Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-25535807-20141109215242/@comment-10733658-20141110052003

No, people are not "morons" though I do wish that people would please stop with the name-calling and screaming at each other. Doing so does not accomplish a single thing, nor does it make yours opinions or points more valid.

The issue, as I see it, is that Rigigerald has made some inaccurate -- and in some cases, unintentionally harmful -- statements. Even though Mutsuki is a fictional character, the attitudes and statements people are expressing are ones that have impact in real life, to real people. To suggest that what is in someone's pants dictates how they should be referred to, as opposed to what they want to be referred to is a very real issue that Trans people deal with every single day. Issues concerning legal recognition of their identity is a major problem, and Sex-Reassignment Surgery or transitioning is a very personal matter that not all Trans people are agreed on -- or is even an option to some.

And I really don't see how there is any further need for "clarification" from Ishida, since the latest Chapter was very straightforward. Mutsuki states he never felt comfortable as a girl, and requests that CCG allow him to live as a man from then on. He dresses as a man, uses the men's restroom, uses male pronouns, and is treated as a man by everyone else. Hence, the character is canonly Trans and appropriate, respectful treatment by the fandom should be expected. No arguments that he's a girl because he doesn't seem to have had surgery (we don't know the full situation concerning whether he takes hormones, or any other stages of transitioning), and no using female pronouns for him.

The issue is, plain and simple, that how fans treat a fictional character can impact real people. A Trans fan that seeing other fans misgendering a Trans character can be hurt by this behavior, and arguments about how a character is still a girl regardless of their explicit wishes can hurt a Trans fan seeing those things.