I wish I wrote all this.
I was sold on open-mindedness by the same people that now want me ti become less accepting. It is disappointing and telling. Everybody just bangs for their own agendas.

>If other trans- phenomena exist, let them at least be
>characterized, defined and understood. Simply doing so does
>not counteract transgender/LGBTQ advocacy in any way.
>
>I mean, does the LGBTQ movement subjugate the Black Civil
>Rights movement? Did the Black Civil Rights movement subjugate
>the Women's suffrage movement?? Lol, like where does it end.
>
>The meta-narrative here is really supposed to boil down to
>human rights. Alleviation of barriers to improved quality of
>life. Gender expression is but one arena where humans
>encounter such barriers. Why would barriers with respect to
>poverty/class, race, ethnicity, sex, etc. not also be a
>"thing"?
>
>The "non-thing"/"LGBTQ was here first" theme is really one of
>the most disappointing products of this discourse. It's like
>"Identity Olympics"