[mjp]

but at least one student maintained that Terry and Andraya were girls

There is a distinction, based on reality and reason, between biological girls and freaks.

[sphinx]

There is a distinction, based on reality and reason, between biological girls and freaks.

Not "freaks." Terry and Andraya are mentally ill young men in need of therapy. They should not be treated abusively, but their pathology should not be encouraged, and young women should not be abused in order to allow mentally ill boys to act out their fantasies.