Beyond the Gender Binary

by Alok Vaid-Menon

This repression is something we first did to ourselves. We know how to do it so well to other people because we were the first testing grounds. We silenced our own differences, subdued our creativity, and toned down our own gender non-conformity in order to fit in. We thought fitting in would give us security—but is it security when someone else living their life differently unsettles us to our very

Repression breeds insecurity breeds violence.

When the basis of your connection is putting down other people, that connection is going to be weak.