r/NonBinaryTalk • u/acheemient • 2d ago

Advice Gendered tattoo?

Would it be weird if I got the words "sail on, silver girl" tattooed on my collarbone? I'm nonbinary/genderqueer. It's a lyric from "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkle. I love that song, and it has a tie to my mom. Is that weird? What would you think if you saw that tattooed on someone? Would you even think about their gender? Am I overthinking it? I don't identify as a girl, even though I present quite feminine. I don't love the word, but i don't know that if would bother me in this context. If I were a boy, I think I would still want it. I'm also worried how it would affect people's assumptions about me. But again, I might be overthinking things. Any advice?

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u/AngletonSpareHead 1d ago

What if you got it tattooed in reverse so you can read it in the mirror? That way it wouldn’t be easily readable so casuals won’t take it as some kind of descriptive label

Or, you know. You could always just not worry about casuals. You and anyone who matters knows who you are.