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Define Normal

nor·mal
ˈnôrməl/
adjective
1. conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.

Normal: conforming to a typical, expected standard.

Conforming to a standard.

Conforming.

So if I don't conform, than I'm abnormal?

Conforming is something you do by choice. What if I don't have a choice? Can I still be "normal" or "abnormal"?

Do I have to be either one? Can't I just be me?

You hear it all the time: "Gay people aren't normal. They aren't right. They're screwed up. They're unusual. They're abnormal."

Let's take a look at this logic, shall we?

If the definition I obtained from google is correct, then normality means conforming to an expected standard. In this case, I guess, the expected standard is as follows:

-You must be physically, emotionally, and sexually attracted to people

-And it must be people of the opposite gender

-And only the opposite gender

-And you must identify with only one gender

-And it must be the gender you were assigned against your will at birth

-If you go against a single one of these rules, then you cannot get married or be parents.

That's a lot of rules for something as stupid as gender, don't you think? And who, by the way, decided that this should be the norm? I wonder if bigots just read these rules out loud, if they would realize how idiotic they sound. Especially if you put it like this:

"You can't be asexual, because you have to be attracted to somebody. But you can only pick one gender. Actually you can't even pick, it has to be the opposite gender. But if you do pick the same gender, don't tell anyone or talk about it. That's gross. As for liking both genders, that's just ridiculous. Also, remember that there are only two genders: girl and boy. Whichever one you were born with is your assigned gender forever and you must live that way for the rest of your life, even if you despise it. As long as you follow these simple rules, you can be in our special little club of people we consider to be 'normal'."

Read the above paragraph to your least favorite bigot, and see how they back up their bullshit arguments now.

And anyway, if being "normal" means following a bunch if stupid rules that God-knows-who came up with, then I don't want to be normal. No sane person on the planet would, if they knew exactly what it meant. These, after all, are just the rules for gender. There are so many other guidelines that society has mapped our for you in all other categories of your life. And guess what? Nobody follows all of them. Everyone falls out of the "normal" spectrum in one way or another.

Which raises this question: "Is anybody really normal?"

The answer: nope.

Conclusion: the idea that true, 100 percent normality exists anywhere in this world is ludicrous. So let's all just let it go and be freaks and weirdos together :)