(June 13, 2015 at 11:08 am)bennyboy Wrote: I'm not talking about whether people should be accepted or respected. I'm talking about whether people get to declare that they are what they are not. I can't just get a tan and dreadlocks and start telling everyone I'm an African prince. Because I'm not one, and reality matters.
I agree. But if as you claim you're not ignorant of transgender issues, then don't bring them up in this discussion. They're irrelevant. Transgenders are not declaring themselves something they aren't, rather they are recognizing what they are.
It's equating being transgendered to the Dolezal case I'm arguing about.