They go on to say, “ want a world where gender is respected as a story, not just a word. Alok Menon-Vaied, a non-binary activist, artist, and scholar, says on their personal blog that, “all of us - regardless of how we identify & navigate the world - have a stake in ending the gender binary.” This is because this binary not only holds up a limited idea of what genders exist but also how you can exist within gender. However, these limiting society ideals of what relationships between men look like impact us too. If you asked me even a year ago what this relationship between two cisgender men has anything to do with the relationships I have with my girlfriends,I’d probably wonder the same thing. Obviously, anyone can be friends with whoever they want to be, but there’s a deeper conversation here about who or what society tells us our non-romantic relationships can look like.
