simply about making people's lives easier, so that they get to enjoy a more equal level of opportunity in society, and that their abilities do not get wasted. Nothing about accommodating trans people in everyday life makes us unable to acknowledge the reality of biological sex when it truly matters. Using a trans woman's preferred pronouns doesn't mean we can't acknowledge that she doesn't have periods and can't get pregnant, or that her medical needs are sometimes very different from genetic women, for example. It also wouldn't mean allowing a trans woman license to do whatever they like, regardless of the discomfort of genetic women. Since the fact that society accommodates trans people is based on the grounds of compassion and respect, it would be more than reasonable to expect trans people to repay others with the same compassion and respect. Which would obviously include not doing anything to make other people extremely uncomfortable!
The Medical Science Case for Trans Accommodation At this point, some people may argue that it is not good to indulge in a trans person's 'delusion', as if gender dysphoria is a form of psychosis akin to schizophrenia. This argument has been popularized by a few conservative media personalities, all of whom have no medical education or training. However, it is already well established in medical science and psychiatry that gender dysphoria is not a form of psychosis, and that there often is no effective 'treatment' other than the symptomatic treatment of gender transition. The clinical 136
