This whole thing sorta reminds of an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation wherein the android Data is, in the end described a new species of being.
I think that "transgender" is homosexuality taken to the inth degree. The very first episode of this, in my memory, was in 1970 with
The Christine Jorgensen Story. It got buried and the gay movement was really underground and had a seedy aura about it, so people who knew nothing were naturally sort of intimidated and
fearful? of it.
It's not been that long since '69 and people like Bruce Jenner is
reeeaaallly more related to science fiction than any reality we're used to. That may seem very harsh on the surface, but if you take it for what it really is (plastic surgery to the umpteenth power) you an see why people shy from it: it seems like trouble to them and they don't want to be involved. I think that the
in your face movements of the gay generation have hurt more than helped to instigate knee-jerk reactions and this bathroom thing only took a bad situation and made it worse.