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listen to trans people who say this is important

You would have to point me to some resources here. I find a lot of non-trans authors having strong opinions but have no access to actual non binary people.

soliciting opinions in this way tends to invite opinions from people who are NOT most directly impacted by the issue

Yes! I noticed that. But here is simply where I noticed this trend, so it seemed logical to me to ask where I encounter it.

...creating yet more space for cis people to have their experiences centered, at the expense of trans people

This was neither my intention nor do I see one single comment who would be disrespectful or trying to center the topic around "our" perspective. As a matter of fact, I specifically wanted opinions outside the gender norm.

Honestly, I can't believe my fucking gender is a political issue to you.

Well, not your specific gender. And it's not a personal issue to me either. But yes, it is a political question and I fail to understand how everybody seems to have a problem with that notion. Are there not NGO LGTBQ groups rising awareness, proposing legislation, networking, educating, publishing, ...? Is it not a political topic also, then? And yes, in all honesty, since I am not personally affected, while it is way more than that to you, it is purely political to me: how do I want society to react to the legitimate call for acceptance and equality? How can that not be political?