Gender Identity: A step forward?

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Not so sure about this, but I sort of get it.....

A Toronto couple are defending their decision to keep their infant's sex a secret in order to allow the child to develop his or her own gender identity.

We didn't tell anyone the sex of our babies in advance, even though we knew. We treated all three the same. None of them wore pink or pastels, they all wore purple and flowers. (that was the cutest pair of dungarees/overalls). And they all loved princess dresses, "click-clack" shoes, Thomas trains and Hotwheels/Matchbox cars. Now we have two typical boys and a not-so-typical girl, .......but still very much a girl. Moreso by the day, it appears.....

It never occurred to me to continue to keep it secret. I wonder if we would have if we'd thought of it? And why is it creating all this hoo-haa -who really needs to know at this age? Why do people care if this couple won't say what sex their baby is?