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It's a hateful cliche used by transphobes
Surely it's a cliché that's gone beyond transphobia now?
I get that the concept of identifying as the other gender is a trans issue. But "identifying as" x or y is on track to reach OCD levels of misapplication in current discourse/terminology. I'm not saying it still isn't used as a negative re trans/non-binary, but when it's picked up as a term and used across the board from polyamory to vampires it ceases to be unique to that group.
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It's a hateful cliche used by transphobes who are too fucking thick to realise they're saying "Look how ridiculous the trans debate is as I compare trans people with pumpkins, or motorbikes, or vampires". It's really all they've got, that and randomly yelling "You've got a penis!"