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6 months agoit’s trans men, not “transmen”; and trans women, not “transwomen”. Trans is an adjective, meaning it’s a word that describes a noun. A trans man is a man who happens to be trans. The (grammatically incorrect) usage of trans as a noun (“a trans”, “transman”, “transwoman”, “transperson”, etc.) is a dogwhistle meant to imply that trans men aren’t men and trans women aren’t women but some separate category
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If that doesn’t work, no amount of reasoning will. Unfortunately, you can’t logic someone out of a position they didn’t logic themselves into. They have to be willing to learn. Not that that means you should just abandon them, but as you said, the solution will have to hinge on an emotional approach