Pronouns???

[Andy_T93]

Same.

In a larger sense, I just don't understand why people need to have a representative of their 'camp' present at all times now in order to feel vindicated or acknowledged as a person.

This right here is the whole point you don't understand and thats fine because how could you, the world is made for you and no one wants to take that away from you. But try to think for a moment what it must feel like for someone who it wasn't made for.

Try to imagine for a second what it must be like to sit at home and watch complete strangers 1000's of miles away actual discussing and voting on whether or not THEY think that YOU deserve to get married. That THEY are going decide which bathroom YOU can use at a restaurant.

You say you don't understand but please realise how lucky you actually are that you don't have to understand.

Im a CIS male I have never imagined myself to be anything other than that my pronouns are he/him as anyone would expect from me. But on my work email signature I include my pronouns anyway not because they are needed but because the more people who do it the more people who maybe don't have the expected pronoun might also feel comfortable doing the same.

You talk about shared human experience but then also expect trans people to basically keep their experience to themselves. AS CIS people we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard than that to pave the way for people to feel more accepted