#nonbinary is bullshit

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The irony of 'reject the binary, become non-binary' is always so funny bc, like, just say, 'reject the broad and infinite presentations of man or woman, subscribe so hard to stereotypes that you have to invent new categories when you aren't a walking caricature of either of those.'

Like do we not see how regressive it is to go, 'I, a woman (one of only 2 sexes) can't actually be a woman bc society said that only men can like short hair and trucks, I must be something new' instead of going 'nah, fuck you, women can be whatever the fuck a woman wants; all she has to be is an adult human female!'

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(straight), lesbian, gay, bisexual, and asexual

those are the only legit orientations. everything else is just a personality trait masquerading as an orientation so someone can feel oppressed when no one validates their bullshit.

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Gender is so fluid that you have to constantly make up new ones any time you don't fit into the infinitely broad ideals of man or woman, huh?

So if you're not a walking stereotype you have to be non-binary or some other bullshit presentation?

And you don't see how that's entirely regressive, insulting bullshit that implies men and women can't be a variety of shapes, sizes, styles, and presentations? How depressing to be so small-minded.

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It's a shame your a terf. You'd be so much cooler if you were a cute lil enby like me, you could be spending your time getting kisses and cuddles and headpats from other enbies, and resisting capitalism, and sacrificing to ancient gods, and covering your body in cool tattoos and piercings, and maybe getting top surgery or nullification. Instead you're stuck living the miserable life of a conformist, becoming angry at those more free then you are.

You do realize that it's far more conformist to go "ah yes, those stereotyped and often-insulting gender roles imposed upon the two sexes? Well, I don't adhere to them so clearly that means I must make up some bullshit third category bc, after all, we must never argue with the binary of gender and I still want to be special" than it is to go "ya know, the diversity of humanity comes in when we let these two sexes present however the fuck they want and still respect them as autonomous and deserving individuals," right?

Like it is genuinely so insulting to you as whatever sex you are to cave so much to the regressive bullshit of gender stereotypes that you have to be 'special' (delusional, narcissistic, and blatantly wrong) instead of going, "ya know what, women present however they fuckin' want and that doesn't nor will it ever affect their woman status, fuck you!"

I think we're about 0 for 239853 on TRAs and related Cultists making completely non-points when arguing the very basic biology of sex and gender.

Good try, though! Hope you find some self-love and appreciation for your body, born sex, and basic biology bc this narcissistic shit ain't cute <3

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Okay, we've already discussed trans people in real life. So how do you feel about cartoon characters being trans headcanons or anything else like queers? Dipper, Marco, Leo, Hiro, Jax, Gwen, Sonic, Lloyd, Sora, Miku, Fluttershy, Sasuke, Timmy, Danny phantom, Mulan or others

All these character complexes, their appearance, and how they dress differently for the sake of a mission or just as a joke, so now they're all trans? So there's not a single character who can't have problems, and before you can sympathize with them, you have to add them to the transgender category?

I personally don't understand this. There's also not a single straight character, and everyone is gay, lesbian, pan, genderfluid, or non-binary, but there's not single hetero character?

Personally, I find it strange and nonsensical that they are assigned a gender and orientation based on their clothing color.

If Gwen's costume is made up of blue, white, and pink, is she necessarily transgender? (Although she's being made up because of the flag on the wall that says "Protect trans kids.") Could Marinette also be transgender from this colors? And if the characters are made up of pink, yellow, and blue, are they pansexual? (Mabel, Pinkie Pie, Star or even Zoe from MLB, like Twilight Sparkle is bisexual because of colors: pink, purple,blue) The robots characters are simply made up of non-binary or androgynous individuals rather than transgender individuals. I've only noticed that Dipper and Stanford are the only ones who are non-binary or Zane & P.I.X.A.L

OOoh, this is a very interesting one, actually! (I'll be honest, I don't know like half of the characters referenced so correct me if I'm wrong)

I generally just don't like it. I think there's a reason that every character (actual character, not just a background/extra w/ nothing going for them) has the traits they do. The writers, for better or for worse, decided how they wanted to write a character before the plot was developed. I'm not going to say it's disrespectful (bc these are after all fictional characters) but it's definitely telling of a grander issue with insecurities, entitlement, and the like when a perfectly fine character is either preferred or forcibly 'transed' by the fandom just for the sake of transing them. What do we gain from transing Timmy Turner? He's now a girl pretending to be a boy while still crushing on a girl, having boy friends, and being a total asshole. Is that really a 'win' for trans rep? I would say fuck no but, then again, I think I largely look at things with more logic than they do.

And that's not even touching on characters where their sex matters. Mulan being trans is honestly just a fucking insult. Period. Turning her from a girl fighting sexism while doing the most selfless thing she can imagine (being willing to die for her ailing father) and saving all of China in the process is fucking butchered if she's actually just a dude pretending to be a girl pretending to be a dude. Like do we not see how genuinely fucking stupid that is?

And yes, it's absolutely RICH when the supposedly 'reject the gender binary' cult is the first to look at the color of someone's clothes, the length of their hair, their voice, etc and decide they must be trans, nonbinary (which is even more made-up than trans), or some other bullshit presentation. Like...that's the epitome of 'let the made up binary define you' to see a boy in pink and go 'so, actually, he's secretly a girl or secretly wants to be a girl.' It's fucking gross and weird and hypocritical as fuck, honestly.

