graveldude... it might seem "trendy" but in reality it's just finally ok for these people to be who they are. there have been plenty of trans people all along but they've always had to bury that shit away from the public eye.
besides, what the hell does it matter to you anyway how someone else wants to label themselves?
I'm not hating on trans, queer, gay, straight, etc.
There are a ton of people that are either bored, or feel left behind now that being gay and trans are accepted. They're just your regular straight white people but that label seems boring.
I get it, it's just annoying.
Also I'm not sure if you misundertood my post or you haven't seen how much of this is out there.
People can do whatever. I'm not bitching at anyone. I just made a post in some shitty thread in an obscure skiing forum.
Does it bother me? I guess enough to post, but I've complained about everything from edm, music, to burnt toast, splilled beers, shitty roommates etc in here.
Btw, two of my friends I've known for a decade plus are trans. That's awesome. I support it. One of my really good friends from playing and seeing music is queer, wears make up and sometimes dresses and is one of my favorite people. Runs a community group in a big city doing free or afforable food drives for fresh produce, teaching gardening, proving live music and other stuff. Also I'm gay.
Does any of that mean I know anything or everything about other people? Hell no. Does it mean my opinion is more valid than a persons view of themselves probably not. I'm just saying there is a lot of what I described out there.
It's like the south park way back where everyone was metro.
Idk. Remember how blue moon beer got popular? It wasn't that it was any better or really any good. They came up with a scheme that an orange brought out the flavors and made it better. Not really, the orange garnish made people different and feel fancy. Oh you drink blue moon? Wow how interesting.
If people feel something that's great. If it changes later that's fine. I'm specifically talking about the people that are bored as hell and jumping on a trend to be different. That's all.