Have you ever wondered what life would've been like had you been given the opportunity to choose your gender?
Not in the sense of simply stating how you identify, but being supported, uplifted, acknowledged, believed, and seen while you navigated this journey called life as the person you know yourself to be. In essence, and in regards to society, the practice of choosing your gender is uncannily synonymous with choosing your battle.
The power of choice, in general, is a privilege not all people are afforded, or something that everyone is aware that they may have. Before being born, a child’s inherent power to choose how they feel inside or whether they’re a girl or boy, both, or neither, is stripped from them, and from that point on their self-expression has the potential to feel staged and/or performed in a way that has lasting unfavorable effects.
What’s Your Gender?
Take a moment to reflect on your relationship and experience with your own gender.
What’s your gender?
Was/Is it your choice?
How has it affected you?
How does it make you feel?