I couldn’t agree more. Every time I see a thread about “labels” I cringe because the question is loaded. These are words that convey specific meaning linguistically. I also find they help us understand where we fit in through better understanding the collective experience of those who came before us.Originally Posted by Cheryl T
Labels, unfortunately, are a fact of existence. Since language was created labels have been used necessarily.
Without them we could not identify anything.
Car. Bank. Pencil.
How we use the labels is the issue. Do we use them for identification, humiliation, clarification?
Personally I don't like labels, especially in our world. There are too many, they are too confusing and they really don't help us. TV, TG, TS, CD, Cis, Poly (wanna cracker??).
Just be careful how we use them among ourselves. Others will take care of using them against us.
I will say (and I know how popular my comments on THIS subject usually are) that those who are most resistant to “labels” tend to identify as “hobby CDs” who believe they have absolutely no “gender issues.” I will avoid elaborating on that thought today.
