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COVxy posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

also I can support transgender rights without wanting to date one
just like I support gay rights without being gay
or how I support freedom of religion without ever wanting to be a part of any religion
or how I support freedom of speech without condoning all speech ever said

I think more equivalently: "I can be a supporter of black people without wanting to be a friend to one"
or any sentence in which a statement of support is immediately contradicted by a stance that tells people how you really feel.

When people are pressed on this issue for long enough, it tends to be because they get grossed out, because they cannot push it out of their mind that this person is actually a man.

I'm not, like, chastising people for not being able to fully accept it. But it seems pretty clear as day to me that this is what this is, a form of nonacceptance.

People don't transition because they identify as trans.

Well, yes, the person is biologically a male or female. That will never change no matter the hormones or the surgery. I'm perfectly fine referring to them as their identified gender without the need to even think about their biological sex in 98% of cases, but there are cases where their biological sex is and will forever be relevant. I do think the people who continually need to point out "they are a man" are being overly rude and dismissive of how the person wants to identify.