from my perspective. . .
Here in America, if you want to be a girl or guy or whatever, it's America, do whatever the forget you want. But a lot of these people want to be recognized as LEGITIMATE woman and men, government papers and all. Now that's a stretch.
Perhaps my comparison to bipolar disorder was a bit of a false equivalence, but i'll make it a little more narrow. Think of all the other harmless delusions people may have. Why not change the law for people that think they are a different age? Or different species? An alien? What about the people that think a sniper on the roof is trying to kill them, don't their delusions matter too? The people that believe Jesus, demons, aliens, and OJ Simpson is talking to them? That's the beauty of freedom of speech in America: you can say whatever you want! As long as it's not acted upon. And I'm not just trying to be starfish; I'm
close friends with people that think they are a man or a woman when they aren't. And most of them have been accommodated for in the law. They didn't feel any better, because that delusion is still consuming their life, if not
more! But there is also a few I've met that were diagnosed with gender dysphoria, that understood that thinking they were a different love was a symptom of their ailment, and they were able to cope with it a lot easier.