Martijn Tumblr and the overall LGBTQ&c community are introducing way too specific labels for people to describe themselves by, in my opinion. Can't we just be ourselves without clinically categorising what that means?

Nkrs This is all new to me -- could you show some examples?

Martijn Hard to "show" it, as such. First there are separate gender and sexual identities. You can also have a different *-sexual from *-romantic (eg. biromantic heterosexual). Discussions about differences between bi-, omni-, and pan-, prefixes. Discussions about what is and is not a gender. Cis- prefix. Pronouns. Not to mention people who describe themselves having several as each. I don't mind if you want to do that. It does not affect me in any way. I am just questioning if it is helpful for anyone, including those who do it.

Nkrs I've heard about some of these, but didn't make the connection. Perhaps they're trying to be unique, but if that's the goal, there are other (and I'd argue better) ways to be different, without involving private matters such as gender and sex.

Martijn The battle waged by LGBTQ&c organisations is a good one because gender and sex really aren't "private matters" when they dictate your pay, where you are allowed to shop, and what bathrooms you must use.