If transgenders are really people trapped inside the wrong sex's body, why is it not considered a birth defect?

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[–]brimshaeBased Woodchipper Merchant 10 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

It's a mental illness and, as you've put it, potentially a birth defect.

Just because someone calls a dog's tail a leg doesn't mean that it is a leg. See also: former Pizza Hut buildings.

[–]DorkfishieThe only one who isn't transphobic 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

And then I walked up to the bank and said, "hey, can I order a pizza?" Insert laugh track here

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

Larry Feinberg?

[–]DorkfishieThe only one who isn't transphobic 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No, I made it up.