Hello Charlie !
So, I
feel like it's time for a new article on LGBT issues ! This time,
instead of trying to define a few labels, I'm going to try to talk
about gender.
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| What people think gender is. |
So
gender is, in most people's minds, the same thing as biological sex.
Turns out, it's not ! Gender is varied,gender is a spectrum, gender
can change. Gender is not controlled by anyone.
OK,
most people are cisgender, which means your gender and your
biological sex are both "female" or "male". But,
not everyone is !
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| An attempt to represent the vast concept of gender. |
Let's
start with the simplest cases : people with a body assigned one of
these two options who feel their gender is the other option. Those
people are valid, it is important to respect the pronouns and/or
names they tell you to use. Please respect them, because it's already
hard enough dealing with the feeling to have a "wrong"
body.
However,
as I mentioned before, these are not the only cases ! Indeed, some
people are agender. They don't feel like they belong in any of the
gender boxes, and just like before, it is very important to respect
them.
Other
people can be bigender, which means they feel they have two genders,
or trigender, or pangender. Some can identify only vaguely to a
gender. Some are genderfluid and their gender fluctuates depending on
days.
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| Picture from http://culturewaves.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Gender.png The mind-meld gender is. |
But
after all, we are all human beings, and should all be respected for
who we are, no matter our gender, biological sex, or anything else.
We are all complete, each in our own way, and why should we limit
ourselves to something so restrictive as gender ? What is even gender
?
I
don't know, and I am dreaming of a world where it does not exist.
Judith
PS : in case anyone who doesn't remember last years' LGBT article or wasn't here to see it *wink wink to the secondes*, here's the link : http://oibstcharles.blogspot.fr/2015/01/the-queer-community.html
PS : in case anyone who doesn't remember last years' LGBT article or wasn't here to see it *wink wink to the secondes*, here's the link : http://oibstcharles.blogspot.fr/2015/01/the-queer-community.html
I found your article very interesting and true. I totally agree, we are human beings, we are all the same but different in our own way and people should accept that. In the end, it doesn't really matter.. I sure would also like to live in a world where it doesn't exist, and I think a lot of us would.
ReplyDelete"What is even gender ?"
ReplyDeleteSums up my mind.
I think I can partly see the idea of being agender, but I'm still thinking there are boys or girls, and even though some people says that they aren't part of any gendre, which I respect and understand. I can't really separate in my mind "sexe" and "gender". But just like you and Sarah, I wish agender people to live peacefully and without having a problems with their thoughts or body. :)
Thanks for a very interesting article.
ReplyDeleteI agree entirely with Mr. Leah and the message of tolerance that your article promotes. Difference is good and enriching and as you know in the OIB we strive to make you think outside the box.
ReplyDeleteMrs. C
you know i do respect all these persons, but it's so hard to represent to yourself how they feel. i know we don't have to understand, that they're just like this, but i'm curious about it. and since i feel like boy, like not a girl at all, when i try to imagine how they probably feel, it seems so strange and awkward. but well, if they are okay with themselves, they must feel normal, i guess.
ReplyDeleteIt is so true. Thank you so much for that article !
ReplyDeleteI'm dreaming of that world too.
If everyone would understand, it wouldn't be the same world.