Originally posted by: malikakas
I never said struggling with gender identity is not real. But it’s not a basic need like trying to obtain food clothing and security. If you are struggling for basic necessities you are not going to be worrying about whether someone calls you by the right pronoun.
@bold: Where have trans been beggars in the western world to which JK Rowling was referring to? If you are talking about hijras in India that’s a completely different discussion. Trans refers to people whose gender identity differs from the gender they were assigned at birth. No one would have killed a trans person in utero purely for existing because it’s something that comes to light later after a person develops a sense of self to understand whether they conform to a binary gender identity or not. That only happens after you have your basic needs met.
The problem is that you're reducing gender identity struggles to just 'referring to you by the right pronouns'. That's not what it is. Being forced to hide your true identity gives rise to mental health problems which can lead to suicide. It's a 'basic need' by all means.
No, I'm not talking about hijras. Trans people have been killed purely for existing too, maybe not in uterus but they have and still are. That doesn't change the fact that they have worse lives than women after being born.
Yes, nobody killed a transwoman in the uterus. But after being born, her life was HELL compared to cis women who nobody considered as 'freaks'. Great difference, that. *eyeroll*
Trans have been 'homeless beggars' in terms of treatment meted out to them. The 'servants and beggars' term was a metaphor. To make you understand that transpeople's status were always much worse than women. If women were servants, trans were beggars. That's the comparison.
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