I don't get the "legitimatize" bit. If I acknowledge that some people believe the Earth is flat, and call them flat Earthers, how does this make their position legitimate?
Is the thought process here to pretend such people do not exist? I don't grok.
Everyone on both sides of this debate would claim to be a "sex realist". I'm not at all familiar with Colin's views, but "trans denier" or "biological determinist" might be more neutral terms.
Why?
Because worrying, caring about this is the ultimate red herring.
Imagine there are two sides. One which believes all blue people should be exiled, another which is opposed... including the blue people.
Now, to add to this frey, people start shouting at the name the other group calls themselves?!
I mean really, it's like caring that someone is putting too much salt on a sick of salted butter.
How about we argue about the salted butter itself?!
Worse, every erg of energy complaining about the name, is a wasted breath to fight the real issue. And even worse, the other side chose the name, likes it, so what's the point.
People will always think of them by this name. Always.
So can we neutrally consider TRAs to be "biological denialists"?