For GC: what makes someone trans?

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[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter that much how transgender is defined to us. What matters is the erasure of women and our rights. How transgender is defined does not really change the threat posed to women, or how people still choose to gender objects, colours, and behaviours.

The way you phrased the question reads almost as if you expect us to have an organised and agreed upon definition of something that is only loosely and contentiously defined by the very people who say it’s what we should base the running of the world upon.

[–]inkling 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It really only matters to me and my curiosity. I did not expect you all to have an organized and agreed upon definition, I expected to hear a variety of answers. Judging by the hostility to my questions/discussion topics, it doesn't seem like this is an appropriate place for my own personal learning. Its a shame because there aren't a lot of places on the internet that I can interact with "the other side" but Ill keep looking I guess.

[–]BiologyIsReal 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We answered your question, but it's hard to say what makes someone "trans" when we don't believe in this stuff and even QT can't agree on a definition.

If you want to learn what we believe, you could lurk past threads, too.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think you’re interpreting mild exasperation and confusion as hostility. What we think is made quite clear imo, but there is an expectation that you will have a certain level of understanding what gender critical and radical feminism are before engaging in debate.