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Most of the locals here are what most progressives would describe as transphobic! "Physician, heal thyself."
Personally disagreeing with an idea doesn't really make me worse at arguing for it, though. I think the most effective 'cure' is having social exposure to trans people who are reasonable and friendly. Other than that, recommend highlighting stories of trans kids being kicked out of their homes by their parents when they were outed and the emotional pain of individuals' personal struggles with gender dysphoria.
edit: Oh, I read some of the below replies. Frankly, trans people aren't any more viscerally disgusting than fat people, and you'll be exposed to a lot more of those in most parts of America. Like anything one finds disgusting (justified or not), you'll rapidly learn to ignore it after being exposed a few times (and that doesn't have anything to do with your political opposition to trans), so I wouldn't worry at all about it. Also, unless you spend a lot of time in the rationalist community, you probably won't run into enough trans people to be worth noting.
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