Are You Defining Your Identity by Yourself?

I objected to some legislation that was passed in Canada and that's sort of what propelled me into public visibility, let's say. But I've realized more recently that I was also disturbed, although in a less explicit manner, with the theory of identity that was an implicit part of the legislation. So your identity isn't merely your membership in whatever group you happen to identify with at that moment. It's certainly not merely your sexuality or merely your race. In fact, your identity is barely your race, because your identity is something more like how you conduct yourself in the world.