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Maybe I've said this before, but...
... sometimes I feel like a poseur referring to myself as Gender Non-Conforming. I mean, sure, no makeup, no kids, who cares about clothes, blah blah, but the category includes so many people so much more conspicuous in their non-standard gender expression, including transgender people, so much more likely to be the targets of discrimination and violence. How can I use the term when I'm comfortably cis and safely married to a man, even if I still very occasionally get mistaken for a chap?
And then I read something like this: "58.7% of gender non-conforming students experienced verbal harassment in the past year because of their gender expression, as opposed to 29% of their peers." Yeah, that was me in high school. "Hey, lemon! Hey, lemon! Are you a lesbian?" Every five fucking minutes. Or so it seemed.
(OTOH, 29% of gender conforming students were also harassed about their gender expression?! I am hardly the first person to point this out, but if sex and gender are simple and natural, why is it necessary to guard the boundaries with so much violence?)
And then I read something like this: "58.7% of gender non-conforming students experienced verbal harassment in the past year because of their gender expression, as opposed to 29% of their peers." Yeah, that was me in high school. "Hey, lemon! Hey, lemon! Are you a lesbian?" Every five fucking minutes. Or so it seemed.
(OTOH, 29% of gender conforming students were also harassed about their gender expression?! I am hardly the first person to point this out, but if sex and gender are simple and natural, why is it necessary to guard the boundaries with so much violence?)