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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Or.. um.. marvel comic character. Way cooler. I'd name a kid Storm  |
Random: I considered going by Storm in college. Or Rogue. I really wanted a cool nickname.
Anywho, I agree with Pika. That's what I was thinking when I posted this in N&P. To be 5 years old (or 2 years old) and left with the decision of choosing/rejecting a gender just sounds overwhelming. Leaving it to him to tell people what he is....if he is asking them to let the leaders of the nature center know he is a boy, that is great but I feel like he shouldn't have to ask. They left him to tell staff himself and you know what, he's 5. He shouldn't have to be his own advocate at that age. There is nothing wrong with Jazz being a boy who likes pink and wears his hair long, but for him to be a ________ who likes pink and has long hair is a problem. To just not be taught to ascribe to anything leaves a child open to so many identity issues, possibly moreso than those have "assigned genders" and reject them later. What they are trying to achieve is admirable in theory but the opposite of misguided is not being left unguided.