Recent content by JohnZSmith27

But do you get that at some point, the child and/or the parents made the decision to change name, start puberty blockers etc? It may have seemed inevitable based on the childs dysphoria but at some point the decision was made that transition was best for the child. Other parents and children in...

I've given you examples of people who didn't transition due to dysphoria. You are aware you don't need to be dysphoric to transition? Just because they are in a minority, are they any less trans than people who are dysphoric?

I have said nothing bigoted. I said transitioning was a choice. Based on the fact that someone has a choice whether to transition or not. I didn't say dysphoria was a choice. I never said trans people don't exist. I never said I disliked trans people or thought they deserved abuse. In fact I've...

Some peoples dysphoria does not desist and yet they still don't transition. Some people transition and their dysphoria persists so not sure why you think that proves anything. Again being dysphoric is not being trans. Don't watch the video then. You dismissed the accounts of people on Reddit so...

None of what you're saying makes sense unless you equate being dysphoric as being trans. If someone who is dysphoric does not transition, they are not trans. If someone told you they were dysphoric but not trans, would you just tell them you know better? If you believe the posters on Reddit are...

But who are you to label people trans who don't except that label? If someone is dysphoric and their choice of treatment is not transition, why would label them that way? And I never said people who aren't dysphoric aren't trans. I said they made a choice to transition based on their life...

How is someone who transitions due to severe body dysmorphia and depression from early childhood sexual trauma with no gender dysphoria "born trans"? How is someone who through childhood circumstances developed a fetish for women's clothes which carries on into later life at which point they...

Precisely. It's a choice as I said.

But you're assuming that all people who are dysphoric who don't transition are only not doing so due to the external circumstances. Some view their dysphoria as a mental condition and treat it with behavioral therapy etc. Why would we put them under the umbrella of being trans if they don't want...

Why assume bigotry is the only reason a person would choose not to transition? I've met people who treat their dysphoria in ways other than transition who might be very offended by the suggestion they are not being who they really are if they don't transition. And what about people who are not...

It's very obviously not the same thing. In what way is transitioning not a choice? Keep in mind theres dysphoric people who don't transition. And there's people who transition that are not dysphoric. Conflating that decision with sexual orientation is dishonest.

Nobody is saying that they should not be able to compete at all. We're saying that should not be able to compete against females where, on average, males will have an unfair advantage. It doesnt matter if said trans woman doesn't dominate the sport. If they take the spot of a female due to the...

Being targeted for abuse or facing discrimination is awful I agree. Anyone abusing someone for being trans should be called out. But that has nothing to do with the biological differences between males and females. You keep saying trans women are women but in the biological sense, they are not...

I don't know her motivations and I don't claim Because in the interest of fairness, whether she wants to compete with females rather than other males should not come into it. Some sports are separated by sex for a reason. Lia is male as you are well aware. We rightly refer to her as...

How do you know he/she doesn't care about discrimination against trans people. I don't think trans women should compete in events where on average males will have an advantage. But that doesn't mean I am ok with discrimination against them. In this case aren't they marginalizing themselves...