I didn’t know how to word it but I think it’s just another example of tras using another group of people to try to legitimize trans people or invoke sympathy and a sense of obligation to validate.

They obviously do it with women, but they do it with intersex conditions, black people, Holocaust victims, homosexuals, and now people on the spectrum. They know the comparisons will make people think twice about rejecting what they’re saying. Either because most people don’t fully understand the comparison or because when they do somewhat understand, they’re scared of being comparable to racists or homophobes.

I’ve even seen some say that pointing out that male bodies don’t function the same as female bodies or saying you’d never sleep with a “woman” who has a penis is straight up ableism.

I can’t tell if it’s an intentional tactic to pressure people into validating them or if it’s an attempt to diminish the fact that being trans is a lot different from any other marginalized group (like trying to normalize being trans by mixing it in with race and medical conditions etc). The only problem is trans people are the only invasive and sexist marginalized group.