“believe whatever you want about yourself, but [...]"
Going to have to disagree here. I don't see how a village, much less a civilization, can tolerate the acceptance of people going about with a delusional sense of the world. You will always end up having to confront the belief; either because you got out ahead of it, or the nutters eventually demand to be taken seriously. I'll add to this the idea that BOTH progressives and conservatives seem to spit out when convenient:
"You should be free to do what you want as long as its not hurting anyone."
Going to have to disagree here. I don't see how a village, much less a civilization, can tolerate the acceptance of people going about with a delusional sense of the world. You will always end up having to confront the belief; either because you got out ahead of it, or the nutters eventually demand to be taken seriously. I'll add to this the idea that BOTH progressives and conservatives seem to spit out when convenient:
I see your point but the other option is getting legit treatment for people who have gender dysphoria, as well as taking the trendy aspect from lgbt.