One of my biggest worries with a worldview like Shapiro’s is that it ignores the consequence of treating transgender people at “others” in a society. The suicide attempt rate skyrockets with instances of harassment and abuse. While I’m sure that’s not unique to transgender people, I still worry about increased exposure to such things. Saying things along the lines of “I shouldn’t have to recognize you as your identified gender” when you have a following as large as Shapiro’s reinforces the idea that transgender people are a societal ill in some way. There’s no way that can’t cause more harm than good.