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

Reading this definitely makes me feel lucky to have grown up where at least there are some people who are accepting. Where I live we are supposed to have LGBT inclusive lessons as part of sex-ed curriculum but my school decided not to do it , the only mention of it ever was when a science teacher told us that is is impossible for a lesbian to get an STI... needless to say I was very confused.

I am quite envious that it was more normal for people to dress differently from gender norms, to be fair most people my age seem to secretly thing all these quirky Neo-genders are stupid its just that no one wants to be seen as a bigot so people with different opinions generally just go along with it. TBH as far as I can see being 'non-binary' is just a trend and I wouldn't be surprised if most people grew out of it

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

It's interesting to hear that so many people your age aren't on board the gender train. I think a lot of the kids who identify as trans or non-binary are just freaked out over the physical changes in their bodies and are trying to take control over whatever part of it that they can. Like you said, most of them will probably outgrow it.

Note: By "outgrow it" I mean the "non-binary" label. They will probably remain unconventional, or non-conforming, in their own way.