I am not a threat to trans people. I don't care what people choose to do with their own bodies and there is no point in arguing with them about what is going on in their own minds. However, if your child claims that he is male then I've got a problem with it. Nobody has the right to make claims about objective reality, which they expect others to accept, based solely on their subjective lived experience. Objective reality doesn't care about human subjective experience. I make no apologies about this, regardless of how threatened people may feel. The reason for this is that if they are threatened by something, then that thing is reality itself, not me.Ralphw2 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2024, 13:23 My elder adopted child has identified as a trans male for the last three years. For him this is a social identity, as far as I can tell he has no sexual inclinations. He uses testosterone but has no interest in any further physical changes.
He is no physical threat to anybody, being small and underweight even in female terms.
He does feel threatened by the anti woke brigade. Given his early trauma, adoption, ADHD and autism he finds it difficult to mix with any group.
He has seemed much happier these last three years. It gives him an identity he never had before.
There is only one objective reality, and we must share it. That is where my morality starts, and it is non-negotiable. We cannot negotiate with reality, no matter how hard we may want to. I have applied that to myself for my whole life, and I offer no exceptions to anybody, ever.