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Sorry, the example I gave is not an opinion, that is just plain biology. I have nothing against trans people, don't care, everyone can live their own lives and find happiness. If transitioning makes you happy, then by all means, go.
However, it is a cosmetic change, your genes do not change. You don't M2F and suddenly start menstruation because you don't have the plumbing and right now that's not something any doctor can fix. Who knows, maybe 20 years down the line we can make those changes at the genetic level and install plumbing and all, awesome, then you'll M2F for real and be an actual woman. Until then, though, you're trans, not a woman. Same goes for F2M trans, afaik you don't get a working penis because you lack the required plumbing for that.
I'm not trying to be a dick, not at all, it's just reality of our current abilities in the medical field. It also doesn't make any trans person less, we're all the same, we're all flawed humans with good, normal and bad parts. Being trans is neither good nor bad, it's just part of your life
Fooled me.
Yeah that's the typical reaction to this but tell me honestly, is anything I said wrong, a lie, twisted truth or anything like that?
There is nothing wrong with being trans but for some reason when anyot states a very simple basic biological fact, you people go nuts. "Trans blood is red", does that statement make me transphobic or a dick too?
This "we can't deal with simple facts" behavior is what turns a lot of people away from supporting LGBTQ+ you got all my support, hell, I'm in one of those letter myself, but I also live in the real world where facts matter.
It's not a basic biological fact, because biology isn't that basic. It gets really complicated, and there's new research happening all the time, including about trans people.
For instance, did you know there are multiple biological differences between a trans woman and a cis man? Certain brain structures in a trans woman more closely resemble cis women than cis men, and that's even before any kind of transition.
Also, trans women will often have surgery and take HRT to have the same hormones as a cis woman in order to change secondary sex characteristics. Really, one of the few biological changes we can't make is to chromosomes themselves.
And even ignoring all that, being trans often results in gender dysphoria, which is a mental condition. Imagine someone says they have bipolar disorder, and your response being "yeah, and you'll always have bipolar disorder. That's just a fact, get over it."
I don't think that's exactly what you're doing, but there's a way to talk about the realities of being trans that also shows you are trying to be supportive and not dismissing someone's struggle with their identity. And that's why JK Rowling gets hate, because she tends to be on the dismissive, terf-y, 'you aren't real women and never will be, get over it' side