I agree w/ your post and thoughts on this issue.
I actually have had a long discussion w/ various people about ‘transgender’ ... what it means ... why it’s such a topic of conversation these days.
I believe I misunderstood what a transgender person was ... as in I thought that term only applied to a person who had an operation. But as I understand it now ... transgender has more to do w/ how the person feels internally ... for whatever reason ... about who/what they *should* be. I don’t pretend to understand what would cause this and I would not wish anyone to be transgender as it must be a sad sort of life. Independent of what other people think ... but more about what/how that person thinks about themselves. Heartbreaking to not be comfortable with *what* you are.
Re how a less than rich person does this ... I actually do know someone who is going thru this transformation who is of average income. That person has had to save and do ‘it’ in stages. There will be no operation re genitals. This person has hidden their entire life ... and by hidden I mean hidden their body in so many layers of clothing one would not know their sexual identity. This person had name changed to a non-gender specific name when they were 18.
Sad. Nothing to celebrate ... but nothing, IMO, to mock or ridicule. I can only be glad it wasn’t me and pray this person, at some point, can accept themselves and find some joy and peace in their life.
To call something out as BS is not the same as mocking or ridiculing though.