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[–]jelliknight 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

To be clear, we are not on the same side as conservatives generally are.

There was a handy graphic on the old subdreddit.

Transgender is the belief that Men are manly inside and women are girly inside, and if your body doesn't match your inside you should change your body.

Conservatives tend to believe that Men are manly inside and women are girly inside too. The difference between this group and the trans group is that they don't agree with changing your body. Instead they think men should toughen up and women should get back in the kitchen.

Here we believe that "manly" and "girly" are stupid arbitrary concepts that aren't related to sex at all, except in the way that they are forced on each sex. Women don't naturally like dresses more than men, men aren't naturally better at mechanics than women. We oppose all links between the sex of the body and personality/beliefs/preferences/abilities.

[–]SterlingRoark[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I think there is no treatment other than the sex change, but that obviously doesn’t make these people feel whole. I believe last statistic I saw trans suicides were 40%. During the Holocaust Jews had a suicide rate of 32% and they were actively being seeded out and killed. I understand the stigma trans get, but I would argue most people do not want to kill all of them. We would just prefer they stay off women’s sports teams, locker rooms, and stop taking away accomplishments from real women. But I will get labeled a bigot for this, and I am sure lots of you all have been so too.

[–]jelliknight 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I believe last statistic I saw trans suicides were 40%

That statistic is not accurate. It's from a self reported online survey, and even then it exaggerated - the number of self reported 'attempts' gets passed around as the number of actual suicides. I believe the better studies put trans suicides at about the same rate as LGB and/or others with their commodities. People don't like to acknowledge this but many people who identify as trans have personality disorders or other mental health issues too, and those groups have an elevated suicide risk too. I can't be bothered finding an accurate study but just know that number looks unbelievable because you shouldn't believe it.

We would just prefer they stay off women’s sports teams, locker rooms, and stop taking away accomplishments from real women.

Exactly

[–]SterlingRoark[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well it is still on the DSM 6 or whatever number they are on. Was gender dysmorphia now gender dysphoria. I guess dysmorphia sounds too harsh? Although no one would argue that an eating disorder should be embraced. Well most people wouldn’t.

[–]lairacunda 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The "treatment other than sex-change" is to learn to love yourself, stop listening to propagandized social media and conservatives who tell you you are wrong for not conforming to sex-role stereotypes.

The 40% trans-suicide stat is a complete lie. If it were true they would be .0006% of the population instead of .0010%.