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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.[b] I can't ask any of my friends about this because they would say I'm terrible for having these thoughts[/b]. 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. 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. 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]

Then you need new friends.

But I'm not surprised, if most of your current friends "identify" as liberal feminists. For the most part, they are a pack of fools.[/quote]
Oh come on. I'm a liberal feminist, as are most of my friends (male and female) and we welcome these kinds of questions and discussions. How else is someone supposed to learn?[/quote]

I completely disagree with the "pack of fools" PP, but you should also know that your friends are the exception. For liberal people around 35 and younger, this absolutely is a touchy topic that's often verboten unless you only parrot the party line. I'm in that demographic in a big city, and it's what I see IRL and online. Open discussion is often off limits. The only acceptable conversation is opening yourself up to be "educated" in an Orwellian manner. If you don't believe it, read the article mentioned in post 12:14- http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/05/transracialism-article-controversy.html[/quote]

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