Do you think that "nonbinary" is valid?

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[–]witchdicktor 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Kind of off-topic but still not.

In a Japanese LGBT survey that surveyed 348,000 people, these statistics were mentioned

By sexual orientation, 2.8 percent described themselves as bisexual while 1.4 percent said they were questioning their sexuality. The proportion that described themselves as asexual and gay was 0.9 percent in both cases. By gender identity, 2.5 percent identified as nonbinary (not strictly identifying as male or female) followed by transgender at 1.8 percent, while 1.2 percent said they were questioning their gender identity.

More people are questioning their gender, identifying as non-binary or identifying as trans than they are identifying as gay. That seems really, really weird to me.

[–]oofreesouloo⚡super lesbian⚡ 24 insightful - 1 fun24 insightful - 0 fun25 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because sexuality isn't a choice, and 'choosing your special unique' gender is. Such a non sense.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 19 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 0 fun20 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

This is exactly why I want the TQ+ dropped. To be nonbinary, all you have to do is identify as such. And this makes it possible for spaces that were intended for gay, lesbian and bisexual people to be taken over and dominated by straight people who call themselves nonbinary.

By the way, why are there nonbinary people in Japan? I would have figured that the Japanese wouldn't be this stupid to let this ideology into their country. But this craze has happened over there. What gives? Hopefully, LGB activists and Japanese society at large won't pander to these morons.

[–]witchdicktor 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

By the way, why are there nonbinary people in Japan?¨

Because the societal expectations and gender roles for men and women are so strict in Japan so that when you don't conform to those expectations, you '' naturally '' start to feel like you don't belong and you are not a man or a woman. I speculate that even liking the same sex, a lot of people would conflate with something to do with gender instead of sexuality. '' I'm a man but I like men, but men don't like men so I must not be a man '' etc. Doesn't help that LGBT education and LGBT representation isn't that great.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That’s terrible to hear.

By the way, is Japan becoming more gay friendly? Or has trans activism taken over?

[–]witchdicktor 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's getting better, you see more drama's with gay main characters, JRPGs with romances often have a same sex route and Youtube is becoming a big venue for LGBT content creators, gay male couples and them doing cute everyday stuff kind of channels are becoming bigger. But there's still plenty of misconceptions about LGBT and I think people tolerate such people, but not really accept or understand them. Most Japanese people will never have any contact with LGBT people in their lifetime.

Trans activism hasn't taken over, not from what I've seen.

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I’m glad that trans activism hasn’t taken over in Japan. Hopefully it never will.

[–]CAB_Life 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Definitely not off topic and really interesting. That’s close to the total sum of 8-10% of most populations being LGBT, which we’ve statistically known since like the 90s, but it also makes a case for the alarming shift in ideology where these people would’ve previously identified as gay, lesbian or bi and are now picking different monikers. The “alarming” part is that you didn’t need a cocktail of life-long drugs and surgeries to previously affirm oneself.