Here's the thing about trans people: You don't have to understand it. If it confuses you, that's okay! If you personally would never identify as transgender, that's fine. Everyone is different. But the issue comes when you actively, materially discriminate against trans people, or hate them. Look, if a cisgender person named Richard wanted to go by Rich instead, would you say "No, that's stupid. It says Richard on your birth certificate so I'm going to call you Richard"? No, because that's needlessly rude. If someone requests to go by different pronouns than the ones associated with their gender assigned at birth, what is the harm in that? It's something that makes them happy and comfortable. If you really, truly refuse to use those pronouns, simply don't talk to that person at all. Trigger warning: Mention of sexual assault below. "But people are turning kids transgender!" If a kid identifies as transgender, what's the harm...
Whatever happened to "United we stand, divided we fall"? This country is an oligarchy run by a two party system that repeatedly fails its people. Centrism is not the answer here; you cannot compromise your way out of fascism. But I believe that most people hold more leftist opinions than they think they do: They have simply been lied to about what those opinions are. We must go beyond finding common ground, and dismantle false narratives in order to achieve true progress and justice.