This is my entry for @misslasvegas' Spread-the-Love Contest. Please follow the link to check out this amazing competition.
In her post she challenged us to:
Go and find a brand-new Steemian with the #introduceyourself tag.
Someone who did an introduceyourself post before she posted her competition post.
No more than one week old. AND, not from the trending page please...
Make sure that this is their genuine first introduction, and not the 12th post with the same tag.
You SHOULD NOT KNOW THEM!
Well, the post I found might have crept it's way into trending as it has a $10 payout but I didn't find it in trending. I found this post by reading through the new section of the #introduceyourself tag and out of the six post I read, this was by far the best written.
The post was called simply, Introducing Myself by @t-lab.
Anyone who knows me on steem, knows that I'm a writer in my profession which is partly why this post jumped out at me. But also, the openness and honesty of this new steemians introduction shone beyond many intros I've read on this platform. If curie accepted submissions for intro posts, I would have submitted this one without hesitation.
I'm dark-gray asexual, demi-romantic, non-binary, mostly androgynous, gender-fluid human being.
It took me years to figure that out,
decades, actually.
Source by @t-lab
The author of the intro post tells us a story about how she came to the realization that she doesn't follow 'traditional' gender/sexual classifications. I've read more than a few posts on steem that attack the subject of political correctness and gender fluidity in the same breath. Those people would probably attempt to classify me as a bleeding heart liberal in an online conversation, but would soon find out that I'm anything but in a real one. What I object to in those articles I've read, is how they take one subject which is valid - the ridiculous extents of how far political correctness has gone in certain areas of life - while trying to lump it in with their own skewed views on what they perceive as 'normal'.
Ha ha, shit. Before I get into a full-on rant I'll qualify what I'm saying simply. Anyone who has the emotional strength and maturity to figure out that they are an asexual, androgynous, gender-fluid human being, in a society where our media pretty much pushes three sexual identity choices on people from the moment they're born, deserves recognition as a strong, intelligent person. There is far too much judgmental bullshit out there on the internet, so I was really pleased, and proud, to see that the steem community welcomed @t-lab with open arms.
Pheww, I just made it on the right side of the word count with 467 words 😂
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