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[–]OrangeFirefly 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I would agree with this. Ask questions which no trans person can answer: 'so what is a woman?' 'What does it mean to 'identify as' as woman?' 'So is Jonathan/Jessica Yaniv a woman?' How can you tell the difference between a trans person and someone pretending to be trans?'

Be patient and just keep asking the tricky questions. Maybe play dumb. Also, look into autogynephilia and ask her about that.

[–]OrangeFirefly 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Also, if she brings up clownfish and seahorses, ask what other characteristics humans share with these creatures (can we also breathe underwater? Are our skeletons similar?)

Ask if she can provide an example of mammals changing sex.

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

And I think that comforting her in her womanhood is important too, my lesbian friend said that it is big problem among young girls and they are trying to escape misogyny by rebranding themselves as "non-binary" and gave me few articles about this too.