It's the "killing herself with chemicals" thing.
I certainly doesn't sound like people are concerned about her well being.
So why are otherkin, transethnics and the like weird? Because they're just trying to be special snowflakes- they're not really identifying as the things they claim to be identifying as, because those are not mental Things like gender is. They are attention whores.
First off, weird is not bad. "Weird" and "normal" are neutral descriptive terms (vague ones at that) and have no value attached to them. I totally accept them as weird... but that
alone is never a bad thing.
Secondly, you're arguing every single one of these people are being manipulative, and don't believe the words they're saying. I find that hard to swallow.
I "identify" with a lot of things. Things I can point to and say, "hey, that represents a part of my personality and who I am." The difference between me and them is I consider those things to "represent" me, while they consider those things to be what they "really are." There's no functional difference between these two; the argument is pretty much one of semantics and definitions.
There are some furries here. I have some questions for you:
- Do you have a fursona?
- If so, do you consider it a more accurate representation of "who you are" than your physical body?
- And if so, and if we developed some damn good and affordable plastic surgery, would you transition? (let's pretend any social stigmas vanished for this too)
And as a side note, for trans individuals, I've never really bought the "their brain is different!" argument as the
sole reason they should be considered the gender they identify with. It could certainly be part of it, but not the only reason. To me, it has much more to do with personality, and who they want to be, and what they want to be seen as, than anything else. IE, identity.