I am Xyrenth.
Xyrenth is an aesthetically pleasing but ultimately meaningless set of sounds which fell into my head one morning just as I woke up, which nonetheless can easily be attributed meaning retroactively. I can make quite a nice backronym for it that explains me to myself, but I’m not going to post it on here – some things are best left mysterious. (‘Xyrenth’ also appears to be the name of a dragon in a very old Pern RPG, and a character in an Elfwood story – but hey, only 4 Google results is pretty good going, considering how many name-inventing internet users there are out there…)
So Xyrenth is (almost) unique. And Xyrenth is gender-neutral. Xyrenth is gendered everywhere else, but pretty damn sick of it. Xyrenth’s physical gender will probably be discussed on this blog at some point, mostly in relation to Xyrenth’s fierce desire to remove (or at least transcend, or easily trangress but be able to return to) it.
I am learning to be happy with who I am. I think this is going quite well. In most other spheres of my life, including my online life (in which I exist under a great variety of names), I love to debate. Exchange of ideas is awesome, and usually I don’t mind throwing myself open to the various insults that get chucked at me for speaking my mind. But not here. This is my safe space, where I can talk about things I wouldn’t feel secure discussing with the majority of people I know. Friendly, civil debate is fine, but ultimately, if I think someone is threatening my safe space, I will not hesitate to delete/block/ban the hell out of them.
Wow, my little introduction became a manifesto. Oh well, that’s how it goes sometimes. Anyway, a big welcome to all friendly strangers. 
