The Babylon Bee hilariously parodies culture on its satirical website, but one recent article hit a little too close to reality. The article, under the headline “Excited Parents Throw Gender Reveal Party For Their Teenager,” describes how thrilled these fictional parents are to — finally — figure out if their fifteen year old is a boy or a girl. Here’s how the imagined party went down: The party-goers reportedly partook in games like guessing the gender using pink, blue, purple, green, red, and brown M&Ms to cast their vote, taking a quiz to see who knew the most of the teenager’s triggers, and winning pins from other guests who slipped up and used the wrong pronoun for the child. “I bet it’s a demi-male dragonkin,” Cindy Johnson from Mrs. Murphy’s yoga class whispered. “I just have a feeling!” “No, no—see how the kid is wearing a hoodie and brooding? I’ll bet that’s a sign it’s a bisexual female,” an elderly woman replied. “It may be an old wives’ tale, but it holds true every time. Just you wait and see.” Parody? Maybe. Based on the stories we read today…more like a foreshadowing of tomorrow. Our culture is obsessed with — and completely baffled by — gender. Facebook now has 71 options. Yes, really. I’ll post them at the bottom of this piece for your amusement. But I guess that’s the thing, isn’t it? This new twist on identity politics isn’t funny at all. Having gender confusion used to be a psychological problem. Now it’s a badge of honor, an almost-required part of growing up in today’s messed up culture. Let’s hope we collectively wake up, before this satirical article becomes the latest trend. Facebook’s Gender Options: Asexual Female to male trans man Female to male transgender man Female to male transsexual man F2M Gender neutral Hermaphrodite Intersex man Intersex person Intersex woman Male to female trans woman Male to female transgender woman Male to female transsexual woman Man M2F Polygender T* man T* woman Two* person Two-spirit person Woman Agender Androgyne Androgynes Androgynous Bigender Cis Cis Female Cis Male Cis Man Cis Woman Cisgender Cisgender Female Cisgender Male Cisgender Man Cisgender Woman Female to Male FTM Gender Fluid Gender Nonconforming Gender Questioning Gender Variant Genderqueer Intersex Male to Female MTF Neither Neutrois Non-binary Other Pangender Trans Trans Female Trans Male Trans Man Trans Person Trans*Female Trans*Male Trans*Man Trans*Person Trans*Woman Transexual Transexual Female Transexual Male Transexual Man Transexual Person Transexual Woman Transgender Female Transgender Person Transmasculine Two-spirit Image Credit: Deviant Art Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Please enter an answer in digits:eight + nineteen = Δ
