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 uhh i would personally never trust anyone who says gender expression isn't real because it most certainly is and is very important to a lot of people. if it's not something that applies to her i think that's valid but to make the statement that it doesn't exist at all would be a red flag for me, personally. i'm sorry idk if that helps any