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[quote=Anonymous][quote]But since that never seemed to be a viable option- to just be between genders or float back and forth probably a lot of nonbinary people felt compelled to choose or felt committing to being trans was their only option. Living in such a binary culture can be really damaging.[/quote]

I am a PP with a lesbian daughter who says she identifies as demigirl.  Please understand that I love and support her.  I am simply trying to understand where she is coming from.  I am well aware that my feelings as an aging feminist who believes strongly that being a woman can mean anything from wearing an apron or working as a mechanic or fighter pilot impact how I understand this.  I have had much of this discussion with my daughter - she says it is not so much kids jumping on the bandwagon or being trendy as having the vocabulary to articulate how they feel.  But to me, how she describes her feelings as a demigirl (partially identifies with female gender assigned at birth) are a reaction to a narrow gender stereotype of what it means to be a girl.  I felt the same way at her age.  It sucks to suddenly feel vulnerable to violence, to be the subject of unwelcome attention, to have pressure to look and act a certain way.  For the PP who commented that so much of this questioning is because girls are reacting to the bad parts of being female, I agree - and if that is the case, I don't understand why it is preferable to identify as non-binary rather than acting to make sure girls and women (and all people) are not subject to discrimination and harassment.

And yes, I do feel old and out of touch.[/quote]

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