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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Also, I think you were asking on a higher level why these labels? That's also just for humans in general. People organize based on labels, it's what we naturally do. Nationality, ethnicity, language speakers, favorite sports and favorite sports teams, level of fitness, level of skill, professions, and yes, even gender-based identities.
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Exactly, and I don't love this. Race labels get crazy complicated for mixed race kids.
It's not uncommon that a biracial kid feels a lack of belonging to either group, or worse, is ostracized from both groups, because they are viewed as an outsider.
You're all welcome to have your own opinions about this, but today it still feels like there is this massive distinction between people being "normal" or "cis" vs. LGBT...+. I think that sucks. The cis people exist on the same gender spectrum, it's not some separate thing, the spectrum is just far more broad than many used to realize. Yet we still see an "us" vs. "them" mentality around the edges of it.
Not saying I have a better solution, or that having the support of similar self identifying people is a bad thing. I just hope that kids coming up in a world that is in a better place with this stuff than when I was a kid move past labeling, prejudging, or going through any form of ceremony regarding their and their peers personal gender journeys.