Comments on: South Australian Queer Couple To Raise Child Genderless

By: Robert McCormick

Robert McCormick — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 23:26:09 +0000

Like it or not, this child will be subjected to possibly the worst bullying imaginable once it reaches Primary School Age. How will this couple start out dressing their child once it stops being just a tiny baby? Who will decide what style of clothes it wears? As jeans, tees, polo tops, socks and shoes are as near to unisex as we can get does this mean the parents, not the child, will decide that it is not going to wear skirts and dresses. Are State and/or Private Schools ready to accept this genderless child? Which toilet will it use, or rather, will it be allowed to use? As yet, and it is doubtful any school will introduce a Unisex Toilet for just one child, school toilets are gender-based so which one will it be required to use? My guess is that the schools will insist it uses the toilet based on it’s genitalia. Just imagine the abuse it will be subjected to if it has male genitals, dresses in a skirt or dress and goes to the toilet assigned to those with male genitals. Girls can be every bit as abusive as boys. How do these parents think the girls will react if this child has male genitals and tries to use the tpoilets assigned to people with Female genitals?
This idea may be accepted by family and friends but is the rest of the population so accepting? What sort of mental torture will this child go through diring these very formative years? Are these parents in fact exposing this child to unprecedented mentals and/or physical abuse or both?

By: Ruxxy

Ruxxy — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 22:10:24 +0000

Ridiculous – no wonder small certain sections of our community make us the laughing stock among the wider community. As one who was an activist for many years fighting for recognition and acceptance for gay and queer people, I’m sorry to see things go this way. In my view, some of the younger people have lost the plot.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 05:04:51 +0000

I have to ask why is sex or gender still in 2021 on documents and forms, such as passports and birth certificates? As a cis gay man I say just abolish the whole lot and give each individual a QR code – problem solved immediately! ????️‍????

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 05:59:10 +0000

Confused why I’m reading a story about a straight couple having a baby.

By: Jade Baggins

Jade Baggins — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 05:23:13 +0000

I raised my kids until they were at school in a gender neutral way and deliberately avoided dressing them in ways that shouted either gender, I was firm on their developing manners and empathy for others but I never expected them to be performative and allowed, supported and protected them to have their personal and emotional boundaries.
It was fascinating how people spoke to them as toddlers and little kids as they assumed a gender. Gender is both a physicality but more so a social construct. There is absolutely no harm to society for allowing and supporting anyone to be free from the assumptions and bindings that these traditional concepts create for us all.