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[–] LittleRedPrincess ago  (edited ago)

trans people don't just "claim" to be transgender and "get access to places"

I didn't say they did. As a matter of fact, I explicitly stated that trans people were not the people I was concerned about.

I said the fact that nonconforming trans is a thing (I'm not debating it's legitimacy, but the fact that people assert that it is legitimate), if taken seriously, it would provide an opening for people who aren't trans to get access to places they shouldn't be by simply claiming they are, given that being nonconforming requires nothing more than one's word.

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[–] MrSaxoBeetus ago 

I know, but I'm familiar with this slippery slope, so I preemptively clarified it. You might get this impression from Tumblr and internet echo chambers, but I assure you: reality is a bitch against people who claim to be transgender. The possibility of everything you fear actually taking place in reality just pales in comparison with the probability of just the opposite happening: fully transitioned transgender people being violently kicked out of their legitimate places due to transphobia. This is something so far from reality that I must easy your concerns: it's not happening any time soon.

To be nonconforming in the internet might take one's word, but not in the real world. In fact, most countries and states don't even recognize nonconforming trans people as a thing. Some private business or social organization might embrace it individually, but it's way, way too far from the norm.