>>713956068If Transgender people could explain to me how they're substantially different from an anorexic, a body integrity image disorder sufferer, or a person with an image disorder targeting a form which is physically impossible to approximate at all, I'd support them.
But as it stands, I don't want to support such things because they come with serious risk of harm. Increased stroke risk, even in otherwise healthy people, higher risk for osteoporosis and other systemic illnesses, corresponding to whichever hormone treatment they're on. The science isn't in nearly as much agreement as they claim, and I can't support such things in good conscience when I don't even know if it's healthy for them.
An anorexic would tell me to "just trust them" and would be overjoyed to receive a prescription of Ozempic to affirm their identity. But it still wouldn't satisfy them after long. A body integrity disorder sufferer would probably feel better for a while after having the problem limb amputated, but those feelings would be projected onto some other part of the body and they'd find something else alienated before long.
I don't hate transgender people, and I'd never insult them. I just don't want to enable behavior that leaves them worse off, because I empathize with their struggle, and I'd rather see them heal from it than indulge it, if it's possible, simply because indulging it never seems to end the feelings of dysphoria completely, and the physical consequences aren't trivial.
I don't hate you. I'm scared you're doing yourself more harm than good, and trying to satisfy maladaptive feelings that will always find a reason to say you haven't done enough yet.