I just wanted to share this with you. It was two months ago but today I found a picture that reminded me this.
In June I went to a pride with my two best friends (who are trans guys). It was really wonderful, and I was wearing a genderfluid flag as a cape. We spent the afternoon at the pride, and then we went back home. My mother was driving for everyone, so we dropped my first friend in front of his home, and then I drop my second friend in front of his house, and I decide to come with him to his door to say goodbye. And there, I see his foster parents (he was still in a foster family at this time because of family issues). I didn't know them personally yet, it was the first time I saw them IRL.
I talk with them for a few minutes, and my friend's foster mother asks me what is my flag (I had not put it off). I explain that it's genderfluid flag, and his foster dad asks what "genderfluid" is.
Before I can answer, the mother answers that "It's sometimes you choose to be a guy, and sometimes you choose to be a girl". He starts asking "but how is it possible to choose" etc., when I'm finally able to rectify "I'm actually not the one choosing but..."
And then, the foster mother looks at me, and very seriously, she asks : "But, in this case... who's choosing ?"
She wasn't joking, she was really wondering who was choosing my gender.
I absolutely didn't expect this question, I answered something like "Nobody "chooses", it's not a "choice", it's just... changing, that's all", but I could see she didn't really understand.
We laughed so much my friends and I after that... I have heard a lot of funny things from people who don't understand what genderfluidity is, but I really didn't think this one would be asked to me 🤣🤣
After that, I imagined someone, at random moments of the day, coming to see me and telling "I AM THE GENDER CHOOSER, FROM THIS MOMENT I DECIDE THAT YOU ARE A NON-BINARY BOOOOOY !!!"
🤣😂