NightlyPoe said:
That's the thing. They are trying for self-acceptance. The people around them pretending with them and attacking anyone who doubts are also trying to help in that self-acceptance. I don't doubt their sincerity, but I don't accept their methods or conclusions. Unfortunately, we got stuck in the mud somewhere because of politics and now we're all living in a South Park episode. Something as basic as male/female was got talked into being abstract instead of concrete. It's also undercut and corrupted science and the healthcare community as a result, which isn't doing anyone any good. Particularly in the case of young children who have no concept of what they're asking for having their bodies hormones altered. |
I'd argue they're trying to self denial actually and not self acceptance. The difference between gay rights and trans rights is that gays want to be accepted for who they were born as, while trans want to be accepted for who they wished they were born as.
