There are certain hazards to pushing back too hard. I am XXY, male but with rather feminine habitus which means I present somewhat ambiguously.  I get misgendered from time to time, not something that bothers me however I now find myself worried that I will get caught in this crossfire between activists particularly those who aggressively take Ms. Wente's message to heart.  

In addition, I find it troubling that Wente is so dismissive of genetically intersex individuals. "Rare" (it's not that rare)  is irrelevant when you are one. How long until I get inadvertently dragged into something I want no part of, or worse physically confronted as an individual who many insist doesn't exist, or is so rare to be negligible? I don't want to be mistaken as trans by someone that hates trans individuals, but nor do I want to hypermasculinize myself to fit artificial societal expectations. 

Luckily I live and work in a relatively enlightened university community, but that safety is not absolute.