4:43am July 8, 2014

I’m getting my DMV ID soon.

It’s the next step in the name change process.

And I really, really wish that it would say X instead of F or M.  I know that doesn’t exist right now in my country or state.  I know it may never exist in my lifetime.  But it bothers me.

That’s the problem with thinking too hard about genderlessness.  Normally this is a thing that I keep at arm’s length so that I don't have to feel disappointed by little things like this.  But not having the option of X, not having the option of Mx. instead of Mr. or Ms., these things are a little like what people call microaggressions.  They’re little tiny reminders that the social world was not made with me in mind.

And I’m trying not to touch other issues with a ten-foot pole, because that way only lies disappointment and heartache.

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