When it is suggested that trans people are ‘born in the wrong body’, this implies to me that they must have some kind of supernatural spirit or soul. I have now been admonished otherwise.
Some who consider themselves rationalist and progressive, are so keen to promote supernatural ideas like being born in the wrong body, that they will sacrifice gay rights to do so.
Recently I wrote an article that described why some commentary within the transgender debate implied Cartesian Dualism. I argued that dualism is wrong, but I have received some criticism of that article from dualists.
To “live your life as your true gender” implies that the “you” referred to here is somehow ethereal and distinct from your physical body. This is synonymous with Cartesian Dualism, which is demonstrably false.