What kind of Rorschach test is it that an article about bees and philosophy of mind that does not even mention gender at all triggers someone to make an anti-trans comment? In which it's asserted that someone's feelings about their own life are wrong and their lived experience is incorrect.

Maybe we could try to imagine what it's like to be a different human first before moving on to bees.

> are to be

Have asked to be, usually repeatedly and in the face of a great deal of opposition.