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Ahab

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Unfortunately this seems to be the MO for too many transgender supporters: simply accuse those critical of transgender ideology of being transphobic.
 
I think that people who have always been naturally highly gender conforming and those that were intensely trans from the jump should give some space and have empathy for the people who are in the murky middle.

Transgender people genuinely exist, but so do what I would guess are an even larger amount of people who will be gender (both with their body and behavior) non conforming in ways that randomly and rapidly change. These kids and young adults don't need ideologues of either stripe.

If there is no middle ground for gender "confusion" then will more kids who are gender fence sitters be like "I gotta choose a team, cis or trans"?

Will some of these fence sitters get hormones so they can be more accepted by others and not do it for themselves?

I often hear that a person is not a real "trans" unless they get hormones. Why put so much stock in these categories to begin with? I guess this is what people do in our low grade constant tribalism.
 
I think that people who have always been naturally highly gender conforming and those that were intensely trans from the jump should give some space and have empathy for the people who are in the murky middle.

Transgender people genuinely exist, but so do what I would guess are an even larger amount of people who will be gender (both with their body and behavior) non conforming in ways that randomly and rapidly change. These kids and young adults don't need ideologues of either stripe.
If there is no middle ground for gender "confusion" then will more kids who are gender fence sitters be like "I gotta choose a team, cis or trans"?

Will some of these fence sitters get hormones so they can be more accepted by others and not do it for themselves?

I often hear that a person is not a real "trans" unless they get hormones. Why put so much stock in these categories to begin with? I guess this is what people do in our low grade constant tribalism.
Wait til you find out that "non-binary" is not only an option, but an increasingly popular and socially acceptable one!
 
The dramatic music was a nice touch given the video starts with blanket accusations of transphobia and then takes it for granted that there is.

The transman in the video is upset that he cannot be registered as the 'father' of a child he gave birth to.
 
I know in the US there is all kinds of irrational hatred of anything that is not the norm. Trans people face all kinds of hatred and oppression from ignorant bigots.

Many Americans are very stupid and superstitious. The US is a Christian fundamentalist shit-hole.

As primitive as New Guinea tribesmen but much less able to survive.

Morality is as simple as live and let live. If there is somebody harmed then we can talk about immorality.
 
I have never understood why some people get all bent out of shape worrying about how someone else has sex or what gender feels right for someone else. It's like they think it's their concern.
 
I have never understood why some people get all bent out of shape worrying about how someone else has sex or what gender feels right for someone else. It's like they think it's their concern.

I've no problem with a male choosing to take on the gender roles traditionally associated with females. Nor do I have a problem with a female doing the same. I do have a problem with the idea that it is those gender roles that make a person a 'real man' or a 'real woman'.

If females are forced to compete against males or if males are placed in prisons built for women, then I do think we should all be concerned about that.
 
The dramatic music was a nice touch given the video starts with blanket accusations of transphobia and then takes it for granted that there is.

The transman in the video is upset that he cannot be registered as the 'father' of a child he gave birth to.


Based on your postings, I'd say we disagree over 95% of the time on current political issues. But we do agree on how crazy and wrongheaded gender ideology is.

It is a good thing that many of the feminists in Britain are a lot more sensible than their American cousins.
 
I think that people who have always been naturally highly gender conforming and those that were intensely trans from the jump should give some space and have empathy for the people who are in the murky middle.

Transgender people genuinely exist, but so do what I would guess are an even larger amount of people who will be gender (both with their body and behavior) non conforming in ways that randomly and rapidly change. These kids and young adults don't need ideologues of either stripe.

If there is no middle ground for gender "confusion" then will more kids who are gender fence sitters be like "I gotta choose a team, cis or trans"?

Will some of these fence sitters get hormones so they can be more accepted by others and not do it for themselves?

I often hear that a person is not a real "trans" unless they get hormones. Why put so much stock in these categories to begin with? I guess this is what people do in our low grade constant tribalism.

Some interesting thoughts. Am not sure it is all that complicated as long as one realizes that humans are a sexually dimorphic species and that gender is a social construct.
It is not a bad thing for our society to allow more freedom in gender expression. It only becomes pernicious when it leads us to forget the biological facts of sex and situate gender over sex.
 
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I think that people who have always been naturally highly gender conforming and those that were intensely trans from the jump should give some space and have empathy for the people who are in the murky middle.

Transgender people genuinely exist, but so do what I would guess are an even larger amount of people who will be gender (both with their body and behavior) non conforming in ways that randomly and rapidly change. These kids and young adults don't need ideologues of either stripe.
If there is no middle ground for gender "confusion" then will more kids who are gender fence sitters be like "I gotta choose a team, cis or trans"?

Will some of these fence sitters get hormones so they can be more accepted by others and not do it for themselves?

I often hear that a person is not a real "trans" unless they get hormones. Why put so much stock in these categories to begin with? I guess this is what people do in our low grade constant tribalism.
Wait til you find out that "non-binary" is not only an option, but an increasingly popular and socially acceptable one!

Well, what I really want is for people to NOT have transgender surgery because it is a dangerous and not real.


see here if you want to see how Frankenstein this shit is

Warning


 
I think that people who have always been naturally highly gender conforming and those that were intensely trans from the jump should give some space and have empathy for the people who are in the murky middle.

Transgender people genuinely exist, but so do what I would guess are an even larger amount of people who will be gender (both with their body and behavior) non conforming in ways that randomly and rapidly change. These kids and young adults don't need ideologues of either stripe.
If there is no middle ground for gender "confusion" then will more kids who are gender fence sitters be like "I gotta choose a team, cis or trans"?

Will some of these fence sitters get hormones so they can be more accepted by others and not do it for themselves?

I often hear that a person is not a real "trans" unless they get hormones. Why put so much stock in these categories to begin with? I guess this is what people do in our low grade constant tribalism.
Wait til you find out that "non-binary" is not only an option, but an increasingly popular and socially acceptable one!

Well, what I really want is for people to NOT have transgender surgery because it is a dangerous and not real.


see here if you want to see how Frankenstein this shit is

Warning



Ah, so you do not in fact, want the flexibility and acceptance of differing perspectives that you claim to value? I am shocked.
 
Reality is a son of a bitch and people need to accept the limits of medical science.
 
Reality is a son of a bitch and people need to accept the limits of medical science.

What's the limit in this case?

Things like this testimonial from an SRS patient:



Also, I am cool (excepting changing rooms and sports) with treating trans people as their preferred gender. They don't have to have surgeries or hormones to have more legitimacy (like Iran), because the side effects of that can totally suck, forever.

Because of trying to push acceptance, people like you are soft peddling this surgery.
 
Reality is a son of a bitch and people need to accept the limits of medical science.

What's the limit in this case?

Things like this testimonial from an SRS patient:



Also, I am cool (excepting changing rooms and sports) with treating trans people as their preferred gender. They don't have to have surgeries or hormones to have more legitimacy (like Iran), because the side effects of that can totally suck, forever.

Because of trying to push acceptance, people like you are soft peddling this surgery.


Ah, an anecdote. Does this represent the majority of trans surgeries?
 
So the idea is that if some people regret having a particular surgery, we should take the option of that surgery away from other people who need it?
 
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