(Personal opinion)
I asked Meta AI how many genders are there in the modern world and it produced an array of genders that I, on a personal level, do not understand other than the first two and perhaps the third (transgender: a word that we commonly use to identify a gender that is neither male nor female). I think the ones who don’t understand the array are the fortunate ones because our lives are not a struggle of being trapped in bodies that we don’t resonate with. We could have 99 problems but fighting the world to accept our unconventional gender identity is not one of them.
The biological, scientific and logical reasoning behind the spectrum of genders aside. I am no expert so I do not want to get into them, despite feeling, a number of times, that the logical end is seemingly compromised with the spectrum. It might have also gone a little out of hand with the trend of queer individuals identifying as something that biologically impossible.
But hey, acceptance comes to me easy. I can stomach the array that is completely new to the world and give the ones who want to identify as whatever their space. I think a lot of us in the modern world can. (If you want to argue with that, that’s just how I see the world. I know there are many who cause problems to queer people but there is also a silent majority that has no problem with the person next door identifying as something beyond their physical form.)
That being said, however, I want to put it across that the incessant imposition of the spectrum is getting tiresome. Everything and everyone wants to jump the bandwagon and draw the spectrum over themselves. Even major brands want to go out of their ways to make statements. I’m certainly not talking on the level of inclusivity – I’m talking on the level of altering classics to fit in gender fluid narratives, opening the mega Olympics event with a display of genders that was definitely unnecessary, including children in drag shows and shoving the 78th newest pronoun down our throats. And then yelling on top of their voices if we choose to simply be and not include their identity into our social/personal circle.
Please live and let live. Acceptance is not much of a challenge in the modern world and I feel like plenty has been done so that it has found its way into every home. Transgenders and gender-fluid individuals can go about their lives without being on everyone’s faces about their unconventional identities. It yells out attention seeking behavior more than the need to be included. Its getting tiresome and rather sad. We won’t obstruct your incredible display of the self – but keep our classics, traditionally important events and children out of them.
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