Anonymous asked: i am probably mis interpreting, but are you saying you don't accept the validity of a trans persons gender? (e.g. formerly a man, now a woman, as a woman)
You mean those nutcases who think that because they put on an elaborate costume, they can physically become the opposite sex? What a laugh they are. Yeah, that’s a favorite topic of discussion on this site, as people love to brainlessly blather about the “difference” between sex and gender. See, apparently, despite being born with a penis and a lot of testosterone, if I close my eyes real tight and wish real hard, I can magically become whatever gender I want—so long as my wish is sincere. It sounds like the stuff of Disney fantasy, doesn’t it? I suddenly envision talking rabbits and little pixies singing around me as I wish and wish… but alas, the world is not a Disney movie and no amount of wishing will change reality. Regardless of what I think or believe or want, I was born with an XY set of chromosomes, and that makes me a man. That is reality.
In short, no, I don’t subscribe to the idea that mental illness can subvert reality.
And before some of you crybabies come screaming to my asx box, let me tell you: I’ve had this absurd discussion a jillion times. Gender and sex are the same thing. The same thing. That doesn’t mean you have to act according to some kind of predefined “gender role”—but if you’re a dude, you’re a dude. Even if you’re a really effiminate one that dresses up in skirts and high heels and calls himself Sally—you’re still a dude. Even if you mutilate your sex organs and go file legal paperwork, you’re still a dude. You should probably seek help, but you’re a still a dude.
