If I am honest, I do not totally understand it all yet and I’m still learning BUT actually, I don’t have to understand it. It actually doesn’t matter whether I understand it or not. It is still no reason to dismiss it.
Whoever they are, they are still a human being. Regardless of whether I understand or not, they know their own mind and their own body that only they can truly ‘know’. I would have no right to tell them anything different (and I wouldn’t).
It actually makes me think about how I was told in my younger years that my being gay was ‘just a phase’ or that ‘I hadn’t met the right girl yet’. No dear. Please don’t presume to know better about what I think or feel. Of course, it is not the same thing at all. But I feel a certain familiarity. I guess my point is, I really do not take kindly to other people telling me what I feel and know in my own self. For someone who does identify as non-binary, I imagine that they would feel the same?
You can’t just dismiss something because you don’t understand it or you disagree with it, not when it’s actually a persons life you are talking about. Of course, you are well within your rights to not educate yourself so that you might understand. That’s up to you. If you chose to remain close-minded and refuse to even try listening and learning it still doesn’t give you the right to claim that it is a myth or attention-seeking.
Are you inside that person's mind & body? No! So you have no idea what they are thinking or feeling so do yourself a favour, sit down and shut up. Let them live their life. It’s actually none of your business!
Thanks for reading x
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