Things that make you go hmmm

Ambiguous genitalia - births with ambiguous genitals is in the range of 1:4500–1:2000 (0.02%–0.05%) and is medically diagnosed. THESE ARE NOT THE ISSUE IN THE TRANS DEBATE. Stop making things up.

Strictly speaking, nothing about acknowledging the existence of gay people, lesbian people, bisexual people, intersex people, and other kinds of queer people compels you to acknowledge the existence of transgender people, but it seems a weird place to land.

Some of course continue to deny the validity of every single letter in LGBTQ, but that's a shrinking and increasingly irrelevant minority view.

I can’t imagine any reason to plant your flag here against the letter “T” only, other than to be contrarian on purpose, or to slot easily into the Average Republican Viewpoint on This Issue, Circa 2023.

All the arguments against transgenderism amount to rehashed versions of the arguments that were deployed against gay people not long ago — “it’s all in your head,” “you’re confused,” “it’s a phase that will pass,” “you’ve been brainwashed,” and, of course, “it’s unnatural/sinful/against God’s will.”

Far too much discrimination occurred against gay people under the cover of those arguments for decades for us to be confident we’re not making the exact mistake with respect to trans people today.

Still leave the surgery and gender identification to the doctors in this situation. Nobody suffering from this less than one percent condition needs to be denied medical treatment, but for someone who wants to change their gender just because, makes no sense.

Can you give us the percentage of people born with that condition?

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/intersex-people-by-country

There’s debate about that. Some estimates put intersex births at about 1-2 out of every 100, or about as common as having red hair. Others say it’s less prevalent than that.

Either way, all can agree that intersex is less common than being born with straightforward male or female genitalia, but it’s also a lot more common than some of the rarest birth conditions/disorders.

To me, the exact frequency of this condition is less important than treating those who have it with the same care and respect that we’d give to anyone else born with an abnormality.

Your statement that you don't care and didn't ask has been re-interpreted as a sign that you do care and did ask.

So, here you go