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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Correct, but if the world around him views him through a lens of buckets for him to be put in, there is inevitable pressure for him to place himself in one at some point. Just like people ask "what race are you?" or "where are you from?" the same thing happens with genders now, and the more we emphasize the labels, the more it seems likely this will happen.
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Humans are naturally social creatures though. We like labels, groups, and integrating with other people who share similar beliefs and values. It is how communities, religions, and civilizations get built. You can't take the I don't see colour, I only see a person and try to build it into a solution. Color-blindness doesn't work for race, it won't work for LGTBQ issues either.
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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
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.
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The fact that you frame it as 'normal' versus 'non-normal' show that isn't just around the edges on both sides. There would be a lot of very happy heteronormative people if the LGTBQ movement and associated identities disappeared over night. It isn't an equal fight where two fringes are fighting it out.