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I can use public restrooms that match my gender

If public restrooms are gendered then most of us have no restroom matching our non-existing gender identities so trans people with gender identities would have more privilege than non-trans people without gender identities in a countries with gendered bathrooms.

I have the ability to walk through the world and generally blend-in, not being constantly stared or gawked at, whispered about, pointed at, or laughed at because of my gender expression.

I can reasonably assume that my ability to acquire a job, rent an apartment, or secure a loan will not be denied on the basis of my gender identity/expression.

Hollywood accurately depicts people of my gender in films and television, and does not solely make my identity the focus of a dramatic storyline, or the punchline for a joke.

I will not be harassed by the police or denied services at a bank or other institution because my legal sex does not match my gender presentation.

I can easily find role models and mentors to emulate who share my identity.

Here you seem to be talking about gender conformity and heterosexuality which shouldn't be conflated with not being a transitioner. Non-trans people can be discriminated against for their gender non-conformity just like trans people.

Strangers call me by the name I provide

Being called your name can only be considered privilege if you happen to like your name.

I have the ability to flirt, engage in courtship, or form a relationship and not fear that my biological status may be cause for rejection or attack, nor will it cause my partner to question their sexual orientation.

Here you seem to talk about being straight again but even straight people aren’t safe from being rejected by homosexuals of the opposite sex due to their biological status (aka being the wrong sex). Sexual minorities are used to being rejected for being the wrong sex though as most people are straight. It’s also not unusual for sexual minorities to have had straight-identifying partners who questioned their sexual orientation due to being attracted to someone of the same sex.

If I end up in the emergency room, I do not have to worry that one gender will keep me from receiving appropriate treatment, or that all of my medical issues will be seen as a result of my gender.

Are you saying people with gender identities risk getting their physical ailments dismissed as a result of their gender identity? If that’s case the case that seems like a risk you, as a non-trans person, would share with trans people gender identities as you also say you have a gender identity. Or are you talking about gender dysphoria? Then gender dysphoric non-trans people would encounter the same problem as gender dysphoric trans people.

My identity is not considered a mental pathology (“gender identity disorder” in the DSM IV) by the psychological and medical establishments.

In the DSM–5 it’s called gender dysphoria and people who meet the DSM-5 criteria of gender dysphoria would be considered to have mental pathology regardless if they are trans or not so that’s not a unique issue to trans people either.

People don't speculate that my gender identity is a result of abuse or trauma.

It’s not unusual for trans activists to portray non-trans people without gender identities as liars or bigots for not having gender identities so non-trans people are not safe from unfair speculations either.

I have the ability to not worry about being placed in a sex-segregated detention center, holding facility, jail or prison that is incongruent with my identity.

Only one of the those two things can be true for you, either you have the privilege of being placed in a sex-segregated detention or you have the privilege placed in a gender identity-segregated detention. If the former is true than the latter isn’t, as it’s more or less guaranteed a large bunch of the females in sex-segregated detention aren’t going to share your gender identity. And if you have the privilege of being put in sex-segregated detention then trans people have the same privilege, and neither of you have the privilege of being put in a gender identity-segregated detention, putting you both in the same position. Some countries do put trans people in prisons for the opposite sex though, denying people the right to sex-segregated detention, this arrangement might perhaps feel “congruent” with the identities of males prisoners who want to be around females prisoners (as many of these males don't really seem to care about the gender identities of these females, they just want access to female-bodied people), but for a large percentage of the female prisoners it's going to be incongruent as they never shared any gender identity with these males who call themselves women in the first place.