The fear of not knowing if your friends are for real, though. . .

It’s… a little better. Than it was.

Why do you think I’d rather be quietly mistaken as cisgender than open my mouth and probably end up mistaken as transgender?

I’m an AFAB non-binary genderqueer/genderpunk person- it was only during the latter part of 2015 that I was able to see that and re-evaluating my gender and who I am.

I have old friends that know me as a “girl” and get lumped into that category all the time with most people- for the former, I’ve slowly begun to come out as non-binary and for the latter… most times I don’t care, but dysphoria tends to sneak up on me and hurt me real GOOD sometimes, SIGH.

Anyway, thank you Blue

I hate to say this, but this is the only comic I’ve seen so far that has two realistic and different trans folks talking together about how they pass (plus other sundry) and how they approach things/want to be seen

I am very, very grateful.

Thank you So Much!

This page brought me to tears. This is exactly how I feel and how I live. It’s so hard to find someone who understands so seeing someone like me in an actual comic that actual people read means so much to me.

I like ey/em/eir as neutral pronouns in general and for myself as a non-binary person. The fact that they’re derived from they/them/their seem to make them easier to grasp and use while still being relatively distinct. They’re not widely used however, though I do try to use them whenever it seems appropriate. English is bad enough when it comes to gender; I find the languages that gender even more words to be… uncool lol. And yeah, I’d have to agree that it is sexist to choose a male pronoun as the default to describe a mixed group of people, but as you say the fix for it isn’t easy. I think any non-binary person who is relatively mature would appreciate sincere attempts to be respectful, and using neutral pronouns is probably a good place to start until informed otherwise.

I think Blue mentioned before in the author’s comments (when Sulla and Al are in the synthetic bar) that passing isn’t an ideal, but something that SULLA worries about. It seems Ty isn’t as worried about that, or at least not in the same way. Ty’s thoughts here seem very real to me, because I’ve had them too. Although personally I am more towards the “see me as a genderqueer person and don’t just use female pronouns for me just because I like skirts and am dfab” line of thought these days.

Basically, I really like the representation because the transgender/non-binary characters get to be *people*, the same way the cisgender characters get to be that. And it seems that Sulla and Ty see things differently, which is a good thing, since trans and non-binary people definitely see things different from each other in real life as well. Ty and Sulla both have their own issues with their gender and how people see them, which is how it should be.
Judging from what I’ve seen so far, I think Blue will do a pretty good job on the representation part. In fact, I just read this page, pulled my partner’s sleeve, and went “Look, there’s someone like me in one of my favourite comics!”. So, Blue? Thanks <3