Either a 1 or a 0

Those of us who were raised under a very strict binary had trouble with the idea of existing openly on a spectrum. After all, the stigma would have been horrific. 

Add a few decades and suddenly there was a new coordinate system to adjust to which wasn't just based on a 1 or a 0. 

The concept of identity within that new structure required that we carefully examine our programming and revamp the psyche which was easier said than done. 

Traumas, fears and hangups persisted for us to the point of paralysis and not without justification. 

However, the generations behind us developed no such hangups and increasingly began existing under personal gender rules which worked just fine for them. 

It turned out that a transgender identity is a thing which can be lived openly and was always statistically expected.