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Frankly, as a trans person, I'm not a fan of the term. I didn't get treatment to "affirm my gender." I changed my sex. I literally changed my sex. I didn't get "gender affirming treatment" or whatever the new entry on the euphemism treadmill is we're supposed to use this year.
My trans kid uses transgender because his body is still female in most ways but he does use T and is a he. I think only when you change genitals that's changing your sex, right?
I would argue HRT changes your sex.
Courtesy costs nothing so I would call anyone whatever they want, honestly.
Think you responded to the wrong person.
Does this mean that the older term term "sex change" is more appropriate?
Frankly I prefer that to the wishy washy language around gender.
Yeah, I think wishy washy "too careful" language is annoying to everyone involved in the conversation. Overly vague language instead of just using the correct syntax serves nobody.
I don't remember the context or the exact question, but I do remember saying at some point, on the topic of gender and sexuality, something along the lines of "I was born with a penis, I like it that way, and I enjoy inserting it into opposite genitalia". I found that to be the easiest way of clarification. To my defense, this was before I learned what "cisgendered" meant and I just wanted to make sure there was no ambiguity. This was in 2010 or thereabouts.