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I'm hyperlexic. From a young age, I have excelled in the areas of reading and writing, but not so much in the areas of speech. I take great pride in the way that I write and type, but I have always had a tendency to be excessively verbose, and often blunt as well.

I write in a way which, though grammatically correct, is nonetheless atypical, and often tonally inappropriate. I love to use em dashes and fancy words, often without the self awareness to realize how overly clinical this may seem. It's great for writing an essay, but not much else. And now, sometimes, people interpret my writing style as LLM output.

Being compared to a "robot" isn't anything new for me, and it is something that many autistic people will find themselves familiar with. There is a reason that so many of us latch onto fictional robots: they tend to be characterized in a way which is particularly relatable to autistic people. Calculester from Monster Prom and Data from Star Trek are two examples that come to mind. But being accused of literally being one is relatively new for me.

ai writes (aka they’re mimicking) like humans. not the other way around.

1 Timothy 1:9-10: "...understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine..." (ESV)

1 Corinthians 6:9-10: "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." (ESV)

But most importantly:

Are you really trying to say "actually, I'm pretty sure Jesus would be transphobic" and you're directing your concern at the headcanon being disrespectful, rather than the transphobia being disrespectful?

1 Timothy 1:9-10: "...understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine..." (ESV)

1 Corinthians 6:9-10: "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God." (ESV)

But most importantly:

Are you really trying to say "actually, I'm pretty sure Jesus would be transphobic" and you're directing your concern at the headcanon being disrespectful, rather than the transphobia being disrespectful?

You cannot "hate the sin, not the sinner" when it comes to people being gay, or trans, or any other flavor of queer, because these are not simply things we do. They're a part of who we are. You can't pray the gay away. People have tried over and over again. It leads to self hatred and suicide, and there's a reason that more and more places are banning conversion therapy. There are mountains of studies showing that, not only does it not work, but it harms us.

i need someone to tell me if its ok to still call jax a dude. i heavily project and im a trans dude myself and it just feels uncomfortable when im like thinking of jax as me almost but idk have to refer to him as a girl 🥹🥹 i LOVE transfem jax and i believe in it and im freaking crying about (sad) art of her and im so upset she never got to find herself but idk🥹🥹

i feel like asking this is stupid or something but im like. having an ocd-like symptoms moment someone tell me im not a bad person please

Then you find out she's transfem. Would it be appropriate to call her "a dude" just because it felt important to you? Would "secondhand dysphoria" make it okay to misgender her?

Also, I want to add, as someone with similar obsessive symptoms around morality (not around this specific topic, but generally) feelings cannot make you a bad person. Emotional responses are involuntary. We can influence them, but we cannot directly choose them.

Having thoughts also cannot make you a bad person, because we can't fully choose our thoughts either, especially if you have OCD, which literally involves intrusive thoughts as an essential symptom. What matters is your choices, like choosing how you refer to someone.

It also goes without saying that bioessentialism inherently can’t be trans inclusive no matter how hard you try. “All men including trans men—” probably not. “This is only a woman’s issue—” is it really? “Afabs only—” why? “All trans men are like—” what? what are they like? finish the sentence i dare you.

Anti-choice legislation that gives us less bodily autonomy than the average corpse.

HPV vaccine access and education to prevent cervical cancer.

Chronic illnesses like PCOS and endometriosis, which are under-researched and under-diagnosed specifically *because* the people who suffer them are afab.

In America, where I am, the incredibly high rates of medical neglect and abuse of pregnant people from intersecting marginalized groups—especially Black women.

There’s way more, and I’m sure that transmasc and non-binary afab folks face all sorts of challenges, being afab in a transphobic AND misogynistic world, that as a cis woman I would never think of.

Shutting down these nuanced realities under “bioessentiallism bad” doesn’t do anyone favors—least of all trans people. The moment we stop acknowledging the social, legal, and medical vulnerabilities of pregnancy, for example, the easier it is to hang out pregnant trans men to dry.

I think it can also undercut the much-needed normalization of afab-specific medical issues beyond the cis experience.

Do you think that people assigned male at birth never experience anything like this?

What about intersex people with uteruses who were assigned male at birth, who often can't access the healthcare they need because of that assignment? What about any intersex and/or transgender person assigned male at birth who is not allowed full medical autonomy?

What about transfeminine people who are gatekept from gender affirming care, or are forcefully sterilized? What about intersex people who are forced to alter their natural sex characteristics in order to "normalize" their bodies?

HPV vaccine access and education to prevent cervical cancer.

Again, really? What about access to breast cancer screenings, treatments, and coverage? What about trans people with breast cancer, or prostate cancer, or testicular cancer, or any other kind of cancer where coverage and care are often gendered, often to the exclusion of trans people, no matter the person's gender or birth assignment? What about the massive health gaps for trans and intersex people of all kinds?

Chronic illnesses like PCOS and endometriosis, which are under-researched and under-diagnosed specifically *because* the people who suffer them are afab.

Doctors often have no clue how to care for trans or intersex patients, and such patients are frequently excluded or neglected when it comes to medical research. Research that attempts to fill this gap greatly struggles with funding. This is true regardless of birth assignment.

In America, where I am, the incredibly high rates of medical neglect and abuse of pregnant people from intersecting marginalized groups—especially Black women.

Do I really have to explain the fact that people assigned male at birth can also have intersecting marginalized identities? You're speaking as if people assigned male at birth are always cisgender, perisex, straight, white, neurotypical, able-bodied men. On a post about trans people.

You came onto a post that said "no issue is exclusive to a specific birth assignment" and you said "actually, there are issues that are specific to AFAB people specifically" (which is not true... you're doing the exact thing the post was fighting against)

I really want you to understand how your statements come across as not only highly dismissive towards the struggles of trans and intersex people assigned male at birth, but are also false, because birth assignment doesn't necessarily mean anything about a person's anatomy, identity, medical needs, access to care, or prioritization in research.