Well said, and I think you've given me the topic for a follow-up article on this subject: transgenderism's relation not just to transhumanism but to existentialism. I agree that the pharmacological remedies would address the psychological problems with having a mixed-up body, too, especially given the heteronormative biases in society. But that applies to all technologies in the big picture, since all social or personal problems come back to our existential condition that entails alienation on reflection. This existential context is consistent, though, with the conjecture about transhumanism.

But if you're using this in defense of conservatism, you're saying there are better remedies for the psychological problems of trans people than a sex change operation. That's a quibble, though, as another commenter would likely point out since there are other remedies at issue, too, including hormone blockers. Clearly, the cases should be considered one by one, and rushing into drastic, irreversible surgery would be unwise. I'd agree with conservatives about the excesses of the fad of wokeness.

But I'm trying to look at the big picture here. In the future, sex-change operations might not be irreversible. Maybe you could change bodies like you change your clothes. What becomes of the conservative objection then? The deeper issue is the one I raised in the article: conservatives are opposed to that kind of progress. They think it's blasphemous or whatever.