Keep in mind it's easy to break down the adoption argument.
In many situations, the adoptive parent is considered the parent, if the parent and child are OK with it, so is society in general. But at a doctor appointment, it is imperative to distinguish between biological and civil parenthood.
But apart from that: I (and many others nowadays) are OK with considering male to female trans as women. If you want to be a woman and act like a woman, I'll consider you a woman regardless of your biological sex.
But I'm not OK with referring to people as menstruators and semen donors: I think that's humiliating.
I guess I draw the line there: I respect trans identity, but I don't want that every single text must think about every single minority and accommodate them at all costs.
I have a friend with 1 arm but I wouldn't be outraged if someone said "people have two arms". I wouldn't even think about it, and neither would he: it's generally true, and if it's not said in bad faith, who cares?
Talk about walking on egg shells! Let's drop the thought police act, which some people like way to much, and let's fucking try to live together.
> apart from that: I (and many others nowadays) are OK with considering male to female trans as women. If you want to be a woman and act like a woman, I'll consider you a woman regardless of your biological sex.
I'm fine to let trans men into male spaces around me because that's my decision, as a man, to waive some of my rights temporarily.
But for us to declare that a man can be a woman is giving away women's rights, and that's not okay.
In many situations, the adoptive parent is considered the parent, if the parent and child are OK with it, so is society in general. But at a doctor appointment, it is imperative to distinguish between biological and civil parenthood.
But apart from that: I (and many others nowadays) are OK with considering male to female trans as women. If you want to be a woman and act like a woman, I'll consider you a woman regardless of your biological sex.
But I'm not OK with referring to people as menstruators and semen donors: I think that's humiliating.
I guess I draw the line there: I respect trans identity, but I don't want that every single text must think about every single minority and accommodate them at all costs.
I have a friend with 1 arm but I wouldn't be outraged if someone said "people have two arms". I wouldn't even think about it, and neither would he: it's generally true, and if it's not said in bad faith, who cares?
Talk about walking on egg shells! Let's drop the thought police act, which some people like way to much, and let's fucking try to live together.