Hivemind question
A few weeks ago, Amanda Jette Knox (author of Love Lives Here, which is a highly recommended book) announced on Twitter that her teenage child Alexis -- the formerly trans person that is the focus of her 2019 book -- is now non-binary.
Sure enough, some conservatives and anti-trans activists came out of the woodwork now claiming that Alexis had a “regret” over their young gender transition, using this as a fodder for their political campaigns. To them someone going from “a boy” to “a trans woman” to non-binary is a case of “desistance” and even a prelude to “detransition.”
But personally, I have encountered in recent years more than a few individuals who have gone from being trans to being non-binary. Especially those under age 30 this phenomenon appears fairly widespread. The they/them pronoun seems pretty much default in the young queer community these days. It is not like they (plural) had regrets; it is more that they’re evolving and expanding as they discover more about themselves and accept themselves in a deeper and more meaningful way.Â
My prediction is that over the next couple of decades everyone will become non-binary by default, thus making the entire concept of gender as a near-absolute social construct largely obsolete.Â
Here’s my hivemind question: Is this a common theme where you live? Is the focus shifting from “trans acceptance” in the context of the binary gender scheme to a total, categorical abolition of gender itself? Is a growing number of formerly trans individuals, sometimes after years and decades post-transition, reidentifying themselves as non-binary? Am I the only one who is noticing this?
