Enby transfemme chiming in real quick:

1. I highly doubt they meant that in good faith
2. I also wouldn’t be shocked one way or another

I am not a biologist by any stretch of the imagination, but I have definitely read that there is an impact on sex hormone production from microplastics, and that our generation’s sex hormone production has changed (Decreased? I think?) without a solidly defined cause.

I also know that I’m basically sipping on a liquified styrofoam cup every time I drink my tap water.

That said, fuck, if microplastics were the only thing it took to make someone trans, I would be saving a lot on laser hair removal, doctors’ appointments, and E.

Not to mention saving time and misery on voice training.

So if microplastics are turning the friggin frogs gay and turning people trans, that doesn’t make trans people any less valid. If someone has PTSD because of foreign stimulous (a traumatic event) impacting their psyche, that doesn’t mean their PTSD doesn’t count.

If my ‘transness’ is somehow related to microplastics, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t count.

I know that you’re in agreement with me, definitely not directed at you. It’s just an interesting line of discussion, and you seem more interesting to have that conversation with than the person who just blanket blamed transgenderism on microplastics while providing zero context and comparing it to boomer lead poisoning.

When all is said and done, I’d rather be microplastic trans than a lead-induced bigot/mouthbreather.