I think I'll take your wise suggestion. I'm just worried about appropriating a label - people do that sometimes, you know - it's cool to be part of a group like that, without actually having suffered the things that make it less fun, the things that make the group necessary to begin with. I once had some person who used the label "genderqueer" without, I believe, even understanding its meaning, take over a conversation and "teach" me how to be genderqueer better. I don't want to do that to anyone, and I know how incredibly easy it is to do that without realizing it...but OTOH, I very much agree with what you're saying about labels, and creating a situation in which it becomes just another way to be 'wrong' <3 That touched me a lot. Thank you <3
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I think I'll take your wise suggestion.
I'm just worried about appropriating a label - people do that sometimes, you know - it's cool to be part of a group like that, without actually having suffered the things that make it less fun, the things that make the group necessary to begin with. I once had some person who used the label "genderqueer" without, I believe, even understanding its meaning, take over a conversation and "teach" me how to be genderqueer better. I don't want to do that to anyone, and I know how incredibly easy it is to do that without realizing it...but OTOH, I very much agree with what you're saying about labels, and creating a situation in which it becomes just another way to be 'wrong' <3
That touched me a lot.
Thank you <3