so at a recent work meeting we were looking at our anti-discrimination rules, and of the things it specifically protects is "gender expression" (in addition to gender identity, sexuality etc)

one of my coworkers said that "gender expression is not a thing" which is a claim i've never heard before.

for context she's young, studies gender academically (which means her discourse is often different from mine) and she seems generally cool with both gay and trans people. like, i don't think she's a TERF at least.

still, i'm wondering if this is the catchphrase of some type of person i should stay away from, or if this is a thing in gender academia or whatever. thankful for advice!

@em I would be cautious with them
@c0debabe yeah, it made me a bit uneasy. her "language" around stuff like this is really different from mine, since i get it from more casual online queer spaces, but i've never heard her have a bad take before! so it's at least surprising
@em it might be some pedantic academic 🤔 academics are weird