Have you ever met a trans woman? Have you ever known anyone who went through this? Are you familiar with the vulnerability a trans woman faces, especially as she begins her transition?

I'm promoting you because I'm not clear to whom you are referring, garlicfiend or myself.

You say you do, and I'll now take you at your word that you do, but that wasn't apparent in your earlier comments (or so I seem to remember, this got reddited and ballooned again, so I haven't reread the entire thread).

Hmm. I'm of two minds here. I believe there are extremely good, valid reasons to not call oneself a feminist- especially if you are a woman of color, trans, or a variety of other reasons. However, it's quite clear that none of these women cited above have objections that fall into those categories. However, I can't…

One of the comparisons I find the most offensive and yet the most prevalent is this conflation of medical intervention on behalf of trans folks and body modification by those who suffer from body dysmorphia.

To your first question: both. I believe gender is a social construct. I constructed my gender, that of a binary trans girl, during my early childhood. After that, of course I internalised messages because I was a girl, but whatever I internalised as a very small child so that when I categorised myself in terms of…

Hey. If you make comments about boobs, or fapping, or anything else of a similar nature, I'm going to remove your comment. If it's bad, or I catch you doing it again, I'm going to ban your account.

Wait... what, you didn't know? Really? If you didn't, it happens. That's the nature of privilege. Cisgender, in this case.

I seriously wish people would stop bothering him about this stuff. He made a work of art and the art stands where it is. It doesn't need a dozen reimaginings or hybrids or piles of commercialized product. There's no reason to make a movie, since it would add nothing to the art as it is. People are way too hooked on…

There was no honest mistake. He called her "it" and "thing." He wouldn't do that to some guy on stage with him. He knew.

No. The "other stuff" is accomplished by HRT and often by an altered exercise and diet regimen.

Access varies, and for the most part you still need parental involvement because no one wants a lawsuit and they're usually the ones paying for the therapy. As for how early it's o.k. to start transitioning, at what point did you know you were a man or a woman? Trans folk know pretty early on that something is up,…

This is a debate you and I and others can have as adult trans women. But this is not an adult. This is a child. I'm not about to hold some of the issues you've brought up against her for that reason.

No. No. No. No.