Grenade

As the variety inherent in human behaviour becomes more transparent over time we are having more difficulty categorizing it. Before, within gender variance, it was simpler to just use terms like transvestite and transsexual because the full spectrum was mostly hidden underground. It was clinicians like Harry Benjamin who were privy to it in their offices but the real world saw little of it. Even transsexuals disappeared into society where they could be left alone if they were lucky. Today there are still many older people in particular who are largely in hiding mainly due to stigma.

Today we throw terms around like gender fluid, non-binary, gender queer, gender non-conforming and have trouble distinguishing them to the point of confusing ourselves. It's interesting to see what happens when you throw a grenade into the room.

Unsurprisingly we have seen that within this large mosaic are people who are uniquely bizarre which only adds more wrinkles in our attempts to understand and categorize. They typically become the low hanging fruit for the criticals.

The point is that people are all over the place and the mosaic far more varied than we thought before the flood gates were opened. We now see some gender variant people try to re-establish a pecking order to determine who is more authentic because as a human race we are so highly predictable in some areas.