The Transgender Thread

[Hula]

That sounds like a great ideal—the only problem is I think it's human nature (hell, maybe just animal nature) to group together with those who are most like us—you'd probably still get clumps of people identifying with each other more than others and you'd be back to square one. I feel like the queer movement as it stands right now is trying to push society toward what you describe, though. Words like 'gay' and 'straight' are becoming too constrictive for some people and while identities like 'pansexual' are still trapping us into using labels which define us in black or white (instead of just being and not feeling the need to explain or justify it), they're good in the sense that they do acknowledge and include gender neutrality.

I've always liked 'queer' as a sexual orientation / gender identity. It's everything and nothing. I think that's nice.