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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
That actually is a valid question- but at least for my understanding a persons gender identity doesn’t actually change, and is separate from sex- trans people seem to articulate a feeling of having always been identified incorrectly up until their transtiton. It takes people a long time to figure out that they are trans, but they don’t just become trans.
gpt
With respect, I don't think that's a satisfying answer. Even if someone always felt like their chronological age didn't align with the age they felt on the inside, we wouldn't accept that as valid. On the flip side, the fact that someone realises they're trans at 14 rather than 5 wouldn't invalidate them or lead us to conclude they aren't really trans because they haven't **always** felt that way.

So it seems that the length of time one has felt a particular way doesn't matter. We seem to accept self-identification for gender, regardless of how long someone has felt dysphoria. And we don't accept self-identification for age/race, even if someone has felt it all their life.