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Neurotypical refers to brain stuffs though, it's mainly used by the people within the neurodiversity communities (think autism, adhd, etc) to identify those out
by Cthulhu_ 2y ago
Neurotypical refers to brain stuffs though, it's mainly used by the people within the neurodiversity communities (think autism, adhd, etc) to identify those outside of it; I don't think it communicates gender or sexual identity at all. But likewise, cishet is mainly used by the LGBTQ+ community to identify those outside of it.
Either label is probably wrong, of course. That said, I understand why labels / identifiers are used and needed. One thing to point out though, rejecting labels like cishet can easily be construed as "I'm normal, no need to label me", which in turn means you see other gender- and sexual identities as abnormal, which is the core of the problem.
(I'm making loaded and generalised statements, nothing personal to the commenter I'm replying to)
The main issue isn't the label, but that people perceive a label as a slur or an "othering", which is hurtful.