Possibly the more interesting question to me...

...is that I'm far removed from the stereotypical sexual norms of the male...and I've known this, most of my life...But this fact never made me question my gender...as though I might be "chemically" a girl...even though, in a sense...that conclusion might have made sense... The idea was not within the realm of my own world...hence, I never comprehended such a thing. ...Which is probably the easiest, most true answer...Yet, I still wonder... ...If I were a thirteen to fifteen year old today...would I be coaxed into explaining my BoyLove orientation as a transgender issue, as result of being submerged in a culture which celebrates such ideas? In addition...I liked some girlish toys, when I was a boy...not tons of them, but...I can remember a notable one, or two... ...It never once made me think, that I was "spiritually" a girl. ...I was just a very true boy, who had tastes for things he didn't talk about with other people...I knew these admissions would be trouble. I'm glad I did not grow up in todays climate... ...I think there's a lot of really young people, who are grasping at personal relevance...trying to behave like some expert, "instructing the ignorant masses"...in a movement that's turned pretty aggressive...even though it's not on particularly solid ground. A lot of it...in my opinion...is much ado about nothing...and a lot of busy work, for people who feel they need a social cause... I think it would be so much easier...if we just accepted that boys and girls have an endless variance of combinations, where it comes to their personality traits...and a lot of variance biologically, also. What's so wrong with being a boy, who "doesn't act so much like a boy"? ...And what's to be gained with this endless parade of non-binary titles, which just serve to confuse most people? I have no issues with free spirited people, who want to call themselves a "spirit of...[whatever]"... ...I just think, when it gets to the point where people are getting upset that others aren't playing along...something has gone off the rails. With love... Stevie-D