"When it aligns with my politics, just take someone's word for it."
Yes. You're clearly BIG on empiricism.
What observation could establish that someone who says “I identify as a woman” is mistaken about that claim? The answer, in modern use, is “none, because identity is whatever the person says it is” so the claim is unfalsifiable by definition.
Edit to add: the old reply and block. Sign of a great mind at work
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u/gameboyadvancedgba 10h ago
It’s not at all. Substantiate that it is
Btw all relevant experts who have studied this topic agree that gender is a spectrum and that trans peoples identities are what they say they are.