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"That’s why I’m at such pains to remind myself, and everybody else, that people like Stephanie do not represent the trans community."

And Donald Trump doesn't represent the Republican Party. Teeth-gnashing fundamentalists don't represent American Christians. Leather-clad sadomasochists pantomiming analingus on pride parade floats didn't represent gay men.

These are true for the most determined scholars; for the great majority of people less careful, all four do indeed represent their respective tribes, making bigots' jobs so very much easier.

Most people don't know any "trans" people. There may be that one tiresome person in the office who has "their" own reserved seat in Human Resources for constantly creating conflicts over unmet identity demands. For most of us the people you're talking about are the face of "trans," with their pronoun pairs and their "queer" credentials in their online profiles. And it will not take too many 13yo girls going under the knife against parents' wishes in a paroxysm of affirmation to turn millions of votes against the party more aligned with the "woke" crowd.

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