It gets even murkier than that. Nowadays you can choose your gender, sexual orientation and even a relationship type preference. Young people are particularly affected. Children aren't experienced enough to choose their genders. They haven't lived enough. But we'll certainly all allow them to make whatever personal decisions they like. It's the politically correct thing to do you see.
Imagine the cat managed to inform us it now identifies as a squid. I'd be puzzled myself, though because of moral imperative, we'd have to seem supportive, if only to avoid seeming like offensive assholes. This is why Rome burned.