As a Trek fan, I think the term “egg prime directive” itself is bad and causes miscommunication. The people who are pro-EPD seem to mostly argue the EPD is about not dictating to people what their gender is, while people who are anti-EPD say the EPD is about not mentioning the possibility that someone could be trans at all.

Taking everyone at their word, it seems like people are interpreting the egg prime directive differently. If pro-EPD people really do think it’s okay to suggest/ask if someone has considered if they might be trans, and the only thing forbidden is explicitly dictating “you ARE trans”, I think the prime directive analogy is a bit misleading and might be part of the issue.

The prime directive is very dogmatic at times and basically says that you can’t interact with prewarp civs period. Following the metaphor, it suggests that you aren’t allowed to talk about being trans at all with potential eggs until they crack their own egg first. Based on that, I can see where the OOP is getting their interpretation from.