Gender-Neutral Names By Supriya, intern at @just.lemmebe I believe gender-neutral names are the future. Why so? Lemme explain. Names are inherently genderfluid; they are made up, and so is their gender. But cross fitting names (masculine names on women and feminine names on men) might cause more harm than good. A gender-neutral name helps resolve it. Gender is a spectrum, and no matter where a person identifies to fall, so will the name. A lot of trans men and women, I know, also go on to change their names after transition or therapy, which they will not have to do. Their identities do not have to clash so much with their names. A neutral name also allows parents to let the child fit whoever he/she/they decide to identify as, in the future. Gender-neutral names open up a conversation about gender-neutral spaces and creates awareness about the spectrum gender exists in. I have grown with several people who had neutral names, and I cannot thank their parents enough, whether they thought of this concept or not. Some of those names are Krishna, Samarpreet, Dew, Soumya, Charu, etc. Although in India, gender isn't disclosed before birth, even to the parents, the west has celebrated the idea of gender reveal parties. That, to me, is questionable. To reveal gender is to ascertain it and affirm the idea that gender has several entities and isn't a spectrum. It is to already restrict an unborn baby to stereotyped binary gender norms. It is not only limiting but often also suffocating. Even Jenna Karvunidis, the woman to start gender reveal parties, now regrets it because it is problematic. Ironically, the baby girl born after that reveal is someone who expresses herself by wearing suits. #GenZ #GenerationZ #Millenials #youth #Blogs #Blogging #OnTheBlog #ReadNow #instagood #instadaily #Instahub #Instagrammers #LemmeBe #Gratitude #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtqally #Motivation #Lifestyle #genderneutralnames #genderneutralnamesonly #lgbtqai https://www.instagram.com/p/CROqMmPJbOO/?utm_medium=tumblr
