My dad tried to use this argument with me when I came out as transgender. It really bothers me because the people who tend to make the argument that “gender doesn’t matter!” are the types who have never once questioned their gender, never experimented with their gender presentation, or—perhaps most importantly—have never experienced gender dysphoria. They’re also the same types of people who get upset over someone misgendering them, yet INSIST on using the wrong pronouns/name for trans* people. Gender is and can be an extremely important of a person’s identity. And not just trans* people—cis people can place a lot of value on their gender identity as well! Plus, in this world, gender can affect how much you’ll get paid, who wants to start a relationship/have sex with you, and how you’ll be treated in your career field, among other things. To act like it doesn’t matter at all is foolish. Absolutely necessary disclaimer so people who are cis don’t shit their pants with rage: Cis ppl =/= cis people or cis allies. Cis ppl are the idiots who believe this argument, the idiots who believe trans* individuals are just confused, the idiots who believe that HRT or surgeries are “just cosmetic,” the idiots who believe in the “womyn born womyn” bullshit, the idiots who don’t respect a trans* person’s preferred pronouns, and so on. 
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My dad tried to use this argument with me when I came out as transgender. It really bothers me because the people who tend to make the argument that “gender doesn’t matter!” are the types who have never once questioned their gender, never experimented with their gender presentation, or—perhaps most importantly—have never experienced gender dysphoria. They’re also the same types of people who get upset over someone misgendering them, yet INSIST on using the wrong pronouns/name for trans* people.

Gender is and can be an extremely important of a person’s identity. And not just trans* people—cis people can place a lot of value on their gender identity as well! Plus, in this world, gender can affect how much you’ll get paid, who wants to start a relationship/have sex with you, and how you’ll be treated in your career field, among other things. To act like it doesn’t matter at all is foolish.

Absolutely necessary disclaimer so people who are cis don’t shit their pants with rage: Cis ppl =/= cis people or cis allies. Cis ppl are the idiots who believe this argument, the idiots who believe trans* individuals are just confused, the idiots who believe that HRT or surgeries are “just cosmetic,” the idiots who believe in the “womyn born womyn” bullshit, the idiots who don’t respect a trans* person’s preferred pronouns, and so on. 

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