I wanted to give my child a gift. The gift of understanding gender as complex and beautiful and self-determined and the gift of being free from the restrictions and limitations and expectations of binary gender and all the stereotypes that come with it. I hadn’t considered how much of a gift I would also be giving myself. Parenting is like being a tour guide. Parents help their children navigate the world, taking them to the great spots and steering them clear of unsafe ones. While curating an experience for Zoomer to explore their interests and come to their own identity, I inadvertently
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