Some thoughts on self-identification

[o_bunny]

...sparked by a friend's posting.

FWIW, I don't particularly care how a person identifies or presents him/her/themself.

Are you a decent human being? If so, dandy, we'll get on fine.

I don't mean to belittle folks; I realize that for many people, identifying oneself as gay/lesbian/bi/trans/red haired/left handed/protestant/aboriginal/whatever

Comments

[con_girl]

That makes much sense.

[ironphoenix]

*nod* It seems to me that doing otherwise is what prejudice is all about.

[henrytroup]

I'm reminded that in Guliver's Travels, Lilliput and Blefuscu are at war over which end of the egg to break. I'm sure "Little-Endian" and "Big-Endian" were very strong identifications for them.

[o_bunny]

Swift had it right in so many ways.