I've been quite vocally against trans athletes gaining athletic advantage on here of late, but as a point regarding people simply existing I'll state my view.

I do think trans issues are a weird one to get your head around, because most people for the most part feel very home in their own body. For want of a better explanation though, it does appear that some feel the very opposite, as if some kind of internal schema results in a flicked switch that is unlikely to switch back. From that perspective I'd rather someone become as close to their idea of who they are, and make Youtube videos about the realities of that, than be some kind of tortured wreck in a room. There's significant politicisation in both directions as you demonstrate, but that's of limited use when it comes their actual reality.

Clearly there's plenty of issues about younger people and hormones and that whole mess, but this person as an adult making the choices that they have, may well be doing 'the right thing' based on how they feel about it and the parameters that are set for them. As in, in their shoes you may well have done the same thing. So from that perspective, who cares if someone else is unhappy with it, or looks to an era where someone would be classified as insane, just because that's more comforting than appreciating their point of view.

Perhaps it's not a great idea to think that someone should be sectioned and considered mad if we aren't well aligned with them. Life is long enough that eventually we ourselves may be considered to be that person at some point.. and in that place and at that time, we'd very much be hoping for a take on us that involved thought and consideration, rather than the opposite.

Edited by dollardays (01 Aug 2019 2.24am)

This is a very good thought provoking post compared to my shallow but honest and factual view. The problem that the guy in the video faces is his belief that he is having monthly 'periods' and directly comparing that to the currently impossible, e.g. that of a female period.
As you say, if that helps him cope with life on an increasingly fast changing planet in many ways, then good luck to him.
However, at some point we need to consider and decide as a society many different views on whether this chap should be informed of the reality or not.

And that's not more evidence of mental illness?

And that's not more evidence of mental illness?

Predictable and "interesting" though this discussion might be what is the connection to "lefties"?

Why should people with this situation necessarily be of the "left"?

It is just an assumption that if you are on the "right" these kinds of things cannot happen to you, so they must be on the "left"?