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[–]Shesstealthy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People are people. You take them as you find them. Just think of them as people.

I don't have a problem with pronouns etc; I'll call and even think of trans people as their desired gender BUT of course I know what sex they are. I believe identity is real - it has nothing to do with bodies or science in many ways, but thoughts can be true and feelings are real things - and at worst it's selfish.

I know sex-based oppression is real. I know you can't identify out of it. I know that identity can shift over a lifetime. I know sex in humans does not. I believe trans people deserve kindness and respect. I wish trans women in particular were more on board with improving things for the majority of women rather than centering themselves. I wish it was ok to discuss the reality of sports and private spaces and reproductive health, and work together on some kind of compromise instead of being told to sit down and shut up.