Reading from the excerpt Beyond the Gender Binary, by Alok Vaid Manon really helped me understand what people who identify as different genders have to endure. People shouldn’t ask questions about why someone is wearing something unless they are genuinely curious and don’t have any knowledge about the topic of identifying as a specific gender. We unfortunately live in a society where there is stereotypes of what a man or woman should wear but people shouldn’t care about how someone’s desires to dress because it isn’t affecting that person in any way, shape, or form. Many people tend to talk about people who are gender binary and/or gender fluid, but always seem to never want to interact with them or have conversations about what makes them feel a certain way towards people who identify differently. Unfortunately for several years, there has been many conflicts targeting gender nonconforming people like reporting them using bathrooms, banning transgender athletes in sports in high school, and taking away their access to places that are “open“ to the public. The fact that the Department of Justice claimed that trans and gender nonconforming workers aren’t protected by the civil rights law like the rest of the human citizens are is appalling and sad. We shouldn’t live in a world where because of what you identify as, you have certain rights revoked from you. Everyone should be treated the same no matter what you wear, how you talk, what you like, or what you look like. At the end of the day, we are all human and all have feelings so we should be considerate of others feelings and make them feel included even if they feel different.