I think (hope) most of us with empathy get that this is real and a good thing. The thing with hate filled people that lack empathy, they want these people to suffer, they want them to be miserable and have a miserable life.
Somehow the misery of the .001% trans population makes their own miserable life’s more tolerable.
Edit: I should have said 1%. Leaving my original comment but conceding my percentage was off.
They are questioning it now… not before he got elected even though he clearly said he would be this stupid in his campaign.