"But you're a girl, a girl, a girl!"

So my sister and I are hanging out in my bed, and she calls me girl.

Which is usually fine but at this moment it kinda bothered me so I said, don't call me that.

and then she goes why not, you're a girl. !

And I said no, I'm not.

Then she gets under the blanket and she goes,

you're not a boy.

And then I said, no, I'm not.

She gets even more frustrated.

You're a girl, you're a girl, a girl! You can't choose!

I said to her, I'm everything.

She's upset with me. She's overwhelmed. Thats okay.

I've explained this to her, as simple as possible,
But I bet as soon as she went home and told her mom that people can be boys, girls, in between, or none of those, her mom got pissed and got that out of her head immediately.

I want to raise her in a way that shows her all the different possibilities.

That love comes in different forms and so do people.

I wish my mom wouldn't raise her to be close minded. I wish I didn't have to undo my moms ignorance she's instilled in my sister.

That society has instilled in her.

I wish my sister wouldn't be shut down when I tell her that no matter how old someone is, they need to treat her with respect in the same way she would show them.

I wish my sister wouldn't be shut down when I tell her she doesn't need blue eyes to be beautiful.

I wish my sister wouldn't be shut down when I tell her that she can appreciate music or art but recognize that the artist themself is problematic in some way.

I wish my sister wouldn't be shut down when I tell her that her life matters.

I wish people wouldn't shut us down.

I love her so much and I don't want the world to corrupt her but,

There's only so much I can do,

You know?