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Yellow posted...

Sadly those are vastly outweighed by the negative treatment trans people get. If our biggest problem is that they are too well protected... that's a very optimistic problem to have. Instead, I'm worried about moving somewhere else in case the government passes a bill legislating that trans acceptance is the equivalentt of child abuse. These next 30 years are going to slide downhill in that regard, fast.

My best friend irl is trans and well she doesn't really explain why. I'm not trans so I don't know why. It just hurts being rejected and dogpiled by people without a good reason who just don't have a good grasp on the situation.

I think this is a good response. My general attitude towards pronouns is pretty simple. Pronouns are, for all intents and purposes, generic nicknames that exist for the convenience of whoever is speaking, so that you don't have to constantly say someone's name. If you're deliberately, repeatedly using a nickname for someone who has expressly told you not to do that and that they don't like it, you're not some sort of arbiter of truth; you're an asshole harassing someone.