such as like this:
The concept of gender identity is said to be real as an experience, (like how theists claim to see god [a claim basically]), but scientifically under-defined, weakly grounded biologically, and sometimes treated as more fixed or explanatory than current evidence justifies.
PLEASE don’t criticize OP for asking what you might see as an insensitive question. I don’t think they have bad intentions and they should be commended for seeking explanations.
I also used to be ignorant or skeptical about gender, back when I was a Christian. But I think you can figure it out like I did.
Basically, trans rights mean that gender is no longer purely about biological sex (and now we know even biological sex isn’t binary, look up intersex people). And gender isn’t really scientific, it’s how a person feels and presents.
If you spend time around queer people (online can be enough) and listen, you’ll develop an understanding of different perspectives on gender. These spaces are meant to be safe (that kind of warmth dragged me in) but therefore please refrain from confronting people there. You might have uncomfortable questions but that’s what !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world is for, as opposed to, say, !trans_joy@lemmy.blahaj.zone.
But yeah, to this day I find some queers’ attempts to make the world more inclusive rather unreasonable, like most neopronouns that have been attempted in the heavily-gendered Czech language.
And there are people whose gender identity is so out of the ordinary you might never understand. It’s great that you ask questions, even though some people can’t answer as clearly as you’d have hoped. But you still should respect them.
Feel free to ask more questions in this thread or privately, I’m sorry that my peers are so unwelcoming.
Also, you’ve exceeded the character limit so “ir identity, and engaging in transphobia?” got cut off from your title. Unlike on Reddit, you can still edit it on Lemmy.