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This might be the single most ignorant post in this entire topic. It reads like one of those Christian fundamentalists crying out that evolution must be a hoax or we'd still see apes evolving today.

First of all, do you really think gender dysphoria is a new phenomenon? It's not. The only difference in modern society is that transitioning has become easier and while still taboo (as clearly demonstrated throughout this topic) it's gaining some social acceptance.

Trans people just want others to view them and treat them as their preferred gender. What you're arguing is that someone isn't really trans unless they're getting medical treatments or they've gotten genital surgery. That's absurd. That's like saying that poor people can't like pets because they can't afford them. I would even go so far as to argue that someone transitioning without the aid of medication is even braver than someone who does, because they'll face far more scrutiny in their day to day lives.

At the end of the day, everyone deserves the same level of respect, decency, and basic compassion no matter how they feel inside or what parts they might have between their legs.

Do I think it's a new thing? Not at all. But do you honestly believe that in the last 5 years we've gone from a very small percentage of people actually publicly suffering from it to suddenly every man and his dog claiming to be some made up gender because they feel different? The issue isn't the legit trans people, the issue is the squeaky wheel percentage demanding that we call guys girls and girls guys based on how they feel on any given day.

Compare it to 15 years ago, suddenly it was ok to be gay or lesbian. Suddenly schools were full of students claiming to be either gay, lesbian, or bi, and for the majority of those people making the claims it was a trend/phase. Check up on the same people now and most are married with kids and will tell you they dont swing that way anymore and haven't done for a long time. Same thing now with the trans movement. Let's check on them in 15 years and see just how many of them were doing it to feel different or to be seen as following the current trend vs the number of those who actually still think theyre the wrong gender.

As far as saying that it's braver for someone to transition without medical intervention, they're not transitioning anything, they're still exactly the same except for what's going on in their own head. Let's take that woman a few years back who identified as african american when she was white. She had the perm going on, she had the super dark tan. But no, people called her out on the ridiculousness of it. How is that different? Her brain was clearly telling her the wrong thing. Then we have the transabled people, they feel they should be disabled and get around in wheel chairs or whatever, going so far as to mutilate themselves to make their narrative match their mentality. How is that different?
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