the-houxbois-academy:

I should hope so, it’s only the dullest sort of people of any identity who rigidly limit themselves to interests coded to one specific gender or demographic. “Pinkification” and the rigid gender separation of toys and interests only makes it more difficult and in many cases painful to make meaningful explorations in identity at a younger age. It doesn’t just make it more difficult for people like me to sort themselves out, it also creates bizarre hang ups like the “brony” phenomenon where these men can only cross the perceived barrier by drawing attention it’s existence and foregrounding it. We ought to be in a situation where exploring what feels natural is the norm instead of taboo.

Yes.  I like this, so I’ve quoted it all.

(I have an X-Box 360)

And that’s fine, of course, just as it’s fine that anyone owns an X-Box 360.  It’s the irrational moment of “ooh, this person I see as being Like Me is Unlike Me in one regard” I’m talking about here, even when it’s something completely trivial.