Why is suggesting that children exhibiting body dysmorphia such that they believe themselves to be a different gender an ultra right wing conspiracy theory? I would have thought that most people would think this a perfectly reasonably and rational conclusion to draw.
I have previously seen parallels drawn with homosexuality, but the issue is that they are not parallel. Yes, being gay used to be illegal etc, however being gay requires no medication, no surgery, no treatment of any kind and I would suspect that the illegality and forced conversion was an instrument of religion, not science.
On the flip side we have the claim that people are born trans, and that it may be something innate. Again, I don't find that unreasonable. However, if that innate sense is such that it requires the body to be surgically altered and medically treated, usually we would describe that as a mental illness. This is a person that is so unhappy with their sense of self and the person that they are, that they would rather undergo irreversible surgical alteration and take powerful medications. To me, this doesn't seem like a positive route to take. It would be interesting to actually see what the outcomes are. We do see cases of regret but I'm not sure of the balance between people who have fully transitioned happily and those who wish they hadn't.
As Rowling et al, frequently state, very few people take issue with someone wanting to live the life that they want to live in the way that they want to live it, but that doesn't mean that you can have your cake and eat it too, if it is also going to affect other people. It also doesn't stop those with nefarious intent from taking advantage if safeguards are removed.
There is a balance to be found and threatening to silence, kill and rape biological women is not the way forward, and neither is it to attack the genuine trans community.
