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adjl posted...

Because "anti-science" doesn't actually mean opposing all science. It means picking and choosing whatever snippets of science one likes with no regard for context and a minimal understanding of the broader concepts and rejecting everything else that one doesn't like. Those clinging to "science" as the basis for transphobia ignore reams upon reams of studies and evidence around gender dysphoria and the various aspects of biological sex in favour of the understanding of genetic sexual dimorphism they got in grade 4. Despite claiming that their position is rooted in science, that's also a fundamentally anti-science position.

I would simply call it "anti-logic" at that point. If you want to adopt the science for one argument, then you need to for all of your arguments. If you're cherry picking, then you are either saying scientific work is subjective and you deem what is valued or not, or you are saying that you are not following your own set of logic, by only listening to some and not all of it.