⚧︎ Gender affirming piercings⚧︎
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| **health care i include in piercings** ⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘ making this lovely blog post after Lynne Loheide's article on Gender Affirming Genital Piercings - Realistic Reviews. (click the words for article). I was inspired to do my own post because gender affirming care hits close to home. i go by he/they pronouns and identify as non-binary. i go back and forth whether i am gender fluid but i digress as that brings me down a rabbit hole lol. this post will just be my thoughts on piercings and gender affirming care. read til the end for an interview with my partner. Gender affirming piercings or healthcare can trans individuals as well as anyone. I feel like most people think of gender affirming care as getting top surgery or bottom surgery. yes that is gender affirming care, but it can also mean getting your hair cut shorter or getting extensions. It can mean getting a boob/nose job or any plastic surgery. People often time forget that even people who do not consider them selves trans or queer can get gender affirming care. if it is affirming your gender, then it is gender affirming care. In the piercing world gender affirming care can mean a lot to all the different kinds of people who walk in those doors. I fully believe that piercings count as gender affirming care. in my opinion piercings allowed me to feel closer to the gender of choice and how i would like to be perceived. I want to be perceived as different and maybe like you would have to guess my gender. piercings help bring that out in me without having to change the rest of my appearance. yes i would love to change the way i look more and start T but those were not readily available options for me, piercings were. My short eight months as a piercing clerk and three months as a piercer changed me a lot. at first i had no clue why people would get gen*tal piercings (my last shop called them exotics). I thought well you would have to be wild to get one there and would it not hurt like a b*tch?! i have learned a lot in my short few months. I had seen two gen*tal piercings and they changed me. i have also learned from my co workers while there and from Lynne on how it could be beneficial and affirming. at first i was skeptical but then i saw the two gen*tal piercings be done and now i understand. I mainly did not understand why people would get them because you know.. they are hidden and no one can see them. well turns out i felt the same about a piercing i recently got. one of my most favorite piercings i did while i was an apprentice. I pierced my partners n*pples and i got very jealous after cause duh i wanted a piercing too! but most of my piercings are on my face and i can only put so much more there AND i hate having piercings on my ears so what else would i get? hmm take some time to think. it is not a gen*tal piercing, face or ear sooo guess what i got?! a navel (belly button) piercing! after getting my navel done, something had clicked in me. for some context: i wear high waisted pants all the time and my boss (the lead piercer at my shop) said to not get a bully button piercing if you wear high waisted pants but i said f*****ck that and got it anyways. it was the best decision ever. How could that be? well i could finally understand why people get gen*tal piercings! yes a navel piercing you can see way more than a gen*tal one but i got mine done in the middle of winter so its not like anyone can see it. It is a hidden piercing and i carried so much pride for it for so long cause no one knows i have it until i show them. i feel that could be similar to a gen*tal piercing. i carried so much joy that i had a piercing no one else could see until i choose to make it seen. feels like i have control in a good way over my body. I honestly can see myself getting a gen*tal piercing in the way future because of how my navel made me feel. it gave me more connection to my body as i thought to get a navel piercing you had to be think and not look like me. most of the people who came in at my last shop to get navel piercings never looked like me and in my mind most of time they were thin and i am not. but now i know any body is made for a navel piercing as long as you have the anatomy. i did know that before but i did not believe it for myself but now i do. i count my navel piercing as a gender affirming piercing. I want to be clear: any piercing can be a gender affirming piercing and not just genital piercings. my newest navel piercing below ↓ |
here is a little Q & A with my partner and their n*pple piercings.
why did you choose to get n*pple piercings?
- i got them because i needed a pain sensation i can control (personal situation)
how did do they make you feel now?
- i struggle with them sometimes because they give me pleasure i cannot control. i love them, i love piercings. i feel like a dragon who likes shiny things especially on my body. sometimes i feel a little too feminine in them and have not been able to change them. i feel you cannot have the full satisfaction until you can change the jewelry to what you like and not just the plain bars.
do you think changing the jewelry can help with gender identity?
- yes because my gender is me and it will help me become who i am and just continue to help me be me.
well that is all i have for my birthday post! hopefully by the time you read this i am enjoying some yummy cake a delicious food. leave a comment and tell me what you all think below! (click no comments to make a comment)
- rain
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