Which of these best describes your views regarding transgender individuals?

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I voted #3, but My answer is more complex.

I think we should treat everyone with respect and adults have the right to get reassignment surgery if they want. I'd respect them enough to call them (sane, not an HP) by their preferred gender regardless if they have transitioned or not.

But, I am opposed to letting pre-op trans people into the bathrooms of their preferred genders. Post-op is fine, since they have fully transitioned. Same pretty much applies for locker rooms. Also, for bathrooms, if one is closer to post-op then pre-op, then they should be allowed to use their preferred restrooms (though, for lockerooms, I think one has to be 100% post-op).

But, I think we should have a men's, women's and gender neutral bathroom in all public places to help mitigate the issue.

I am against letting minors go through reassignment surgery because I don't think minors can make that decision at younger ages. If parents want to let their kids identify with their preferred gender, that's fine, but I think reassignment surgery and full hormonal transition is going too far at younger ages.

Maybe at 15 or 16, they can start doing partial or limited hormone treatments. Once they are 18, they can get the full hormone treatments and reassignment surgery etc...

I also refuse to call these people mentally ill, they are people just like everyone else and I believe that transphobia is disgusting and should not be encouraged.

I also agree with Mercenary, I think every partner has a right to know if the person they are dating has transitioned or identifies with their biological gender. It is common decency. You have a right to be happy and do whatever, but you don't have a right to tell people to "just be comfortable" with your choices after the fact.

TL;DR: I'm fairly conservative in my personal opinion on transgenderism, but believe there should be standard civil government protections for trans people. Bullying is never ok.