Why do you think it is bad to allow people to self-identify as a different gender?

People currently take umbrage at the idea because they think it's a novel fad, "done to get attention." Nothing could be further from the truth. Gender variance has always been part of humanity.

PBS has a page regarding gender variance worldwide. It says in part:

I personally don't. What other people do with their lives is none of my business. It doesn't harm me in any fashion.

I’m wondering about attachment and transference with the therapist and the idea of escape and fantasy? How much do you think your strong feelings, constant thoughts, desires to be with your therapist are a way to escape from your present life? I wonder if the transference serves another purpose than to show us our wounds and/or past experiences, but is a present coping strategy for managing what we don’t want to face (even if unconsciously) in the present—-current relationships, life circumstances, etc. Can anyone relate to this concept of escape in relation to their therapy relationship? How does this play out for you?

There are many more historically attested genders, as one can see on the

"Throughout recorded history and since time immemorial, thriving cultures have recognized, revered, and integrated more than two genders. Terms such as transgender, gay, or bisexual are Western constructs that assume three things: that there are only two sexes (male/female), as many as three sexualities (gay/straight/bisexual), and only two genders (man/woman).

World Gender Customs map

Would the word literate carry the same meaning with public (common wealth) in 1900 vs today 2020?

Among many Indigenous societies, two prominent features often distinguish the lives and social roles of third gender persons from those of cisgender persons or contemporary transgender persons in non-Indigenous societies. The first is that many Indigenous terms for third gender people contain both the word for “man” and “woman” in their construction, and that third gender people are seen as embodying both of those genders in diverse ways. The second is that the history of many third genders is in the community role of religious specialists, which also takes diverse forms, depending on the beliefs of diverse cultures. While not all third gender persons are defined in these terms, across our species, this phenomenon of the third gender religious specialist, healer, or spiritual worker has been part of our collective identity and human experience since time immemorial."

Even after the end of the modern era and as the colonial period wanes, hundreds of distinct Indigenous societies around the globe still retain their own long-established traditions for third, fourth, fifth, or more genders. The subject of Two Spirits Fred Martinez, was not a boy who wanted to be a girl, but both a boy and a girl—an identity his Diné culture recognized and revered as nádleehí. Meanwhile, Hina of Kumu Hina is part of a native Hawaiian culture that has traditionally revered and respected mahu, those who embody both male and female spirit. And Japanese-Samoan fa’afafine artist Yuki Kihara participates in major global cultural events, functioning not just as representatives of their gender-based community, but of their nation. Kihara had both a solo exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and represented New Zealand at the 2021 Venice Biennale.

It’s not uncommon for third gender people to perform critical spiritual and religious functions in their communities.

Is the Donald Trump Bible any different from a regular Bible? Has Trump altered its contents?