe me as Solarian [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Solarian](https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Solarian) and more specifically Phoebian [https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Phoebian](https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Phoebian). ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/8 "2021-08-04T03:55:23Z")
Often 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/9 "2021-08-04T04:04:03Z")
Male. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/10 "2021-08-04T08:01:41Z")
> [@Rata\_Sum](#): > > Poking around this site, [LGBTA Wiki | Fandom](https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/LGBTA_Wiki) , I found Mingender [Mingender | LGBTA Wiki | Fandom](https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Mingender) so I guess that would be my umbrella term and a subset of that I would describe me as Solarian [Solarian | LGBTA Wiki | Fandom](https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Solarian) and more specifically Phoebian [Phoebian | LGBTA Wiki | Fandom](https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/Phoebian). I had to ask. I mean, I followed your links and, as promised, I’ve forgotten the details already! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/11 "2021-08-04T08:07:40Z")
I guess I identify as male, but if someone says differently when referring to me it doesn’t really matter as far as I am concerned. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/12 "2021-08-04T10:59:43Z")
Always been a girl-type person, despite teachers over the years calling me by the male version of my name on the first day of school… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/13 "2021-08-04T11:26:37Z")
Muddy Waters said it for me. > I’m a man! > I’m a full grown man > I’m a man! > I’m a natural born lover’s man > I’m a man! > I’m a rollin’ stone > I’m a man > I’m a hoochie coochie man ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/14 "2021-08-04T13:31:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Muddy Waters said it for me. > > > I’m a man! > > I’m a full grown man > > I’m a man! Muddy Waters probably got called “boy” a lot. I’m female. I don’t care if people use gender-neutral pronouns for me, but I’ll usually correct default-male assumptions. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/15 "2021-08-04T13:50:00Z")
Comfortably male. It’s not an issue. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/16 "2021-08-04T13:53:11Z")
I’m a male ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/17 "2021-08-04T14:00:39Z")
Straight male ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/18 "2021-08-04T14:07:23Z")
Male. And, my post must be at least five characters. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/19 "2021-08-04T14:10:15Z")
I’m a man. Yes, I am. And I can’t help but love you so. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004/20 "2021-08-04T15:09:23Z")
I’m a man as well. Well, my pad is very messy And there’s whiskers on my chin And I’m all hung up on music And I always play to win But I’m a man, yes I am And I can’t help But love you so [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/POCUgBSVENQ/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGH8gMyghMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDyGvZlfmSaKLhPssaIMThc3fSzcQ "Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POCUgBSVENQ) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-identify-gender-wise/948004.md?page=2)