You haven't seen me post either. Unless your definition of transphobic is not agreeing with everything you say. And you didn't see me stand up for bigotry. What I pointed out is that most people are not bigots.
A bigot:-
Most people will not be antagonistic towards other people whether they are men, women, transmen, transwomen or whatever. It does not make a person a bigot to have concerns about the pro-trans movement or to think that we should be reconsidering cosmetic interventions on young children.
Toilets are an odd thing. I was in the M&M store in London a little while back and needed the loo. The ladies was out of action with a huge queue waiting for the accessible toilet. I walked into the men's and did my business. I then suggested to the queue that there were no actual men in the men's toilet so they might as well use the cubicles in there. They did. To a man, the only difference between the men's and the ladies is urinals. In the discussion about trans they are a pointless red herring for many of the reasons you have already pointed out (to wit, unless you are going to install a DNA tester, then anyone can use either toilet). I have also in the past used the ladies toilet when my daughters were little as it was often where the baby changing table was. I think I was challenged once. I replied "she's a girl - she gets to use the girls toilet".
And on the recurring discussion about the Gender Incongruence not being a mental health diagnosis, it did strike me that the ICD11 change is just a cosmetic sticking plaster which makes little sense. If you do have a Gender Incongruence diagnosis a Clinical Gynaecologist or Sexual Health Nurse is not going to help you. You will be referred to a specialist mental health trust such as Tavistock and Portman where you will be seen by specialist mental health staff such as Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Psychiatrists. That's about as mental health as it gets. Classifying the diagnosis as sexual health is a bit of a pointless diversion IMHO.
I didn't say most people are bigots. But when a poster posts a statement claiming that most people agree, and then you turn up suggesting that 'normal people' agree, then I see the problem.
This has been preceded by various comments of your's, such as this one ...
Yes. My thinking is that I am not sure how much better it sounds to have a diagnosed sexual condition over a diagnosed mental health condition. Both of these things would seem to contradict the notion that somehow transgender is innate.
This comment was especially telling of your thinking, and I was disappointed when I read it.
First of transgender is not innate - gender identity is innate. Gender identity is not a notion. Gender incongruence is the condition stated by the WHO and the NHS and so many others of a mismatch between sexual identity and gender identity of a person. It is more than just 'a feeling'.
It is not a mental health condition, not a sexually transmitted disease, or any other thing. I understand that the SMEGHEAD codes list it so, but that does not justify the comments you have made.
You've expressed bigoty and now you are posting to defend another bigot.
Trans people have rights to their lives. Cis people 'normal people' have no rights to bigotry.
