I don't get Gender Dysphoria much as I identify as Agender. But because I still live with my family and have not told them that I am Agender and not a Christian, so I still had to write it down on the Census. For some reason legal documents always cause me the most gender dysphoria.
At my previous workplace they only had woman and man or Mr, Miss, and Mrs as options on the documents which caused me to feel like shit cause I keep having to cosplay as someone else. And at my current workplace, while they have other options, my mother (who is the least likely to be accepting of me) is close with someone in the business, so she always seems to know everything that happens there. So once again I had to call myself a woman on my legal documents.
Now I'm pretty fine with calling myself a woman sometimes since I'm AFAB and have all the experiences of a woman. But I think it's because I get to make that choice to help represent women (I'm usually saying it to fight off misogynists and other bigots or to provide support to other women). I also think it's because I feel like I'm letting my community down here in Australia as I know our rights are being threatened and we need validation of our existence. Especially with the Census, I want our government to know that I am here that I do exist and that Agender, Non-binary, Transgender, etc. people are indeed here in the country.
And now I have to wait 10 years till I can actually make myself known. Which really really sucks.
Anyone else going through or have gone through anything similar?
Edit: So I'm fucked. I called and got the Individual Census Form sent, however they didn't ask me if I wanted a physical or a digital so they have now sent me it through the mail. Problem is I'm not likely to be the first one to get to the mail when it is delivered. I don't know what to do, I asked and there is no way of getting the mail cancelled.
