I was chatting to my youngest lad over a cup of tea the other morning and this subject came up, can’t remember how, and we were talking about trans people and gay people.
So I said to him, the difference is son, if you came to me and said “Dad, I’m gay” I’d say “No bother son, you know I love you so it don’t matter”……but……if you came to me and said “Dad, from here on in I want to be know as Doris and ware a dress” I’d say “Don’t worry son, I’ll get you some help from the mental health people!”
That seemed to settle the discussion on what the differences are.