Indi Latrani @latrani@octodon.social

@Gargoylezoo I know, right? The whole gender-stuff world is a fascinating ferment of terminologies at this point, I'd love to see what comes out of it in a few years.

All this being said, the 'gay' label also just works pretty well on a practical level for me. My presentation generally reads as 'femmy/soft male' these days, and I usually seek the same, so... ;)

@literorrery I've been thinking about this stuff a LOT lately, as I work out what's next for a sort of life-theme for me.

For example, this is why the term 'spiritworker' appeals to me; it's a sort of practical, actions-based 'I do stuff for folks, not all of them human' thing.

@Gargoylezoo (2/2) It's also meant to have a 'soft' gender implication, but that's not terribly clear since English doesn't have an unambiguous word for gay-as-in-male. I know several folks who call themselves non-binary lesbian, which is a bit clearer since we DO have a word for gay-as-in-female.

The other thing that label does is it allows me to get into this sort of conversation/explanation, which I admit I do rather enjoy. :) Sorry for the walls of text. ;)

@Gargoylezoo Nope! (Even if it did, I've done enough transition that assigning me a 'biological sex' is a murky proposition at best. ;))

It's just self-identification term that feels right to me. The best I can explain it is I see/use 'gay' as a sort of cultural signifier, referring to how I conceive of and relate with my sexuality.

@kauko Yeah I was thinking of asking you about that actually!

As far as multiple instances... It's already a bit of a cliche but I'm thinking of it like multiple email accounts? There's reasons to have more than one, but not a NECESSITY.

@kauko (And yet I still really want a postfurry one TBH. I was talking to Xurnami about it yesterday and I registered a domain for it and everything)

@kauko I think it'd be cool to be on an interest-based server, because I'd be way more into reading the Local Timeline then, but I don't think it's a huge issue.

Results (so far): Lots of favs, only two actual questions, zero shittiness. Pretty decent! Thanks for being awesome, mastodoners! :purple_heart:

Watching a video of my internet boyfriend and his other partner unpacking the new mattress they ordered. This is oddly charming. :purple_heart:

@literorrery This feels somewhat related I think to my orientation toward 'service' in my esoteric work; I've described my focus as 'down-to-earth' but that doesn't seem like the right word exactly. I know what it's NOT though, it's not a search for attainment or enlightenment (not that there's anything wrong with such a search for others)

@literorrery Yup, I know THAT feeling.

@literorrery I think that distinction makes sense, even though I suddenly find myself hard-pressed to find analogous experiences of my own toward either pole; the degree of 'me-ness' doesn't really seem to occur to me as a topic of inquiry, either in meditation OR ritual peaks. All of which makes me wonder if I'm 'doing it right', of course. :)

@literorrery Do you think the feeling is congruent with the sort of universal-oneness/samadhi rush that some folks get, or is this something else?

@Siphonay I know another Alexis who's not female, at least? ;) Not male either though!

"Also editing", I remember as I find a typo in my awoo and have to delete/correct/resend it. Of course birdsite doesn't have that either...

Hey, newbie/terminology question? Do we have a convention for commenting on boosts yet? Like 'LRT' on birdsite before we had quoting?

(Honestly quoting is like the main thing I'm missing here right now)

re last: Don't forget the furries though.

*considers submitting a PR to Mastodon that's just s/toot/awoo/*

Someone's probably already done that though. ;)