Hello, all. I’ m Scout, aka Scout Mutt. I am a pup who identifies as androgyne. All my life I never fully saw myself as 100 % male, or 100 % female. You may be asking yourself,“ how does this relate to puppy play?” I will get to that. I recognize that I am female bodied. My brain sex however is somewhere between male and female. My pup / human dog side is male. I have observed both female and male bio dogs and feel more like a male dog. For some reason it feels weird to hear“ good girl” when I’ m in pup space that doesn’ t bother me outside of it since no pronouns bother me.
I remember as a child I would mostly play with the boys despite having other girls to play with. I had more in common with them. For some time I thought that I was a trans male. The more I transitioned socially the more I realized that also didn’ t fit me. I was previously ok being called by any pronoun. Then I found out about androgyny. It fit like a glove. I was always more masculine but didn’ t feel entirely male. I did some research on brain sex and found out brain sex is on a spectrum from extreme male to extreme female to put it simply. Research is discovering people all along said physical brain sex spectrum. It is thought that hormones and development in the womb is a large factor in how one’ s brain sex turns out as they grow and mature.
Being a pup that is anything other than traditional male can be a tricky thing. For you see the majority of pups in the United States at least, or at least the ones making themselves known online and who attend events are widely nontrans */ traditionally male gay men. Often times pup moshes are held at bars aimed only at gay men. This can pose a harsh and criticizing environment for femalebodied, and pre-op or pre-hormones trans * pups. Even if the other human pups there are accepting, the other patrons may not be.
Female bodied and identifying pups as well as non-binary pups may not be as rare as one might think. Often they are afraid to speak out or attend events that are held at places that are not well known to be“ female” or non-binary friendly. Some are told they should be a kitten or pony, that the pup scene is for men. These factors may keep them from being open about being a human pup.
The puppy scene seems to be getting more open minded in regards to female, female bodied, trans *, and non-binary gender human pups. But we still have a ways to go. At the end of the day, regardless of gender or orientation, there is no hidden agenda. We are just pups who want to be free to express our human pup selves.