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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But thanks for your response and the previous one from another poster. It makes sense. I think we/I were socialized to have boxes to put people in with clearly defined rules and roles.

I’ll file this under it’s complicated and it’s really non of my business how this specific couple deals with their personal life.[/quote]

I'm the PP who mentioned Caitlyn Jenner, and I think the fact that so many of the most prominent trans* celebrities are AMAB (assigned male at birth) and have decided to pursue gender confirmation surgery tends to make people believe that there's one way to "be trans" and that way is full social and physical transition.

But especially among the younger generation, there's a lot more flex there. People are transitioning in different ways, that make sense to them, and that might not conform to the "gender binary."[/quote]

That's a great explanation. I think that is often the disconnect with older people trying to understand these issues. The ability of this younger generation to see things as fluid and avoid putting things in specific boxes astonishes me. It amazing, but it isn't easy to change your way of thinking when you have been checking boxes your whole life. [/quote]

Yeah, and I think the way that these issues were explained to straight/cis Americans did tend to reinforce the gender binary. Until about 5 years ago, the discourse was very much dominated by folks who said "I was a woman TRAPPED in the body of a man!!"

That is one trans experience, but it's not the only trans experience. It's also the one that was the easiest to digest, and that got the most traction. [/quote]

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