Let’s pretend you believe there are only 2 genders. Even if you don’t believe it, get in the mindset. Act out the character, become someone who believes in only 2 genders.
Okay, you in the mindset? Good.
Let’s pretend there is someone walking by. You know they identify as Nonbinary. You seem them? Good.
Now, what does that do to you? I don’t mean like as in it stirs up angry emotions because it’s against your opinion, I mean what does it DO to you. Does that person’s identity hurt your life in anyway? I dont mean it hurts you as in it makes you grumpy that someone isn’t conforming to your opinion, I mean does it HURT you? Are they burning your houses down screaming “Boy and Girl aren’t genders!!”? Does their existence give you some kind of fatal disease? Does them saying “Please, use they/them pronouns” harm anyone?
No?
Then why do you care?
Why do you care what they identify as if they aren’t hurting anyone? Why does it matter what they do and what they are if it doesn’t harm anyone?
Same with Gays and Lesbians, they aren’t hurting anyone being who they are, so why should you care?
Hm, I’m going to guess you (if you’re still in character) mentioned something like “They’ll burn in hell for being a sin!! It’s against my religion!”. Okay, by your belief, they are a sin.
But is it your life? Are YOU the one being cast down into hell?
No?
Then why do you care?
If it isn’t your life and they aren’t harming anyone being themselves, then don’t care. Get your nose out of other people’s business. Everyone is trying to live how they want to, just like you, so why should you care what someone is/is doing if it doesn’t hurt anyone?
Opinions are Opinions. They aren’t a rulebook or a way of life. People have different opinions and that’s okay. That’s human, that’s life. You know what’s not okay? Acting like your opinions are law. Acting like your the messenger of our creator made to tell us how to think, act, and look. That’s being a douchebag.
Be Christian, be Muslim, be neither, be a Boy, be a Girl, be Both, be Neither, like Girls, like Boys, like everyone on the gender spectrum, like no one on the gender spectrum. Guess what? It’s your life!! You don’t choose what you are, but you can choose how you live with what you are!! Why not see the beauty of opinions and know that if people aren’t hurting other people then that’s okay! It isn’t your purpose in life to check everyone on what you THINK they’re doing wrong! We’re all human, isn’t that enough? Why not love each other? Why not look at our differences and instead of scorn them, smile and just think. Just think, we are the species on Earth with so many differences. We are all human, and yet we are all different. Isn’t that amazing? Isn’t that beautiful in some way?
Now, for anyone who wants to start discourse like saying, for example, “Oh Nazis are fine?”. No, they aren’t. They’re Nazis. I said a lot of times to just let people be themselves as long as they don’t hurt others. Nazis hurt people. Fuck them.
This has been my Tedtalk, I explained this poorly instead of doing an essay due in about 6 hours, thank you for reading if you made it this far. Go ahead and reblog or whatever.