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I don't know if this is statistically significant either. But, even though the article was dealing with the transgendered, I think it speaks reams about sexuality as a whole. Three fourths of the children in that study with gender identity issues turned out to be gay or bi-sexual. That means, by extrapolation, that around a quarter of them turned out to identify themselves as heterosexual. We all know that the stereotypical view of homosexuals is a man who acts effeminate. Yet I'd wager that effeminate men make up a rather small minority of the adult, gay, male population. And there are, by the example above, men with effeminate characteristics who are straight!
It makes me wonder how much of a role 'gender identity' plays in sexuality altogether. It just reinforces my belief that there are very wide variances in sexuality and that to simply list a person as gay, bi, straight or transgendered is just too simplistic. I don't think any of us fit into these boxes very well. I think labels belong on cans of soup, not on human beings. And I think we should view these labels on ourselves and others in very, very general terms.
My heart goes out to the transgendered however. It was difficult enough growing up gay. I sure wouldn't want that additional complication in my life. And woe unto those transgendered kids who may have been born to fundamentalist, Christian parents or Muslim parents. What a nightmare existence that would be.
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