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"You are not a woman" is, in fact, hate speech. It's an attempt to deny someones identity in a situation where acknowledging their identity is vital to their health and well being.
It shows a callous disregard for the other person and their future existence which is why it will not be tolerated.
@jordanlund
If I identify as a cat, is calling me a human hate speech?
Being disingenuous is not an identity.
But hey, I'm open minded. If you undergo hormone therapy for a year to change your species and live as a cat 24/7 that can be respected.
Of course you'd have to stop using human language and the Internet...
@jordanlund So the answer is literally yes?
That's funny.
@jordanlund I wasn't being disingenuous btw. I was honestly asking how far your "identity respect" goes. With the implicit reductio ad absurdum.
@jordanlund I don't think hormones can change your species. They would be much better at changing sex but I don't think we have the technology to fully change sex yet.
Hormone therapy just changes your appearance IIRC. It can't give you a functional womb, ovaries, or testes. And it can't make you produce functional opposite sized gametes.
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@jordanlund
If it did, I might be more comfortable referring to trans people who have undergone such an operation as their adopted sex.
But it HAS to not be forced. That is NON NEGOTIABLE.
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