jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoTransgender rights are under attack. But trans people 'just want to thrive and survive.'www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down141
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkTransgender rights are under attack. But trans people 'just want to thrive and survive.'www.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down7·11 months agoRight after that you suggest that the number of trans people now over the past is something about trans people and not about humanity. The number of trans people has not changed. The number of trans people who feel comfortable in their own bodies has changed.
minus-squarefosforus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·edit-211 months agoThis could be true. You’re claiming it way too strongly, I think. It could also be that the acceptance of transgenderism is causing people to form transgender identities. This is not an absurd concept given neuroplasticity and behaviorism.
Right after that you suggest that the number of trans people now over the past is something about trans people and not about humanity.
The number of trans people has not changed.
The number of trans people who feel comfortable in their own bodies has changed.
This could be true. You’re claiming it way too strongly, I think. It could also be that the acceptance of transgenderism is causing people to form transgender identities. This is not an absurd concept given neuroplasticity and behaviorism.