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I agree that labels, in and of themselves, are not the enemy, and that the way they may be used is. I use labels to sort out my thoughts, ideas, and concepts. For me the "transgender" label helps because its definition includes that my having a inner gender that is different than my birth sex is innate. I do wrestle with sub-labels within the transgender umbrella. For example I've wondered if I should label myself bigender since, like bisexual people, I go back and forth. For now I'm sticking with transgender especially for cisgender people who for the most part do not even have a good grasp of that label.

I don't just mean in this community context either. It's this weird growing anti-language thing I keep butting heads against. And don't even get me started on the war against words like to. Seriously? Anyone needs to type 2? Two letters is too much typing? Gyah. Rage. And wrestling is okay, that is how we define them and realize the need for new ones, to be able to more accurately discuss topics. Any topics. From transgenderism to origami to intercultural understanding to modern science advances. Words are the power of thought.