Recently, I have been thinking a lot about identity labels. More specifically, I've been thinking about whether or not they help or hurt us. In today's post, I will look at the ways that identity labels support us and at times, the ways they might hinder us. Identity is an important topic and we can use labels to describe in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, relationship style, and more. Today, I will mostly focus on sexual orientation and gender labels, although my words can apply to a variety of identity labels.