Public Opinion on Transgender Persons

[Kiruri]

Then if surgery is the important thing, do you believe those who have had tumors removed still have cancer?

Shit, I should call my doctor and tell them that getting a tonsillectomy all those years ago didn't actually remove my tonsils.

Le Gasp! You should sue..

[Arkolon]

Since I'm not gay, I could never date a transperson.

We're going to play a little game called "spot the transwoman."

I'm going to post five pictures of beautiful young women. Your job is to spot the one of them that transitioned.

Stumped aren't you? Give yourself another minute and look it over again. Then click below for the answer.

Surprise! They're all trans women. You're being irrational.

Got me. Great point.

[Ifreann]

Shit, I should call my doctor and tell them that getting a tonsillectomy all those years ago didn't actually remove my tonsils.

Le Gasp! You should sue..

I totally should.

[Captiotia]

Are we talking about people who just feel like they do not belong inside their body or people who actually make the transition?

Trans people can include both groups, and more. We're talking about all trans people, that is, all people whose gender identity doesn't match what they were assigned at birth.

[Murkwood]

Since I'm not gay, I could never date a transperson.

We're going to play a little game called "spot the transwoman."

I'm going to post five pictures of beautiful young women. Your job is to spot the one of them that transitioned.

Stumped aren't you? Give yourself another minute and look it over again. Then click below for the answer.

Surprise! They're all trans women. You're being irrational.

Just because you look like one, doesn't mean you are one.

[Rexero]

Just because you look like one, doesn't mean you are one.

If it looks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck...

[Neutraligon]

We're going to play a little game called "spot the transwoman."

I'm going to post five pictures of beautiful young women. Your job is to spot the one of them that transitioned.

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Stumped aren't you? Give yourself another minute and look it over again. Then click below for the answer.

Surprise! They're all trans women. You're being irrational.

Just because you look like one, doesn't mean you are one.

So how are they not women? You probably couldn't tell the difference.

[Captiotia]

We're going to play a little game called "spot the transwoman."

I'm going to post five pictures of beautiful young women. Your job is to spot the one of them that transitioned.

Stumped aren't you? Give yourself another minute and look it over again. Then click below for the answer.

Surprise! They're all trans women. You're being irrational.

Just because you look like one, doesn't mean you are one.

You're right. But they also say they're women, so they are.

[Murkwood]

Just because you look like one, doesn't mean you are one.

If it looks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck...

...if it is born a duck...

[Sun Wukong]

If it looks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck...

...if it is born a duck...

I don't usually decide on sexual partners based on what they were like when they were born. That's... kind of creepy.

[Captiotia]

If it looks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck...

...if it is born a duck...

Nobody is born any gender, they're assigned one by doctors and/or their parents. They have no obligation to follow that assignment.

[Murkwood]

...if it is born a duck...

I don't usually decide on sexual partners based on what they were like when they were born. That's... kind of creepy.

You don't based on their gender?

[Murkwood]

...if it is born a duck...

Nobody is born any gender, they're assigned one by doctors and/or their parents. They have no obligation to follow that assignment.

We've gone full Tumblr, folks.

[Arkolon]

I don't usually decide on sexual partners based on what they were like when they were born. That's... kind of creepy.

You don't based on their gender?

I do based on what I think of them and how they act to me. They needn't bear my children or have a vagina. That isn't a requirement for love.

[Murkwood]

You don't based on their gender?

I do based on what I think of them and how they act to me. They needn't bear my children or have a vagina. That isn't a requirement for love.

Well, we have to agree to disagree.

[Sun Wukong]

I don't usually decide on sexual partners based on what they were like when they were born. That's... kind of creepy.

You don't based on their gender?

I'm a fan of vaginas, but then lots of transwomen have those. Why does it matter if they had one as a toddler? I'm a fan of breasts too, and I'm positive no toddler has those (at least I hope not.)

[Alyakia]

If it looks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck...

...if it is born a duck...

what if it has a brain that more resembles the brain of a duck than anything else (incidentally this is why comparing transpeople to ducks does not work)

[Murkwood]

...if it is born a duck...

what if it has a brain that more resembles the brain of a duck than anything else (incidentally this is why comparing transpeople to ducks does not work)

They still aren't a duck.

[Arkolon]

Nobody is born any gender, they're assigned one by doctors and/or their parents. They have no obligation to follow that assignment.

We've gone full Tumblr, folks.

No, we haven't. You are born with a certain sex, and your gender identity is therefore presumed from there on. Look at Kim Petras, for instance. At around six she told her parents she was a girl despite having the masculine sex, and her parents took her to a doctor who told them about transfolk. It is not unnatural, and the parents were very accepting: she wore gender-neutral clothes until her sex-change operation when she was 16, I think.

[Murkwood]

We've gone full Tumblr, folks.

No, we haven't. You are born with a certain sex, and your gender identity is therefore presumed from there on. Look at Kim Petras, for instance. At around six she told her parents she was a girl despite having the masculine sex, and her parents took her to a doctor who told them about transfolk. It is not unnatural, and the parents were very accepting: she wore gender-neutral clothes until her sex-change operation when she was 16, I think.

I disagree with the choices of his parents.

[Arkolon]

I do based on what I think of them and how they act to me. They needn't bear my children or have a vagina. That isn't a requirement for love.

Well, we have to agree to disagree.

Is a womb a requirement for your love? Why?

[Captiotia]

Nobody is born any gender, they're assigned one by doctors and/or their parents. They have no obligation to follow that assignment.

We've gone full Tumblr, folks.

*shrug* Tumblr is right about it, then.
Why do you think gender exists? Why does it exist separately from "biological sex?"

[Murkwood]

Well, we have to agree to disagree.

Is a womb a requirement for your love? Why?

We are entering religious territory here.

[Arkolon]

No, we haven't. You are born with a certain sex, and your gender identity is therefore presumed from there on. Look at Kim Petras, for instance. At around six she told her parents she was a girl despite having the masculine sex, and her parents took her to a doctor who told them about transfolk. It is not unnatural, and the parents were very accepting: she wore gender-neutral clothes until her sex-change operation when she was 16, I think.

I disagree with the choices of his parents.

Kim Petras is a girl, and her parents were supportive of their child. Are you one of those people that would disown a gay kid, too?

[Murkwood]

I disagree with the choices of his parents.

Kim Petras is a girl, and her parents were supportive of their child. Are you one of those people that would disown a gay kid, too?

No, being gay is real. Being trans is not.