Gwen being trans because of the colors of her suit would honestly be such a fuck you to, well, all of the story thus far but, sadly, I can't say I'd put it past the woke-guzzling writers at Marvel (or DC) to go that far. Only time will tell since we still haven't gotten the 3rd animated Spider Man movie after, what, 3+ years??

All of this to say, anyone can make any headcanons they want about any character. That is the nature of fiction. But I think a lot of these headcanons can still be criticized for being very telling for the people who see the most basic of gender non-conformation, or even less than that, and swear a character needs to be trans, nonbinary, a certain sexuality, etc. Like why do you think the boy in pink 'has to be' secretly a girl? Is it maybe bc you've guzzled so much Gender Cult Koolaid that you can't imagine any but a girl liking pink? Really?

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my hottest hunger games hot take

there is no gender identity crisis in Panem. There are no trans people, no non-binary bullshit, and dare I add, no homophobia.

We'll start with the latter point (homophobia) bc it's the easiest.

In Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (the 4th book of the series in written order but first in Panem's chronology) we see from the future-President's POV that there is no issue with homosexuality in the Capitol. No one bats an eye. And I firmly believe no one bats an eye in the Districts, too, as long as they still breed at normal rates. (Can't oppress a group of people for very long if the progeny for said people doesn't exist, right?). To lend credence to this, there is no mention of homophobia or anything remotely like that from Katniss' POV in the original trilogy (the 1st thru 3rd books in written order but the last in Panem's chronology). The only mention of it is in Sunrise on the Reaping (most recent in written-order but second chronologically and set 40 years after Ballad). In this book, we see passing mention from the POV character (if you can call him that) named Haymitch Abernathy, that 'loving different' is a punishable offense but what sense does that make. It's not entirely impossible but it seems weird at best that the President of Panem (Coriolanus Snow) would only care about homosexuality for somewhere between one and two decades out of the 60+ years we see him either as a POV character or in power. If you ask me, and considering the entirety of Sunrise is an omnishambles of mediocre writing, shit character work, jumbled plot, and obtrusive 'messaging', it feels more like Suzanne Collins (the author) wanted to be sure there was mention of it to really sell the torture-porn nature of this messy book.

To be non-binary is to be so privileged that you have the time and energy to complain about single words (pronouns) being used 'incorrectly' around you and equating that to oppression.

That is just absolutely not something that would happen in Panem, even in the Capitol. Ignoring the fact that being non-binary is regressive af and manages to be an insult to both girls/women and boys/men at the same time, it's something that would not need to exist in a world where oppression is at the forefront of everyday life. When's the last time you genuinely met or even heard of a non-binary person in places with actual social oppression like the Congo, North Korea, Israel/Palestine, Syria, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, India, etc. And if you have, can you point to literally any of them who not only were allowed to 'practice' this delusion but also saw benefit to it. You can't? It's almost like that's bc to be non-binary is to be bored, narcissistic, and in need of self-made delusional oppression which someone who is actually facing genuine hardships (not just mean people on the internet or a govt finally telling you to be honest about your sex in official documentation) don't worry about.

So, no, non-binary isn't a thing in Panem. Period. Will there still be gender-non-conformation? Abso-fucking-lutely! Effeminate men run rampant in Panem, mostly in the Capitol, as to 'butch'/masc women. But they're still men and women. They wouldn't even consider the notion that they could be some made up delusional third thing just bc they want to feel special. And the irony in that is how progressive that stance is vs seeing a GNC individual and deciding they 'have to be' something aside from male or female bc, clearly, they don't subscribe to every stereotype about their sex. Do we see how problematic, regressive, and insulting that is??

Aaaand, now, onto the trans issue:

No, it doesn't fucking exist in Panem and I'll die on that hill. Again, I can definitely see cross-dressing, effeminate men, masc women, general gender-non-conformation, etc in Panem, especially the Capitol, but not the trans ideals we see today. That, too, takes a lot of privilege to pull off. You have to be so delusional in the first place to conflate stereotypes about the opposite sex for an identity, then you have to force that new 'identity' onto others, shell out for hormone treatments and surgeries to mutilate your body, and (in modern day cases rn) then you have to constantly push the government and society as a whole to 'respect' your delusions (cave in). Do you really see the totalitarian regime that is Panem's govt letting men in dresses change society at any level, even the Capitol? Fuck no.

And even if transness existed in Panem it would be two of two things: only in the Capitol (bc, again, this is an 'issue' bred from privilege) and it would be the sensible sort of trans issue where these people still respect their born-sex bc, again, they don't have this delusional sense of more than male and female.

But, all in all, these issues do not permeate in Panem as far as I'm concerned. They're a plague on modern society that by the time of total world collapse and a totalitarian 'remodeling' of the crumbs left of the United States/the Americas would thankfully be wiped clean. And that's not to say Panem is better than our modern day simply bc these regressive gender ideologies are gone (kids are still being forced to fight to the death and then the Victor is more than likely trafficked to adults in the Capitol afterwards, after all) (on top of the systemic oppression of the Districts in order to sate a blood-lusting, horned up, and gluttonous Capitol with its own issues in ignorance-based oppression) but it stands to reason that non-binary, trans, and even homophobia wouldn't exist in this alternate reality of our future bc why the fuck would it?