Eh that was a tangent lol, my bad!

Identity by nature shouldn’t be so fragile that it can be validated. It certainly shouldn’t need to be. If you know who you are, then someone else not seeing that should roll off of your shoulders easily. There shouldn’t be the ability to trigger you or ruin your day- look at Rachel Dolezal. She’s fucking nuts but the whole world telling her so didn’t sway her and she’s doubled down since being exposed. Obviously she’s not a black Roman (lmao! woman) and she’s awful, so maybe on the surface not a great example, but my point is it doesn’t matter what is said to or about her- Rachel is gonna Rachel and we can’t stop her lol, that’s the opposite for trans people. They lose their shit if they aren’t affirmed. They threaten suicide and call you a bigot. Meanwhile Rachel dgaf. Because she really believes herself.

I think preferences inform your experiences and personality. But I think identity is built on experience and the reality of your circumstances.

I don’t think it makes sense for gender identity to be separated from the rest of self identity. If it’s real it should all connect and make sense and be relatable. The fact that we might single just GI out is indicative of how much it doesn’t fit anywhere else because it’s bullshit lol

I think anyone who claims gender identity is either a woke sheep who’s just trying to be an ally or a deeply mentally ill person. Any other sense of identity is built around your lived experiences and the people and surroundings that influence you- GI is built on you rejecting all of that for something you can’t experience. It’s stupid.