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This isn't really true, there is strong reason to believe that transsexual/transgender people's desires are rooted in somewhat biological aspects or at least things that wouldn't go away by "abolishing gender or sex". In other words, sex isn't ONLY socially constructed; It is an amalgamation of socially constructed and non-socially-constructed things. If sex and gender were pure social constructs trans people would barely exist if at all, because the majority of them (us) are trans despite socialization in the opposite direction. See: Whipping Girl etc etc.
tbf you might already know this and just mean something else? But this phrasing implies a certain "everyone must become Androgyny" framing which has been heavily criticized by Julia Serano and I think isn't particularly productive or empowering, though words are fucked so I'm actually willing to bet you didn't intend that at all
That's not actually what OP meant by this, but I understand why you might get in this line of thinking. I used to embody it myself.
Look at it this way: the categorization and the way we handle sex is definitely socially constructed. The very fact that we made sex a "thing" using these categories is the result of social construction. Abolishing sex or gender isn't making the case that everyone must be androgynous or gender-neutral in presentation or in any aspect, but rather, it's asserting that we shouldn't assign any specifics relating to presentation, role, or lifestyle to these rigid notions we've developed in the context of sex and gender.
What we now know as "gender dysphoria" could still exist if gender were to be abolished. What we now know as "masculinity" and "femininity" could still exist if gender were to be abolished. What we now know as "biological sex" could still exist if gender (or sex, depending on how you want to frame the semantics) were to be abolished. It's just that the societal outlook and approach to these things would change entirely, in the sense that these things would be about as gendered as attached earlobes and free earlobes are. Believing that these things will remain isn't mutually exclusive with the abolitionist view that OP offered, but like I said, I understand why you hold this viewpoint because I held it myself for a very long time.
It only became clear to me what OP was conveying when I read The Gender Accelerationist Manifesto, and with that, I unlocked the realization that my experience, especially as a non-binary trans person in particular, would benefit from nothing more than to not have gender matter at all in my life, and with that, the grand scheme of society as a whole.
Oh I already agreed with the gender accelerationist manifesto. Honestly I think I was just paranoid