
I’m not saying it doesn’t exist. It does. But people (especially WOMEN) shouldn’t be responsible for their mental illness. I don’t care about how you feel, you are what you are. You physically and mentally cannot change your gender and encapsulate what it’s like to be man/woman if you weren’t BORN as one. “Feeling like a girl” is EXTREMELY offensive to women as our humanity and experiences cannot and SHOULD NOT be summarized by a man’s glamorized and infantilized view of women.
If gender is the social construct like you all say it is, then it’s still wrong and completely stereotyped views of real men and women and their experience. You cannot encapsulate the lives of men and women into a feeling. Can’t change your gender either! Born a man, you’re a man. No feeling will ever change that!
You don’t necessarily “become” trans, for me personally, I always felt different. Hated my name as a child, preferred doing activities not “stereotypical” with my sex, cried when I was perceived a certain way, had dreams of being the opposite sex, etc. Second, this is me cause I can’t speak for everyone but I don’t like attention on me, I don’t tell people I’m trans unless I’m super close because you never know who might be aggressive about it
It’s always stereotyped views. You only view what it’s like to be a woman (if ur a man) from an outward perspective, not an inward and physical perspective. You’ve only observed other women and their lifestyles, not the entire humanity of women. There’s no way for a man to encapsulate what being a woman is like without it being stereotyped and outwardly observed.
You’re giving a very VERY watered down version of your life. CHANCES are you weren’t born transgender, there’s a lot of life experiences you’re leaving out. It’s still a mental illness, notice how it’s all FEELING and not reality. Emotional reactions. Mental problem. Also just because you like things that aren’t associated with your gender doesn’t make the opposite gender😭. You should be accepting of your natural body and the way you were born, even if you like different things.
I’ve tried “accepting my natural body” but I was more miserable doing that then just being myself It’s little things to that is impacting my life. I don’t use public bathrooms. It’s either gender neutral bathroom or nothing because the idea of going into the bathroom of my sex upsets me so much. I have bladder issues that have began developing I genuinely cry in the shower every time because I look in the mirror and I feel trapped in a body that I am uncomfortable in
You can change your name. You can be interested in whatever you want to. Change your hair, makeup, clothes, whatever. But calling yourself something you’re not is wrong and offensive to people with that gender. Expecting people to be responsible for your insecurities, delusions, feelings, or whatever is wrong. Going into female only or male only spaces if you’re not one is wrong.
From what I’ve seen, minors medically transitioning is rare and has to have parental consent and approval from a team of doctors Usually, children socially transition! Which is anything from buying them the clothes they want, getting a haircut they feel good with, calling them the name they want with the right pronouns, etc. You can support trans children in small ways
There’s so many detransition kids. It breaks my heart. No a young boy doesn’t wanna be a girl. He’s probably just gay and doesn’t know it yet. The fact that children are operated on at all is a crime. It shouldn’t be allowed. Gender “affirming” surgery is life changing and a child is not capable to make that choice.
They just love pretending detransitioning and regret rates are through the roof (when they’re less than a percent and largely because of social pressure where they then transition later if able), while ignoring the fact that transitioning has the lowest regret rate of any medical intervention and would be deemed a miracle if not for uneducated bigots.
This whole argument is nonsensical. Whatever characteristics you define man and woman by, most trans people will agree you can’t change. obviously no one is switching their chromosomes around. But that’s not what actually *matters* for everyday life. If someone presents themselves as a woman, calls themselves a woman, and is treated by a woman by everyone else, whether or not you like it, it’s just being an asshole to complain about it and treat them in a way they’re opposed to.
gender is a social construct. if you don’t like that and want to say “gender = sex”, call it gender presentation or something. Being a social construct doesn’t mean it’s fake, but it is made up of how you act to others and how other people act in return. People’s actions obviously can change.
Ooooooh. That makes so much more sense for me now— I first read this and got really confused why it was getting so many upvotes- My half-Puertorican ass read yta as a shortened form of “yo te amo” which means I love you 💀 so I read it and was like “huh? Why are people encouraging this?”
Biologist here. Transness is backed by biology and neurobiochemistry. Sex is not binary, and by pulling out the chromosome argument, it shows that you have the education of a 5th grader. Sex AND gender are not binary and not totally reliant on whatever chromosomes or genitals you have. Pick up a book and stop listening to Matt Walsh or whatever republicuck you like to suck off
the rate is high, but thats not just post op or even just post hrt, a large portion of that number is people who were prevented from being able to effectively transition by their families or doctors. I also don’t think being actively harrassed by their community counts as regret in the same way as deciding to not transition anymore without outside influence.