That's not persecution and it's certainly not "opposition to their right to exist", which was the original bullshit claim. Anyway, the APA (a very left leaning organization) diagnosis for transsexuality is Gender Identity Disorder (GID).

It most certainly is.

Your information is out of date. Being transgender itself is no longer considered a mental disorder. Gender dysphoria, discomfort and dysfunction caused by society and by being in the wrong body is the diagnosable condition. Once transgender people have been treated, there isn't any more dysphoria and there is no disorder.

Right, they rebranded last year or whenever. I'm sure for completely apolitical reasons. If you're familiar at all with the APA, you know what a joke that is.

I don't really care about their politics, this particular case seems accurate. It's pretty clear that gender incongruence is a medical issue, but trans people are perfectly capable of leading happy and productive lives as long as they receive the proper treatment and aren't subject to abuse for being who they are. I've literally seen that with my own two eyes.

> around it being a mental delusion

But those people aren't Fortune 500 material so not pertinent to the discussion. Those people are on the extreme side of the right. It wouldn't be fair if I started to draw conclusions about the left from what you hear people say on /r/latestagecapitalism either.

Yeah that's another problem. People immediately assume the worst as soon as you say something even the least bit supportive of 'the other side'.

Trump tries to get rid of unnecessary regulations

"Guys, I think Trump might actually have a point here..."

"OH MY GOD YOU MUST BE A CLIMATE DENIER!"

Hahaha! That's the first good laugh I had in this thread. I had a few other laughs, but then I realized the people weren't joking...

These people are state and federal legislators. They are making laws based on their bigotry.