Index of Questions

Below are questions about trans people, sorted by topic.

Claims that trans people are irrational

• Is transition just capitulating to gender stereotypes?  Why can’t you be a feminine boy or a masculine girl?
• Does being trans commit you to gender essentialism?
• Is being trans based on a misunderstanding of basic biology?  
• Are trans people deluded about their bodies?
• You can’t measure gender identity, so why think it’s real?
• Why don’t trans activists accept the sex-gender distinction?
• Why are trans people are so angry?

Stereotypes

• Stereotypes of trans women
  • If we allow trans women into bathrooms, locker rooms, rape shelters, and prisons reserved for women, aren’t we just opening the door to predatory men?
  • Many women are rape victims. Won’t they be traumatized if they have to be near trans women?
  • Is being a trans woman an autogynephilic sexual fetish?
  • Are trans women who call themselves lesbians really straight men trying to coerce lesbians into PIV sex?
  • A trans woman once said something angry and violent to me; does this prove that trans women perpetrate male violence?
• Stereotypes of trans men
  • Are so-called trans men just sad girls who can’t accept their own lesbianism?
  • Are trans men replacing butch lesbians?
• Stereotypes of nonbinary trans people
  • Are nonbinary people claiming that we live in a post-patriarchy society and we don’t have to worry about sexism any more?
• Other stereotypes of trans people
  • Are so-called queer trans people just straight people who dyed their hair blue and want to feel special?
  • Is being trans some kind of new trend?
  • Is it always obvious when someone is trans?
  • Do people transition in order to become more attractive to the opposite sex?

Worries about transition regret

• What if you regret transition?  
• Are you afraid that transitioning will prevent you from having biological children?
• Are you worried that if you transition, your body will be disgusting and I won’t want to have sex with you?
• Is there an epidemic of children being “transed” because “woke” adults think it’s trendy?

Claims that trans people are the real oppressors

• Are trans women destroying women’s sports?
• Isn’t it unfair that rich white trans women like Caitlyn Jenner can claim to be oppressed and get away with it?
• Are trans activists just trying to shut down discussion?
• Do anti-discrimination laws mean that I will be fined or arrested for using the wrong pronouns?
• Isn’t it hurtful to call someone transphobic?
• Are trans people trying to erase and de-legitimize intersex people?

Language

• Is “cis” a slur?
• Can’t I say “normal” instead of saying “cis”?
• How can I be cis if I reject gender stereotypes?
• Is “TERF” a slur?
• Do trans people want to stop women from naming their experiences?
• Do trans people just want to force their weird pronouns on everybody else?
• Are trans people just making up silly words for their gender identities?

Intrusive Questions

• When are you getting The Surgery?
• How do you have sex?