Posted: Jun 02, 2018 2:40 am
I guess you can't distinguish in even a simple way between being forced and volunteering, then. 
Anyway, trans in the usage relevant here is supposed to be Latin-derived and means roughly "across from", just as "cis" is "on the same side as". It's used in this context to refer to a mismatch between a person's gender identity and what they have assigned or attributed to them. So, a trans person's gender identity is across from, rather than on the same side as, the gender or sex they were assigned or attributed. It doesn't mean transitioned. One thus doesn't have to be living as their proper sex or gender in order to be trans. Rachel's usage was fine.
Gender dysphoria refers to the discomfort, stress, etc (there are various ways to described these feelings) that can be caused by this mismatch. It's not about a person wanting or preferring to be one gender/sex or another, either. That's the kind of stuff that went under the title gender identity disorder and that designation effectively conflated trans people with others who exhibited gender non-conformance or dislike of certain gender roles and led to unreliable statistics about desistance of gender dysphoria. Regardless, all you have so far are your claims of "imho" and that such and such is "devastating!!!1!" and "butchery!!!111a!". And any moment now you'll be giving us more of the conspiracy about the powerful trans lobby and dancing around mention of conversion therapy. But you don't even know the basic differences between one thing and another on this topic, so I find it difficult to take you seriously.
You're just doing what you usually do - stringing several pieces of crap together and wearing them as a necklace. You're bigoted against trans people, the same way you have been against gay people and other groups. It's not them, it's you.
Anyway, trans in the usage relevant here is supposed to be Latin-derived and means roughly "across from", just as "cis" is "on the same side as". It's used in this context to refer to a mismatch between a person's gender identity and what they have assigned or attributed to them. So, a trans person's gender identity is across from, rather than on the same side as, the gender or sex they were assigned or attributed. It doesn't mean transitioned. One thus doesn't have to be living as their proper sex or gender in order to be trans. Rachel's usage was fine.
Gender dysphoria refers to the discomfort, stress, etc (there are various ways to described these feelings) that can be caused by this mismatch. It's not about a person wanting or preferring to be one gender/sex or another, either. That's the kind of stuff that went under the title gender identity disorder and that designation effectively conflated trans people with others who exhibited gender non-conformance or dislike of certain gender roles and led to unreliable statistics about desistance of gender dysphoria. Regardless, all you have so far are your claims of "imho" and that such and such is "devastating!!!1!" and "butchery!!!111a!". And any moment now you'll be giving us more of the conspiracy about the powerful trans lobby and dancing around mention of conversion therapy. But you don't even know the basic differences between one thing and another on this topic, so I find it difficult to take you seriously.
You're just doing what you usually do - stringing several pieces of crap together and wearing them as a necklace. You're bigoted against trans people, the same way you have been against gay people and other groups. It's not them, it's you.