1 - Do you believe people should or should not transition? Why or why not?

No, in almost every single case. I do believe that an adult ought to have the right to. I think of transition for gender dysphoria like electroshock therapy for depression-- it's a tool of last resort that can be valuable (despite what the general public may think), but ought to be used very, very sparingly and with careful thought.

In statistics, there are "false positives" (Type I error) and "false negatives" (Type II error). Right now, we are having a huge "false positive" error rate when it comes to evaluating who should medically transition. LGB people (including children) are being pressured to medically transition by homophobic parents, governments even, and their peer groups.

2 - As the LGB, what would you like for the T to know or do for your group to support you?(talking about regular T, like gender non-conforming folks or homosexual transexuals, not the...autogynephiles).

They should:

• Insist that only adults are allowed to transition. Above all else, this is practically mandatory. I am highly suspicious of any person who believes that children should transition; they are likely undereducated or even predatory.

• Call out homophobia from liberals when they see it. This includes people saying that sexual orientation is based on attraction to a "gender identity" or describing monosexuality as a "genital fetish". That is false.

I could list more but those are the biggest ones.

3 - Do you know many in your circle that transitioned and are either part of the L, G, or B? What is the story behind that?

Oh, yeah, plenty. I could describe more, but here are two I knew particularly well:

• Male to nonbinary - Guy who identified as a gay man and dated only men before he transitioned to nonbinary, asked to be called by "they" pronouns. He was highly narcissistic. Most trans people I meet in real life are actually not that narcissistic (despite the overrepresentation of narcissistic trans people online), but more likely have autism traits... not this guy, he really was self-centered. He was also verbally and physically aggressive and proud of it, and firmly believed in a "hierarchy of oppression" in which he was at the top (which is part of why I eventually stopped being friends with him, long before I learned about all this TRA stuff).

• Female to nonbinary to male - I have thought this person may be on the autism spectrum for a long time, before I even learned about the prevalence of ASD traits within trans/nonbinary populations. She struggled with sensory issues (everything super loud, smelled super strong to her), had clear struggles with understanding social cues and reading others' emotions. She was gullible, and a very earnest person. When I hung out with her she was nonbinary, but I heard she started identifying as a guy. Kind, smart, and and I enjoyed talking with her, but she was really struggling to find a friend group and her identity. I think of her when "drop the T" comes up because in my mind, she is a victim of this movement JUST as much as us, and it is honestly heartbreaking.

4 - Have YOU been pressured to transition or be apart of the "queer" community?

Yeah, definitely. I myself have not been outright told, IRL, that I am a transman in denial, but I have a friend who that happened to repeatedly when she was in college, and that scares me.

I have been pressured much more (in person and online) to identify as bisexual. "Everybody is bisexual" was a a super common sentiment when I was in school, and the couple lesbians there were, were often spoken of disparagingly. One self-identified lesbian kept hooking up with men and that confused the hell out of me. (I hesitate to judge her actual sexual orientation because there was a lot of pressure to not be lesbian.) Among my peers at the time, bisexuals were ascribed many positive character traits, particularly open-mindedness, and self-identified bisexuals far outnumbered gay men or lesbians. Lotta people were into queer theory... even back then when I was a TRA-sympathizer, I thought it was BS though, lol.

5 - When do you predict the "T" will be dropped from the "LGB"?

Hmm... you know, it kind of depends how you define "dropping the T". I think we will start to hear a lot more about this topic in the mainstream media within the next 5 years, and that will likely lead to a differentiation between LGB rights groups and "LGBTQ+" rights groups as different things (which they are). However, I think it's gonna take another 10-15 years before we start seeing the results of lawsuits, medical practice recommendation changes, those sorts of systematic changes. And a few decades, at least, before we are safely past this whole thing.

On the one hand-- as u/winterwillow wisely pointed out, identifying as transgender is a trend, and that trend may end sooner than we might expect, particularly certain aspects of it like nonbinary non-medical transition. However, I think dropping the T completely will be a long and drawn-out process because the people who medically transitioned will be deep into a "sunk-cost fallacy" mindset and in denial about the damage they've done to their own bodies and to LGB people. However, it's worth observing-- even if straight people and "transtrenders" end up completely ignoring the damage they've done to the LGB community (which seems likely), they cannot ignore the harms of their medical transition forever (e.g. one's own loss of bone density from taking puberty blockers, and similar negative health ramifications of medical transition). That will get many of the most resistant ones to come around, albeit as much older adults.

edit: formatting and crap.

ALSO: I love these types of posts, please keep doing them, PeakingPeachEater. :) They make me reflect and I think that's a good thing! (I still haven't done that other one you posted ages ago, lol.)