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View submission: Do non-binary identities reenforce gender stereotypes?
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Comment by SydowJones at 12/01/2025 at 16:36 UTC
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Yeah, it can get harsh.
I see these dialogues and arguments as a giant negotiating table and play space where people can participate in the creation of new social arrangements to do with gender.
Change triggers a lot of people.
And a lot of the people coming to that table are already in a freaked out state of mind, having dealt with varying degrees of alienation and trauma due to gender and sexuality.
Gay men and lesbian women have been through a fierce few decades of political, legal, and cultural battles. I've known quite a few who don't want to hear anything about bisexuals. For them, I'd expect that nonbinary and gender fluid issues are beyond the pale.