Goblinoid

Not much of an ass shot but I stumbled across this and thought it was quite cool. I don't think I've seen art of a Mutant Xwee, like anywhere. 

Gender roles are determined by a society at large, and are entrenched as long as the society insists on thinking that way. 

I think your premise is based on the assumption that gender identification must fall into either of society's binary categories (i.e. you're either a man/woman), which is false. For example, there are people who identify as agendered (genderless, non-gendered; however you prefer) and people who identify as various aspects of both. Gender identity is often about realizing that there's a spectrum involved, and that it's not as cut-and-dried as the media portrays it. 

In short: the answer to the question is no. If anything, it's a way of challenging said gender roles. 

Customisation Contest #23

Theme: SUPERHEROES!

Superheroes of all stripes have enjoyed quite a spotlight in today's entertainment industry. Choose your favourite Marvel or DC superhero to dress your Neopet up as -- or, if you like, create an original character of your own. Feel free to include the hero's title with your submission. 

Will YOUR Neopet help save Neopia?

Starts: NOW!

Submission Deadline: May 30th, 2015 11:59 PM NST

Voting Ends: June 2nd, 2015 11:59 PM NST

Quick rules: send a link to a Dress to Impress outfit page to me by the due date.
Please review the full rules here!

Prizes:

500k Neopoints, donated by @Swarley

 3k Flight Rising gems, donated by @Alexiel

Baby Paint Brush, donated by @Prisca

PM me or post here to donate a prize!

Award
The first place winner will receive this exclusive award: 

They will also have the privilege of hosting the next round of the competition.

Unralated post.... But what rank are you guys going to try ??
And you are going to AoB, play legit or bot ??

"Play legit." Did that one year. NEVER AGAIN. 

My ringtone is the theme from the Looney Tunes... It started as "this will be cool" and is now "i should change this" lol

Never!  That's awesome-- don't change it. xD

Happy birthday!

I would like to nominate @Alexiel for being way too ridiculously generous with donations to contest prizes, and for just being really friendly and giving in general (see, for example, his Coliseum Giveaway, battlestone giveaway within the same thread, and Birthday Giveaway thread).

I also want to nominate @Rocket for similar reasons - her generosity with contest prizes (just speaking from firsthand experience) and excellent job at hosting competitions.

I watched the new episodes of the Flash and iZombie tonight, and ate delicious pizza with my bf (every Wednesday night is pizza night for us!) 

I know you're just a stranger on the internet to me but I'm happy that these little things are cheering you up. ♥

Thanks again for your generosity @Rocket! Edited the first post to include that.

Caption Contest #17

Begins: Right now (April 19th)

Entries Due: April 26th at 11:59PM NST

Voting Ends:  April 30th at 11:59PM NST

Rules:

1. You may only submit one entry.

2. PM me your entry with the title "Caption Contest #17".

3. Entries must be original; no cheating or sharing captions with others.

4. The winner will host the next round!

The Picture

Prizes

Full set of Flight Rising eggs (donated by @Rocket)

 x3000 FR gems (donated by @Alexiel)

Baby Paint Brush (donated by @Haliax)

PM me or post here to donate a prize! 

The winner will also receive this award!

May or may not have been triggered by this

SO jealous of those FFQs!!!! Why do some get multiple while others get none? BLAH! lol

 

I got TWO stinking AIR faerie quests. I despise you Air Faerie! 

I know, right? People who've gotten FFQs are really lucky... so far all I've had is two air faeries as well. 

Darn air faeries need to go and stick their beauty products where the sun don't shine. 

I don't think that it's necessarily always that they want to "be like women" or be a woman. Some guys are just flamboyant or effeminate.

Being transgender is something completely different. It's not about "wanting" to be something, it's about how you've never felt like you were in the right body to begin with. Not being comfortable in your own skin sort of thing.

 

I have a friend who was born with a vagina, no ovaries and they decided (the doctor and parents) to make her a boy. Obvious mistake, you can look at her and tell she's a woman. They had her taking hormones at a young age and everything. She's since stopped. Technically, she's a male by all legal definitions (Well, she was, not anymore)

 

I have other friends who were born with both sets of genitals and the doctors/parents waited until they started to understand themselves and let the child decide what they felt they were, and it's always seemed to work out.

 

Gender isn't really black and white as we've been taught it is. Transgender is a difficult concept to grasp because it's been taboo and shunned in American society for so long, even still is. A lot of people have this idea it's about wanting to "become" the opposite gender when really it's just making your outsides match what you've been on the inside the whole time. It's hard for people to understand because it's wholly an internal thing that no one else can see or experience.

This is very well put.

In response to Adam, I just want to add that the first part of your post is a very common and slightly harmful misconception. It is true that some trans-women act feminine, even flamboyantly so, but that's not really any different from any non-trans Average Joe choosing to act the same way. Men acting overly girly don't do so because That's What Transgender People Do™, or even because they (usually) think that's how girls act; it's more likely that's just the way their personality is and that's it.

People of all stripes naturally act masculine/feminine/everything in-between. (Which sounds obvious, but you'd be surprised.)

"Transgender" just means someone who does not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth - it's not about wanting to be something exotic and different, it's wanting your outer appearance to match your inner one. Or, as Florg put it, it's a general "not being comfortable in your skin" thing. And there are no rules that you are compelled to act out the stereotypes of your gender, no matter what you identify with. 

Never was a fan of a cappella... until I started listening to Pentatonix, that is.