It can be really scary to admit that there are a lot of things you don’t know. We live in a world where people are quick to pounce on you if you express confusion or ask a question, and many online activists aren’t honest about the fact that they didn’t always know what the gender binary was, either. Too often, people climb the ladder and say, “Hell yeah, I climbed the ladder! And I beat you to the top!” The thing about the ladder is that you never stop climbing, and if you think you have, you have a lot more work to do.
