i haven't been feeling like posting in my little web log probably because i'm located in plush middle america confinement and the world's ills don't permeate me. or i'm too busy sleeping, or something. if you want to throw topics at me, get to it.
anyway: gay marriage. or same-sex cohabitation sanctification or whateverthefuck is the new whitewashed term. it seems the US is slowly marching towards it, which i'm super pleased about (go iowa! who would've thunken that you'd be progressive?). mostly, i'm baffled as to how gay marriage can be illegal given that gender identification is fluid. that is: if it's legal for a "biologically sex normative" (or cisgender, if you prefer) person to live as another gender, doesn't this leave marriage in a very gender-neutral position? scenario: i am born biologically male, marry a woman (as per legality! gee whiz!) and later in life decide to have sex reassignment surgery. my status is now as woman. does this nullify my marriage to my wife?
this makes me wonder if trans people can legally identify themselves with the gender of their choosing. if i were to claim that i'm a male, despite the fact that it says "female" on my birth certificate, can i do this? i find this hugely pertinent to the gay marriage discussion.
AH LEGALITY. we need more anarchists.
gender gender blah blah blah. today at the store, i heard a little boy complain to his dad that he didn't want a certain tennis racket because "it's for girls!" (the racket was clearly pink.) there needs to be more goth kids running around. black is so gender neutral.
That kid was absolutely right, what right minded 8 year old boy wants to play with a pink racket?
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