What kind of fluid...?

Jim Geraghty writing in today's Morning Jolt:

This is why some conservatives are really eager to see Hillary Clinton asked how many genders there are. Because a bunch of us have walked around for a really long time thinking the answer was “two.” Even if you want to change your gender, you’re changing from one to the other, no? But apparently some want to be classified as a third one. And now, because apparently a lot of vocal types think that having only two or three terms doesn’t accurately describe them, Facebook now offers users 51 categories. That seems like a lot. I mean, for perspective, Baskin Robbins has only 31 flavors.

So is it insensitive or disrespectful to ask? If I ask, am I crossing a boundary? For someone who is “gender fluid” -- one of Facebook’s 51 categories -- then yes, you wouldn’t necessarily know their gender du jour without asking. But to someone who identifies as “agender” -- another one of the 51, “someone who does not identify with any sort of gender identity” -- the question might be construed as insulting or an attempt to shoehorn them into making a choice they reject.

Waiter, does the gender du jour come with a salad and drink?

Can a transgendered man reassigned as a female who owns a business qualify as a female-owned business for Federal purposes? How about someone who identifies as “transfluid”? If not, who is the federal government to tell these individuals that they’re not really as female as they feel?

Transfluid? Isn't that what you put into a car?

What entrance do transwomen use at a mosque?

Whichever one is closest to the morgue, I'd imagine.

Maybe adding a society-wide non-male, non-female category of gender identity is worthwhile; I’m sure bathroom construction contractors would love this idea. (Economic stimulus! Adding a third bathroom to every major facility in America!) But if you declare, “I have concluded that the two-gender model that society operated on for generations is insufficiently sensitive to how I see myself; thus every institution in the country has to reorganize itself to create a third category to fit my self-identity,” and others reacts by saying, “eh . . . nah, not gonna do it,” it’s not crystal clear that they’re the ones being unreasonable.

Precisely. If you want to get up one morning and tuck your wiener between your legs so you can put on a dress and pose for a magazine shoot, knock yourself out. That's your business and I wouldn't dream of stopping you. However, you don't get to demand that we redesign society every time your whim changes. That's how six-year old children see the world, not adults. So grow up, stop whining about EVERYTHING, and maybe we can have an adult conversation (preferably in the presence of a psychologist) about your mental and emotional problems. But if you continue stamping your heel-clad feet and spitting out ridiculous phrases like "gender fluid," the 98% of us who are normal will simply laugh at you and walk away.

What's "normal," you ask? Well, as some worthy once pointed out, "Normal is what everybody else is, and you are not." If you think you're a transgendered furry of mixed race descent when you're actually a pasty-white, thirty-something male comic book collector with a self-confidence problem, you are NOT normal. Either get used to it or work on improving yourself. It's your choice. Because the rest of us aren't interested in modifying the world just so you can feel comfortable; that works the other way around.