There was an attempt as a non-circular definition. https://i.imgur.com/gQN05s0.png

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[–]M1GarandDad[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm actually making a serious effort to find an unambiguous formal definition of the term "gender identity", backed up by trans and trans-positive sources, that won't immediately be dismissed as a transphobic strawman. Even if it turns out to be a circular definition, I'd like to be able to say "look, the trans community agrees on this definition, this is what trans people actually believe" to the trans person I have the misfortune of arguing with.

A fool's errand, I know, but it's far better than the Romans 1:20 non-argument of asserting the other side knows I'm right and they're just lying because they're evil.

[–]LyingSpirit472 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But you forget- in many cases, these are cluster-B fuckheads. Even if you have 100% proof literally every member of the trans community agrees with it and it's what is believed, that one person will say "well, I disagree so I win"- and they WILL lie and say they don't if they have to- and they'll say their claim matters because, as a cluster-B, they will believe themselves to be king/queen of the trans community and what they say goes.