your sex is the body you were born with (eg: biological male, female or intersex)
you can't change that, but it does not necessarily correlate with your gender
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your gender is what you choose to identify as
for example, if you have a male body but you identify as a female, then you're a female
that's all there is to it
you don't need to broadcast this to the whole world; just tell them your preferred pronouns and be done with it
if you want equality, why are you making up more and more labels for yourselves?:stare:
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transsexual vs transgender
if your biological body does not match your gender, then you're transgender
if you have medical procedures to essentially 'change sex', you are transsexual, as you have attempted to change your sex
you're still transgender nonetheless, just transsexual is the name biologically
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should young children be taught this at school?
i think rather than at school, each child should be brought up to be accepting of each other, without all these labels we have nowadays
school can support this fact
even though gender dysphoria is more common than you think, in children, it can well and truly be a 'phase'
kids go through these things of questioning their gender; it's standard
however, if it goes on for a prolonged amount of time, that's when you should talk to them and a doctor to discuss your options
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everyone should be accepted
take away labels if you want equality so badly
but since you poor special snowflakes need to grip onto an identity so much, you need to label yourself as much as possible!!

we aren't going to get anywhere like this
we need to be accepting and acceptance and respect is so much better than it used to be
however, you don't have to be 'transgender' in order to empathise and accept others
equality is empathy, yet empathy is not necessarily going through the same thing

be respectful and accepting towards everyone
get rid of the labels and be equal
that's the only way you're gonna get to a happy place for everyone
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instead of being a transgender female, you're female
instead of being in the lgbtqia+ community, you're the same as everyone else and still equally accepted
instead of labelling everything under the sun, we're all the same and should therefore be treated equally:shrug:

this is becoming a fucking stupid 'trend'
you're not being respectful or accepting of others who truly go through these things on a daily basis by faking it
you're not as unique as you think you are, special snowflake, and that's perfectly okay
just be yourself, with no labels