My favorite quote from a transphobe

Warning, if transphobic comments make you very uncomfortable, please don't read this post.

I was once talking to a person who was clearly a transphobe, but also seemed to not even realize that trans people are actually a thing? He seemed to walk around believing them to be like 2 or 3 people in the whole world just walking around with some sort of delusion, instead of a significant portion of the population, whether geneuinely struggling or having found peace with transitioning, with their gender identity.

He flat out didn't even attempt to take me seriously when I said I was trans. So I just didn't interact with him that much.

Then, when a pride parade happened in my city, he expressed serious concern with others about how "big" their "group" has gotten.

At this point, I started to get a little sick of his obliviousness, so I sent an enthusiastic message to the group chat showing a YouTube video about how to actually change your gender, which involved detailed CGI simulations of what it actually looks like to go through gender reassignment surgery.

The video had 1 million views, thousand of likes, only a couple hundred dislikes, and was filled to the brim with positive and encouraging comments.

His response:

"This just goes to go how crazy people have gotten. That you would mutilate yourself just because you can't accept reality. May these people find the Lord Jesus is God and turn to Christ!"

Ugh