You explain these things, Lizzie, as if it is compulsory for everyone to be au fait with every detail of how we should address someone who considers themselves gender neutral or whatever. It is not. Most people don't even consider stuff like this in their day to day life.
Wouldn't it be nice if aforementioned gender neutral people understood this, and didn't have a hissy fit when being innocently addressed as him or her. As for changing the way an airline captain or train driver addresses their passengers, it's just self important nonsense, and is bound to attract scorn and derision.
As someone once said: "If it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, it's a duck".
You miss the point Steve, none of the individuals I am talking about, those officially recognised as trans or intersexed, or "neutral" is actually actively pushing the overall case to be called certain titles. They have got bigger worries than that. It is the media and Forums like this one where groups of individuals, who do not fall under the very personal challenge of being under LGBT umbrella, are apparently so "up in arms and insulted" by this so called threat to their "normality" that are making all the noises of protest. The many individuals who I have known who fall under the LGBT banner just want to get on and lead their own lives without any big fuss. Yes, there may be the LGBT rallies and parades, but that is only the individuals who often live under threat from others feeling confident as a group to say "YES! This is us, and we are proud of being US", no matter what the so called "normal" (what really is that?!) people think.
As individuals who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual when going about their daily business should just be treated like anyone else, and the transgendered and intersex people just want to be recognised as their chosen gender, which is usually reflected in their style (masculine or feminine) of dress, make up and how they present themselves. For other "normal" people, what is the problem with that?
I had to write more than I wanted Steve to explain how this whole discussion really is for the playground, but there again the young of the current playgrounds are becoming very aware and accepting of life's diverse ways alongside with everything that mankind gets up to, and that is healthy.
As I asked before, why are those who are not the individuals that are being so heavily discussed so worried about these medically challenged individuals? Just live and let live and feel lucky that you all personally, APPARENTLY, are so confident and happy about who YOU are, what YOU have done, and how YOU have interacted with all life.
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No one has yet answered fully all of my four questions with an explanation. I wonder why!
At least Dave and DG tried to!