Transexuals

[I_am_not_mafia]

My point is that all sides need to move beyond rigid ideological agendas and irrational fears.

Well you could start by showing a modicum of respect and not referring to trans people as their birth gender. This is extremely hurtful and harmful in the way of all forms of prejudice. That is because you are treating them as people who you think they are, not what they actually are. By using the wrong pronoun you are not allowing trans people to be themselves.