Rant "You're denying my existence!" Yes, that is correct. I am denying that trans is a legitimate thing.

It's misusing the word 'existence'. Nobody is denying that a transgender person exists as a person (assuming this is about an actual person and not about a character in a story, of course). What is being debated is the question what it means to be, say, a man who identifies as a woman. In other words, does a man who has transitioned now exist as a woman? And that is what the demand is, to be validated in this manner.

But the problem is that if that person is now a woman, then the definition of 'woman' fails to include the basis on which I am one: my biological sex. So this transitioning person demands to redefine 'woman' for everyone, and if that is not allowed, then he views it as denying his existence.

I am very tired of the catastrophizing language which is the most common type TRAs use. Everything is transphobic, everything is anti-trans, even the gentlest questioning results in some trans person on the other side of the world to be murdered. And yet the same TRAs completely ignore the erasure of women's rights and even all names for our biological sex.

An example:

Imagine you're talking to someone who legitimately still believes in Santa. You say to them, "Santa does not exist."

Their response is "If Santa doesn't exist, how come his picture is on all these Christmas cards? How come I've seen him at the mall around Christmas time?"

Because the concept of Santa exists. We aren't denying that some people truly believe in Santa, or saying that the culture around Santa is fictional (because it clearly isn't, we can see these Christmas cards and cosplays with our own eyes).

We are saying that Santa himself does not exist. The picture on the card is an illustration of a fictional character—and the man at the mall is only dressed as Santa, he isn't actually Santa.

I peaked all over again when I realized that they were the only ones denying their existence. A man with a crossdressing fetish who insists he isn't a man with a crossdressing fetish, but actually a woman, is literally denying his own existence. We're the only ones who refuse to deny their existence, and it enrages them.

I actually think gender dysphoria is a real mental illness. I know historically there were people who tried to transition even though they risked death. So the illness itself is real and it does torment people. The problem is how we should treat these individuals as a society, and also how it's been appropriated by a lot of NPDs/BPDs to suit their own purposes. The number of people who claim they are trans now far exceeds people who actually have gender dysphoria. It's not some trendy thing to not like the gender/sex you are born with. It's stupid. Just accept who you are.

It is entitled, manipulative, misogynistic behavior grounded in solipsism and narcissism>

And symptomatic of personality disorders like BPD and NPD. It really speaks to how trans is untreated mental illness that they have such a weak sense of identity - that someone not outright validating their chosen identity is enough to undo their entire sense of self and make them suicidal. Poor sense of identity is literally one of the criteria of BPD.

There's nothing wrong with having a mental illness. My issue is the fact that academics and psychologists have decided that the best response to this one is for everyone in society to play along with it. Twilight Zone shit.

I'm especially hardline about this when it comes to "trans kids" ...NO SUCH THING

The irony of telling us "you're denying my existence, and that puts me in danger', while denying the existence of women and putting them in danger

People who think they're Jesus or Elvis exist, but that doesn't mean they're Jesus or Elvis.

I agree with you that no one is trans, that trans is "not a thing."

But I don't agree that this is the same as denying the existence of people who do believe in gender ideology and these phony identities. We're disagreeing with their beliefs, saying their beliefs and identities are not real. We're not saying that they are not real people.

Trans identity is anything but factual or legitimate—it simply does not exist.

Trans identity does exist, though - as a belief in some people's heads. It does not exist as part of material reality, as a matter of physical fact that is observable by all and can be verified scientifically.

People exist who believe in gender ideology, and who see themselves as trans. Just as people who believe in Scientology, the tooth fairy, transubstantiation and white supremacy exist. All those people would continue to exist and be just as real tomorrow as today if something happened to them overnight that took away their capacity to hold on to their beliefs and identities. If they went into a coma, had an accident resulting in massive brain damage and loss of cognition, or suddenly lost their minds and all their memories due to Alzheimers, they would still exist as much as they ever have. They just wouldn't exist with their heads full of their beliefs or their chosen identities.

I believe that they are denying their own existence. Existence starts with a fertilized egg -- fertilized by either a sperm bearing the x chromosome, or bearing the Y chromosome. Before that, there is no existence. Existing is either as a male, or a female. There is no "non-binary" option. That's how we all came to be.

"No, I'm not. You exist in lipstick and a tight skirt. You're standing right there. I just don't believe you're a woman."