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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to preface this, I'm a liberal feminist and most of my friends identify as the same. That being said, I really just don't understand this new uptick in being "non binary". I think it certainly exists, but probably not in the droves of people who are claiming it. I can't ask any of my friends about this because they would say I'm terrible for having these thoughts. I think that people should be able to decide what gender/sexuality they prefer but when people elect to be neither gender it just gets messy from a logistical standpoint and then someone is always offended[b]. I have a friend from high school who very publicly on fb declared that she is non binary and will not be going by her "dead name" and only wants "they/them" pronouns. Okay, I can respect that.[/b] However I have other non b friends who say that it is offensive to assign them a gender or misgender them  behind their back when referrring to them to other people. This is where it's weird for me. For example, when I refer to my friend when talking to my mom, I really don't want to explain the complexity of this friend's gender (or lack of) so I still refer to them as "her". Obviously I feel like a shitty person for all of this and I guess I'm also kinda confused??[/quote]

Seriously, OP, you can "respect" that kind of idiotic post on Facebook, of all places?[/quote]

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