Evan Urquhart

@v_urq @Galaxie_Ranger And if the best scientific evidence of gender is self-id, then going strictly by it is the scientific thing to do.

@v_urq @Galaxie_Ranger So @emilybazelon's derisive language of "feels like" can go in the trash can where it belongs.

@emily_esque @Galaxie_Ranger Perceived to be derisive even though you also admit it's as accurate as anyone can be.

@v_urq @emily_esque But it's never used for cis people. You never hear described of a cis person that they "identify as" their gender. Why?

@Galaxie_Ranger @emily_esque For those who believe id is at the end of the chain, I'm not sure- perhaps they support saying that about cis?

@v_urq @emily_esque If the writers aren't using it for cis people, and trans people call it out as shit writing, why defend shit writing?

@Galaxie_Ranger @emily_esque My point was that I don't agree with attacks over niggling minor details, not that I'd have used that language.

@v_urq @emily_esque But when people who don't know better run with these niggling details, we get the bullshit "born a man" stories.