&gt; To what degree gender is a social construct vs actually having non-minimal differences in the brain depending on your chromosomes is largely settled (IMO)<p>I don&#x27;t actually think this is true.  Disclaimer: a close friend of mine studies this academically, so i&#x27;m probably incorrectly passing along a vague version of what i&#x27;ve been told, plus i have a certain level of personal investment in the issue.  Anyhow, there&#x27;s rather a difference of opinion in the schools of thought of queer theory (roughly: it&#x27;s all a social construct) versus sexual difference theory (roughly: no, the physical body is important in the equation) -- if i understand correctly, this is far from a settled question.<p>I don&#x27;t want to attack you personally, because i believe you are commenting in good faith (as am i), but this sentence:<p>&gt;  I don&#x27;t have a strong opinion in the matter other than I know non-passable trans people creep me out on a sub-rational level (so I just avoid them, like spiders).<p>Comes across as rather hurtful.  I hope that sometime in the near future (like, 10–20 years?  one can dream), this sentence will be seen as equally dubious as someone saying something like &quot;black people creep me out, i don&#x27;t know why but i try to avoid them&quot;.<p>I really don&#x27;t mean to be mean about it, i&#x27;m just pointing out that this attitude won&#x27;t help any early-stage transpeople feel welcome or comfortable.  We as the grass-roots society should probably do our bit to make everyone feel accepted and welcome, especially if they do not conform to our (gender expression, as well as other) expectations.  I mention the bottom-up point-of-view in contrast to your &quot;Supreme Court&quot; &#x2F; institutional answer to the issue.<p>Respectfully.