This is like saying there are only two types of people, those who are aggressive and those who are passive (Alphas and betas). It completely misses the fact tha

This is like saying there are only two types of people, those who are aggressive and those who are passive (Alphas and betas). It completely misses the fact that most (all?) things in nature lie on a spectrum, just like gender. Some people are masculine, some are effeminate. There are effeminate men, and masculine women. There are biological males who see themselves as women socially, or physiologically; and the same is true of some biological females. At the end of the day, it has no impact on you how others express themselves, so who cares? It reminds me of this: http://blog.angry-dad.com/2015/06/psychiatrists-and-hair-dryer-incident.html http://blog.angry-dad.com/2015/06/psychiatrists-and-hair-dry... If calling a somebody "she", and allowing her to do with her body what she wants, improves their quality of life significantly, who cares? Who are you to stand in the way of them making their life worth living? What really surprised me though are the people on HN who normally pride themselves on having informed opinions, talking about this without even reading the wiki page on it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity