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Your Gender Identity is None of My Business

Libby Winkler
4 min readAug 30, 2023

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Say it a little louder for the MAGAs in the back. How you choose to present yourself in public is not my issue.

Photo by Delia Giandeini on Unsplash

Call me crazy, but I have no right to determine how you present yourself.

If you are biologically male and want to present as female, I cannot tell you not to wear a dress.

Why is this controversial?

Yes, people will judge you based on how you present yourself.

Yes, people have a right to their opinion.

But if I don’t know the person’s story or intentions behind it, I cannot assume that they are doing something wrong.

The bottom line is that I can choose what I wear and how I want to present myself, and you can do the same.

It’s truly that simple.

We all have our own unique stories, and we should be free to express them without fear of judgment. We all have the right to wear what we want and present ourselves how we choose. That’s why it shouldn’t be controversial when someone chooses to present…

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Libby Winkler
Libby Winkler

Written by Libby Winkler

Freelance writer who loves exploring the messiness of humanity, while poking around in nooks of life and shining light on all the things that make us complex..

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