It’s funny how when we are born we are automatically assigned to a specific gender (boy or a girl). And the expectation that is expected once you’re told your gender is that you live up to credentials. For me I know growing up in the Caribbean they take gender identity a bit seriously because of the lack of knowledge that they have towards gender identity. Many people don’t understand why it’s important to allow someone to be who they want to be without being forced to be who they are told they are.

Now the “simple” definition behind the word Gender (male or female) doesn’t really symbolize the true definition of the word for many people.

In not only today’s society but for several years people decided not to identify themselves as the scientific term of the word gender but to break the chain and just learn how to be true to themselves. Gender identity I feel can only be determined within ones self. No one can necessarily give a firm answer on what exactly is gender. Although, many may feel as if gender is the same thing as identifying someone’s biological sex it doesn’t mean someone may feel that way. When someone announces their gender identity it’s them feeling liberated and free to be whoever they want to be without having the by laws of biological sex or how society may feel to deter them from being and feeling like themselves.

It’s pretty difficult to give a clear definition of what gender is, but it is a way to allow people to embrace who they really are without the use of the labels given to us.