Oh, definitely a topic sure to bring up strong opinions in people!

This is not intending slight to those who are genuinely stating their sexual preferences, but I'm old enough to remember when there was something we called "Art School Gay" which typically was more of a "trendy fashion statement" than anything truly relating to sexual preference. I bring it up because I agree that there is definitely an element of that within the current "gendering" storm...

Sometimes it feels like the real "pandemic" the world is facing is one of "normalizing" everything as a path to supporting people's sense of entitlement to ignore and abdicate all accountability for their issues, biases and trauma. People are "addicted" to feeling good and have no tolerance for anything inconvenient and/or unpleasant, so let's just label it "normal" so we can not deal with it.

The thing that does worry me is that most science will agree that the human brain is not fully developed till age 22-25, so these decisions are made by people who have typically not reached the level of emotional/hormonal stability to effectively make "permanent" decisions.

Then, of course, there's the polar opposite in which everything makes someone a "deviant." The polarity of the world is stunning, these days...