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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is pretty trendy right now.

Ten years ago it was being bi sexual ( as a teen) that was edgy - now its being bi gendered or non gendered.

A very, very small percentage of teens will go on to identify as neither male nor female into adulthood. For 99% of these kids, they are just being edgy and cool.[/quote]

Where are all these kids?

Maybe I misunderstand what trendy means. To me, if less than 30% of adolescents are doing it or claim to do it, it isn't a trend.

For over 20 years, I've been a parent, a secondary school teacher, and a leader in groups like GS, GOTR, etc. By my estimation, less than 5% of the kids I've encountered have been out as bisexual or gender queer. Met more kids who were gay/lesbian or trans.

I saw the same panic among parents about being pagan. Only met two Wiccan kids during that entire period.[/quote]

And before that it was emo and before that punk. Trendy in the sense it is what the kids who are trying to be edgy and unique and stand out as different are doing - there is always a trend. I used to work at a large youth center that seemed to attract the kids into the trends and we would see each trend roll through - some quite quickly, others would take a few years. For a couple years, probably 50% were experimenting with sexual orientation then that faded out and it was only the rare kid, same thing with all the other trends. [/quote]

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