2/ I'm highly skeptical of transgenderism as a whole, but especially with the implications it carries. Perhaps I'm crazy, but--
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3/ --I tend to associate transgenderism with transhumanism, the singularity, eugenics and other types of human engineering.
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4/ Perhaps I'm being unfair. I don't treat it as a mental illness. But I'm highly reluctant to accept its scientific validity.
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I think it's absolutely the case that some people strongly feel they're the wrong gender. Can't really "prove" subjective feelin
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question is how to help them and there is early but strong evidence in favor of transition for some folks
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But then, is it moral to act as if one were convinced that this person who used to be a man is now a woman when one isn't?
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I'd feel like I would be lying to that person by pretending to agree, or that I would be trying to lie to myself about it.
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well first off, those categories are actually pretty fuzzy and aren't *just* about physiology. from a treatment standpoint
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those pholosophical questions not gonna be on the table
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I know; but it has become practically impossible to raise these questions without being labeled transphobic. It's difficult.
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the politics are heated. from their side, they are coming from a place of serious trauma and seeking recognition
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