Non-binary and Genderfluidity a Sign of Rising Consiousness?

[Diana]

How do you honour an individual's differences without either identifying or attaching to them? Even observation or acknowledgment is a form of identifying, no?

I would agree with that to an extent. I can honor an individual's difference, and with that comes some form of identification; but I do not have to attach to it—there is no emotional content for me regarding what another desires.

I'm thinking out loud here (which of course is silly to say since you can't hear me ). I do make a correlation in my mind with what someone's preferred ID is, but it's not my label, it's only an agreement to use their label they chose. Perhaps I'm using semantics only but I'm not sure. 

It seems to me you are trying to make a distinction between 'identity' and 'identifying', in that the 'true identity' is beyond all 'identifying', is that what you mean?

Well, not really. It's more like it all stems from my own reaction to it all, how I interact with labeling and identification. I let others be who they are in the way they choose, and if that includes identifying with a group, that's their thing and I honor that—as far as I am capable at the time; I admittedly struggle a bit with sports hunters and other cruelty; but I still try to honor their choices and not enmesh with it emotionally.

And it has less to do with "true identity" and more to do with the freedom to explore it. I feel labels, like opinions and beliefs, block further information from being perceived, especially information outside the box. 

Don't take my questioning or disagreement as an unwillingness to understand your point, I can only digest it through my own apparatus and so I tend to turn things over many times to gain a proper perspective.

I welcome your intelligent and well-thought-out comments.

People sometimes forget that agreement and disagreement are really of the moment. Disagreement just means I still have many questions and the idea has not taken any solid form in my mind. Through conversation an idea formulates and eventually I may agree... or I may not, that's the beauty of the discussion. However undoubtedly in all cases I come closer to understanding another perspective.

I very much agree.