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[–]supersmokio6420 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've just seen that he tweeted this in 2015.

Is trans woman a woman? Purely semantic. If you define by chromosomes, no. If by self-identification, yes. I call her "she" out of courtesy.

He gives what I'd call a scientist's answer; he doesn't commit to a definite yes or no because 'woman' hasn't been defined in the question.

Saying he uses 'she' out of courtesy suggests he doesn't personally think they really are, and he gets attacked for that choice of words.

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

I feel like I read something more pro-trans from Dawkins more recently than 2015.