Omg... Gender identity is not even a new concept. Non-binary genders were acknowledged in ancient cultures. It's not something to be believed in or not, it's a matter of reality.

Do you believe in sexual preference?

I just don't understand how people can say that racial identity is not a thing though?

If gender is a social construct then so is race.

Yes

But there's only two gender identities. This non-binary stuff is BS

Yeah ofcourse.

The only thing that confuses me about gender identity is when trans-activists and social justice warriors start talking about how we impose "gender norms" on to young children. These are "boys clothes" and these are "girls toys." These are boys things. These are girls things. They seem to argue that it's wrong that we separate genders like this, but when it comes to transkids, the fact that they gravitate to clothes and toys of the opposite gender is completely normal and their way of expressing their gender identity.

I don't get it. I mean, yeah sure, we shouldn't force the idea of "boys toys" and "girls clothes" too strongly on to kids on the extreme off-chance they might be trans. But I just don't understand why transkids gravitating to opposite gendered things is completely fine, but CIS-gendered children gravitating towards toys and clothes of their gender-at-birth is like "oh they're only doing that because society is forcing it on them." It just feels like make up your mind. Either the majority of kids just accept their CIS-gender because we force it on them, or all kids (transkids and cis-kids) naturally gravitate to the gender they want to identify with. But don't say transkids naturally gravitate to the opposite gender and CIS-gendered kids are only doing it because society's forcing it on them.

Sorry if this didn't make sense.

^I agree with the above. It's why I don't agree with the idea of getting rid of gender assigned objects or roles. I just think it's time we change who is acceptable for that object or role. It should be completely okay for a boy to play with Barbies, but it should still be acknowledged as a feminine product.

I was thinking about this when watching an episode of I am Cait. It may sound complicated, but the way I see it is that it has to do with how you and others perceive you. For example, if I enjoyed putting on makeup I would consider myself a feminine guy, but not necessarily a woman. However, let's say I were trans and saw myself as a woman but didn't necessarily enjoy caking make up on. I would be a woman because that is how, in my mind, I want to represent myself. Make-up, in Western society, is considered feminine but I don't believe you have to identify as a woman to use it. You can identify as a woman if that is how you see yourself based on many other factors that I don't know if I am qualified to say since I am not trans! I hope this made sense

Yes, gender identity is real.

HOWEVER

People lately seem to be conflating gender and sex. They are NOT the same thing. Your body does not define whether you are a man or a woman. However, you CANNOT "identify" as male or female and change your biological sex; it is impossible. Even with surgery and hormones, you can only make yourself an intersex person. Science has not advanced enough for this to become a reality yet. Even conditions like Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (externally female bodies who are XY chromosomed) are considered biologically intersex.

This gender vs. sex confusion has caused tons of issues recently, especially in the Lila Perry locker room case. Segregated locker rooms originated to divide people by their sex. I was horrified that professional publications like The Advocate were shaming 15 year old girls for being uncomfortable showering with a penis-ed person. So we're into publicly shaming children now? Yuck.

I don't believe gender is a real thing, but rather a human invention to gauge masculinity and femininity. However no one should stand in another person's desire to transition into whatever form they feel most comfortable.

Asexuals?

It's less understood atm then gender identity is.