maerilith |
01-18-2017 12:39 PM |
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Originally Posted by bigjerry
(Post 2447061)
so ur not fundamentally trans, it was just a decision? intredasting
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If you want to bring gender in. No I'm fundamentally a woman, female, trans is a label. An experience.
In my case all the trans label does is define that I didn't remain in my birth sex and conform to the gender "man". For different people. For example the ones who just want to demonstrate a different gender presentation, but not physically transition or change pronouns (think really butch queer female). Trans has a different meaning. I don't think transgender is good for defining anyone aside from an umbrella term describing people who don't conform to typical gender stereotypes. It doesn't really describe my experiences or the medical side of transition, though it "may" imply it to varying degrees according to context.
Could I present as male and go against my nature / needs? Yeah, but that's unhealthy and just because I could (maybe, I could try, success isn't guaranteed) doesn't make it right or invalidate my internaliaty. I think some great advocates for equality and human rights probably have successfully remained in their birth sex / gender. Despite all odds. There's more to it than that alone though. (in all actuality I'm probably at the point of boyfail with all the physical and emotional changes I've undergone anyway).
Hence the bans on conversion therapies / cures. Generally it's proven to cause more harm to suppress ones sexuality or gender or dismorphia, even though people have "muh rights" to undergo conversion and remain in denial or force kids to.
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