[Serious] That Trans Thread

[TaraJo]

Namely, that species is written in stone and gender isn’t.....

This I can get behind.

A male elephant that identifies as a female elephant, understandable.

An elephant that identifies as a bird, no.

Teacher: *holds up picture of an elephant* "Who can identify this animal?"

*Students raise their hands*

Teacher: "Yes, Susy?"

Susy: "It's a bird."

Teacher: "Incorrect."

Yeah, part of the problem is that, once in a while you hear a story about someone who identifies as a cat or an elephant or as a baby and all the transphobes latch onto that and claim all identities without a concrete, physical definition are just as ridiculous as a human identifying as a giant miniature space hamster.

The four obvious problems to that thinking are that:

1) crazy, extremists like the lizard-kin get attention because they’re crazy and extreme but most trans people are not like them

2). There’s less difference between a man and a woman than there is between a human and a chimpanzee (and genetically speaking, humans are closer to chimps than anything).

3). Those weird identities are usually kids, teenagers, doing what teenagers do: figuring out what and who they are. Kids today have far more freedom to explore, especially in regards to gender and sexuality, and I certainly don’t want to shame them for it. Most of them are going to grow up, mature and find a more permanent identity that’s more mainstream.

4). Even if all that doesn’t change your mind, tell me who it hurts that trans people exist?