Culture war (transgender)
"I won't speak for the conservative critics who don't believe trans people are real. I think one of the main concerns among the liberal critics is the conflict between multiple frames of trans acceptance." https://old.reddit.com/r/IntellectualDarkWeb/comments/1566zx2/my_latest_at_queer_majority_about_the_reactionary/jtn0j3q/
The portion about the second frame/paradigm is worth highlighting. If we don't want to limit the concept of transgender to those who experience gender dysphoria (which I don't), then I think we need to consider that just *maybe* gender identities, including transgender identities, are influenced by societal concepts of gender including, yes, gender roles. And I do recognize that that conflicts with the ideal of removing gender roles and stereotypes, but until we live in some sort of "post-gender" society this is going to be a point of contention.
From another comment in the thread: "Anyway, that's about 8 paragraphs of saying, 'I think we're reinforcing stereotypes here'." https://old.reddit.com/r/IntellectualDarkWeb/comments/1566zx2/my_latest_at_queer_majority_about_the_reactionary/jts07wx/
Culture war (transgender)
In the spirit of "fronting the 'of course' a little more" as Freddie deBoer puts it ( https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/perhaps-if-youre-a-of-course-trans ):
I believe trans people should be free to live their lives as their identified gender and receive the healthcare they need (and I don't just mean gender-affirming care; this also extends to things like gynecological care for trans men which from my understanding can be a struggle). Trans people deserve the same protections against discrimination as others do with regards to sex and gender and they absolutely do not deserve harassment, ostracism, and violence simply for identifying in a particular way.
