[GoneGirl]

I don't even know this is all way to subjective lol..

Ah, yes, and that's precisely the point, Sarah, it's all so subjective. But, society wants us all to conform to a binary gender model where everyone is assigned gender at birth, male or a female, along with all the associated attributes, behaviors, and expectations prescribed by the culture we live in.

But the binary gender model is a lie, because the permutations and combinations of these four independent aspects of our sexual nature produce a kaleidoscope of individual sexual identities and expressions that span the population. Those of us that don't fit neatly into one or the other box struggle for acknowledgement and acceptance of our exceptionalism, and find it's like trying to climb out of a deep hole dug in dry sand.

So, my question is: Will the day ever come when people are permitted to project the natural diversity of gender inclination without penalty or prejudice?

In the mean time, how do people, like so many of us, caught in the middle, overcome the stigma of our sex/gender incongruence when we are so marginalized within society?

Is this forum and other internet venues instruments toward that end?

CK