Personally knowing someone who is trans, I have had no problem using a female pronoun for someone born genetically male. With that said, I do take issue when governments and institutions compel people to say things with which they fundamentally disagree.
Just as hypothetical Jim doesn’t have the right to be hypothetical Jane’s friend, Jim also doesn’t have the right to assault Jane. By the same token, Jim also can’t demand as a right that Jane be forced to use Jim’s preferred pronouns.
If rights are truly important, we should respect the right where no person should be compelled to say what they believe to be false. Compelled speech is fascistic and fascism is evil.
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