Since this appears headed to the Spin Room anyway... I get that some people want to spin this as a discrimination issue. If the argument is framed that LGBTQ2010 = Black1950, that frames the argument correctly for you to win.

In some situations, such as the treatment by police prior to the 70s, that's the proper way to look at it. No one should be arrested because of their lifestyle.

But the transgender issue is completely, 100% different. When you choose to go under the knife, that's a choice. It's perfectly legal to discriminate against people because of their voluntary actions. If someone consistently makes bad decisions, it's legally and morally ok to treat them differently. People with visible tattoos, outlandish hairstyles, or drinking habits (which has a lot more documented genetic links than homosexuality) are discriminated against all the time. Often by the government itself.

We can have debate over whether that's right or wrong for people to change their bodies, but that doesn't make it a civil rights issue.

So people who disagree with you aren't evil, and don't deserve to lose their jobs. YOUR attitude towards people who disagree with you is what inspires the fear that brought on Trump. Today the "fear" that most people feel of LGBTQ individuals is a fear that I'll lose my job if it is revealed that I disagree with them.

Conservatives don't think that transgenders should be arrested. Or prevented from making a living. It's a strawman argument when you phrase it that way - no one is saying that. Quite frankly, most people who are against transgenders feel pity for them, not fear.