>>83 I would contend that gender does not exist. Transgender people should not serve to reinforce existing gender hierarchies but rather, to dismantle them. After all, what's more destructive to the status quo than someone born as a Male who successfully appears like something resembling your stereotypical woman? I do not think pronouns should matter nor should the broad contours of gender expression. People should be individuals. Defined not by oppressive, outside structures such as gender but instead, an aesthetic ideal that most adheres to their own desires.
>>83 I mostly agree with you anon, but I think there's an important aspect where most people both want to maintain cisgender comfort while treating transgender people as a vaguely human other. For example, you using the word "transformer" instead of a more stigmatized pejorative although it's similarly cruel. I think most of this dialogue is essentially just "how much cruelty to transgender people deserve to endure".
I would contend that gender does not exist. Transgender people should not serve to reinforce existing gender hierarchies but rather, to dismantle them. After all, what's more destructive to the status quo than someone born as a Male who successfully appears like something resembling your stereotypical woman? I do not think pronouns should matter nor should the broad contours of gender expression. People should be individuals. Defined not by oppressive, outside structures such as gender but instead, an aesthetic ideal that most adheres to their own desires.