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I saw a transgender person walking down the street in a short summer dress, but was clearly very masculine. It was right then and there that I decided I was against transgender rights.
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I’m sorry that you had this experience. I can understand that it would be confusing and difficult to understand. For transgender individuals, their gender identity is very important. Transgender is a broad term that encompasses many different gender identities and gender expressions. Gender identity is a person’s internal, deeply felt sense of their gender. Gender expression refers to the ways that a person communicates and expresses their gender, through characteristics like clothing, hairstyles, makeup, voice, and behavior. Sex is biological and determined by anatomy and chromosomes; gender is internal and based on identity. Just as our identities can be multiple, complex, and fluid, gender identities can also be. Transgender people have the right to express their gender identity as they choose, and we should all be respectful and supportive of them. I hope this helps.