What is Trans Androgynous? Understanding the Identities Beyond Non-Binary with Spencer

<p>Proudly On Record sits down with Spencer, who is a non-binary lesbian, YouTuber, and community builder who grew up in a conservative Eastern European country where queerness wasn't visible or discussed.</p><p><br />In this episode, they take us through the slow, nonlinear process of understanding their gender identity after immigrating to Canada as a teenager, encountering queer community for the first time, and eventually discovering trans androgyny as the framework that finally made sense.</p><p><br />This conversation covers a lot of ground: Spencer's theory that sexuality and gender are more deeply linked than we tend to acknowledge, what it means to be a non-binary lesbian, and why androgyny can exist in femme presentations even when nobody tells us it can.</p><p></p><p>Spencer also shares what it was like to build masculinity-free community spaces and why decentering how others perceive us might be the most important work we can do for our own gender identity.<br /><br />Topics covered:<br /><br />Growing up without queer representation<br />Trans androgyny vs. non-binary identity<br />The link between sexuality and gender<br />Being a non-binary lesbian<br />Androgyny in femme presentations<br />Gender affirming clothing and binding<br />Microdosing testosterone<br />Decentering masculinity and body perception</p>