If someone presents themselves as transgender and says they want to be known as 'she' do I have to do that?
Do I have no freedom of speech?
I do not believe people can change sex.
I do not believe that a man can become a woman. With pronoun use. With hormones. With dresses or lipstick. With surgery.
It is just NOT my personal belief.
Is it a hate crime to refer to someone born male as a man against their will?
Even if it is against mine?
Where would that end?
I am atheist. Do I have to say I believe in God to appease a Catholic? Am I forced to refer to a priest as 'Father' even though I don't follow that religion?
If someone is called David but wants to be called Dave am I to be investigated if I choose to continue using David?
Isn't this madness?
How can my own beliefs come 2nd to someone else's delusions?
It is biology. It is science. It is common sense.
A man cannot become a woman any more than I can become 23 again or an antelope.