I Used to Hate Labels

A friend of mine shared an article yesterday about why cisgender isn’t a negative term. Unsurprisingly, there were some people who jumped in with the “why do we need labels” retort. And I get it. Believe me, I get it. Hell, the former me would’ve been the one posting that comment.

For a hell of a long time, I was so anti-label it got me into internet arguments. I’m sure I was called a troll more than once because of my vehement insistence that we would all be better off if we were just people...