The problem with umbrellas

Quite a long while ago I stopped thinking in terms of gender variance umbrellas and focused more on the dichotomy of expression and identity from which we can then try and determine motivation and degree of investment. 

Gender expression does not necessarily lead to conflict but a question of gender identity can which could produce a very different life experience. Gender dysphoria is an internal incongruence which asks a person for a response while someone without it may only need to worry about acceptance of their expression from society or a partner.

For the longest time I favored the Benjamin scale as the best model but realized that no measurement scale is going to perfectly capture the individual journey of each person during which their own understanding of self may morph over time.

But what makes an umbrella concept even weaker is that while it might be a nice to have for inclusivity, it doesn't do anything to advance our understanding of the subject. Therefore, if we want to reflect just in terms of inclusion, we might as well think about the entire human race and all of its variability.

For in that sense we are all equal and under the same umbrella.