Deathclaw_Puncher wrote:Still, it's an odd thing to fret about. Again, not your concern.
What exactly is not my concern? And why is it not my concern?
It kind of is my concern when legitimate concerns are conflated with trolling and bigotry. Even if a concern is misplaced, equating it to trolling is problematic because people stop taking advocates seriously. If everything is met anger and accusations of transphobia, people who are otherwise inclined to listen will stop because no intellectual inquiry will be allowed and no concerns will be addressed and no fears will be assuaged, they'll just be shouted at.
I'm not saying you're blocking anybody from anything, I'm just saying it's an odd thing to fret about. People just seem to get so worked up about it, as if someone not wanting kids, or not being able to have kids strikes a nerve with them.
It might seem odd to you, but regret about reproduction is something a lot of people can relate to; people who are happy they have kids get concerned about people who don't get to, and people who regret not having kids are especially concerned that others will have to deal with it, and people who are happy not to have had kids don't often get a lot of attention. Reproduction is a pretty big deal in our society and reproduction regret (both ways) is painful.
The opposition to sterilization is also not unique to the trans community. Women are often not allowed to have procedures to be sterilized unless they are either a certain age or have had a certain number of children already, and it's because doctors are afraid of being sued when women regret the decision later because...well, it happens.
Reproduction is such a common human thing that everyone's thought about it. We've all made choices about whether we want to or not. It really does strike a nerve with people, for better or worse. Frankly, I feel that if someone was not informed that transitioning sterilizes you and given the option to store sperm or eggs for later, that would not be fully-informed consent. And that strikes a nerve with me.