What is my gender?

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The gender I put in my profile is the gender of my body. The profile forced me to say male or female. However, I am not my body; I am my mind. My mind does not have a gender. In every case, anyone discriminating me because of the gender of my body has hurt me. My life has been ruined by the gender of my body. I am asexual in any practical sense and do not have sexual perception.

1. I am very affectionately nurturing by nature (female)
2. I am very mathematical minded (male)
3. I am all cooperation and no competition (female)
4. I socially much prefer to be with females, but do not desire any sex with them (female)
5. I do not go for physical things, such as sports (female)
6. I feel like an alien with males or females (neither)
7. I am interested in deep science and philosophy (male)

So, am I male or female?

Don't put yourself in a corner by trying to label yourself. Some people feel decidedly female or male, which is perfectly ok. But if you don't feel like either, there is no need to try to fit into one category or the other. You are like me, in that you identify more with your mind than your body.

I'm not labeling myself; the world is labeling me. If I would be treated better relative to my mind and heart if I were the opposite gender than what my body says I am, should I insist that I am the gender of my mind? In reality, if I claim to be the gender opposite my body, people would think I am crazy, even delusional. Unless I could back it up by people agreeing that I should say the gender of my mind instead of my body.
On this forum, where we must choose in our profile what gender we are, am I allowed to choose the gender of my mind without being considered a liar? Is it OK for my avatar to be a different gender than my body? If directly asked what my gender is, what should I say?

But I would not have been banned from the forum. And I could become a Big Sister.
Most of the people on that forum were female, and females are not associated with being sex abusers or beaters as males are. Females can talk about love to other females without an automatic sexual connotation. Females can prefer to be with other females without suspicion.
There is no harm to me to be judged as inferior by men. As a female I would have little to do with men anyway .

So you propose you want to be a woman so you can be accepted on a female-only forum ? Or is there more to this?

It was not a female-only forum. "Most" does not mean "all". I would guess about two thirds of them were female and one third were male. But they perceived everything I said differently when I told them I was "male". Then they perceived everything I said wrong. For example, does "love" mean caring (female) or sex (male) when said to a female? I meant caring. Explaining it to them was not enough to quell their prejudice.
Also, I never said I wanted to be a woman. I am a genderless child. Well, inside I am.

I know what you mean. I am a gay male who is happily male. But I really hate it when people try to interpret my words and actions based on my gender. They have expectations of you because you are male/female. People are very prejudiced. Although many people claim to support gender equality etc, they see the world/people through their colored lenses.

I identify as non-binary as well, androgynous/genderfluid. I've been wearing androgynous clothing and makeup lately, I'm also on a low dose of estrogen. I feel better and more like myself now because of it. Women that I meet in person seem more relaxed around me and nicer to me now. Men seem to treat me different as well, I'd say rudely but it's more like they are treating me as beneath them.

Only you can figure out your own gender.. I suggest you find a therapist that specializes with gender issues to help you work through these and figure out who you are. Also consider going on a hormone-blocker, it might help clear your head some.

Agendered and Neutrois are terms for one without a gender, could probably find a lot of information by just googleing.

http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/ Might be able to find a therapist at that site.

For online support forums here is a couple that might help.
http://www.susans.org/forums/ Has a non-binary section
http://www.bigender.net/forum/ Doesn't just get used by bigendered people, non-binary people their as well.

Your personality is not the same thing as your gender identity so the majority of the things on your list don't really say anything about your gender. They just say whether or not you have a stereotypically masculine or feminine personality. It's complicated I know. For me I just feel more comfortable identifying as female. It feels weird to identify as male.

The one point on your list that has the most weight is feeling alien from both males and females. It suggests that maybe you're non-binary but I can't tell you that at all let alone from just one statement. It's yours to figure out. A therapist can help with that but it's about you.

And there should be additional gender options on this website. It's been brought up before but nothing has changed.