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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
I have a nephew who likes to wear nail polish, but gets grief from his extended family for it. I don't want this little kid to have to make a decision on what letter of the rainbow he should be assigned to and try educate his family, I want people to compliment him on his awesome looking nail jobs.
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Your nephew doesn't need to ascribe to any of the letters or educate anyone about gender if he doesn't want to. The responsibility lies with the extended family members who are uncomfortable with him wearing nail polish to stop being dicks and hopefully educate themselves and stop commenting on his choices that do no affect them in any way.
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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
There seems to be this big perceived step right now for people to say "Hey world, I'm one of the LGBT.....+ buckets". Isn't that kind of messed up? It's an implied step from "normal" to "not normal". But no one is normal, regardless of gender. Or everyone is normal, depending on how you want to frame it lol. That announcement shouldn't be a thing.
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It isn't about going from normal to not normal. It is about finding a community of like minded peers that they can identify and feel safe with.
Even in an ideal world where there isn't an active group of politically motivated people working to to take away LGBTQ rights, what is the harm with announcing your gender/sexual identity?