#transmed friendly

For those wondering about the difference between 1 and 2: 1 wears form-fitting clothes as he has nothing to hide, 2 wears oversized clothes as his transition isn't over and thus he wants to pass better

Btw, before anyone comes for me, I'm not saying men can't be feminine or whatever, but how artists draw trans characters is a BIG tell on how they see them in real life. Generally speaking I haven't ever met someone who drew feminine trans guys without making them look outright like women and treating them like uwu soft bois lmao

Nude version after the cut (TW for stereotypical depictions of trans men with female-presenting bodies):

So it occurs to me that a lot of people don't quite know what gender dysphoria is.

So I wanted to make an easy explanation post on what is and what isn't dysphoria!

>So What Is It?

Gender Dysphoria involves a conflict between someone's assigned gender at birth (their sex) and the gender they are in their mind.

This can make people look in the mirror and feel that their body is wrong, it does cause discomfort and often times distress. They also feel uncomfortable with pronouns associated with their agab, along with their birth name most of the time.

If you're uncomfortable with the pronouns associated with your agab, that's gender dysphoria babey!

>Well Alright But What Do You Do About It?

Some people may just want to socially transition, meaning they use the pronouns they prefer, maybe pick up a new name, and dress in a way that makes them feel more comfortable.

But often times in order to feel comfortable, people will start taking hormones to medically transition. These change your body fat distribution and your voice, what your skin feels like and where your body hair grows. This makes it easier to pass as the sex you see yourself as!

A lot of people also get surgeries to medically transition, but not everyone takes this route because of medical reasons, societal reasons, and just the fact that not all sex reassignment surgeries are developed enough.

>Gender Euphoria?

Another part of gender dysphoria is the feeling of gender euphoria!

Gender euphoria is a feeling of happiness or relief when you're reaffirmed as your gender.

It's a lack of gender dysphoria, it feels amazing because it feels right.

You may look in the mirror after just putting on your binder and feel so happy because you feel like that's how you were always supposed to look.

Or when somebody calls you by the correct pronouns the first time! It feels great to be seen as the correct gender.

>What If It's Something Else?

Unfortunately because of a lot of language used in trans spaces, some young people confuse body dysmorphia for gender dysphoria.

The best way to find out what your needs are is to go to a therapist! They've studied all sorts of medical things and if it is something other than gender dysphoria they can help treat you a different way.

And if it is gender dysphoria, they're the ones who can start helping you medically transition if you're wanting to go that route.

>But I Don't Want Being Trans To Be Considered An Illness

It's a neurological condition! It's not something you can change.

It's important to note that just because gender dysphoria is a medical condition, doesn't mean anything's wrong with you if you have it!

It just means your brain is different than other people's.

Hope this helped anyone who needed to hear this today!

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(Sources qwq)

Ugly teenage, white boy with acne

Greasy nobody who wears Axe instead of taking a shower

"You need to suffer in order to be included in the trans community!"

Believes strictly in two genders

"If you can't transition for any reason you're a tender and you're invalid"

Thinks you need body dysphoria to be trans

"If you're GNC at all you're a trender!"

"Trans men/women are not real men/women!!"

Cites unreliable/unscholarly sources

Neurotypical and unsupportive of the mentally ill

"Being trans is bad and you should hate yourself!!"

You need to fit perfectly into a box to be considered trans

"If you don't want risky surgery for any reason you're a trender!"

Actually has the power to gatekeep people from the trans community

Makes the trans community look bad somehow

What transmeds are actually like

Literally any age, race, gender (I personally know more trans girl transmeds than boys, they usually just don't speak about it publicly; they're just trying to live a normal girl life)

Adding into my last note: most trans people on Tumblr are trans boys so it's no surprise that most transmeds identify as male

"You need to feel disconnected from your birth gender to be in the trans community because you don't choose to be trans"

Can literally believe in any amount of genders

"If you want to be seen as/see yourself as the gender you are in your mind you're valid as a trans person"

You can present however you want but if you're really so comfortable with getting misgendered that you don't want to put any effort into passing you probably shouldn't transition

Trans men/women are real men/women but they are still chromosomally their birth gender and may be at risk of the same medical issues as their chromosomal sex

Cites reliable sources and studies

Often are mentally ill themselves

"Being trans is most often a struggle; it is distressing to feel like you were born in the wrong body or feel disconnected from your birth sex. There is nothing more fun about being trans in comparison to being cis"

"You don't have to want any surgery or hormones to be trans, surgery and hormones can be risky"

Anyone can do anything they want in their transition as long as they have any kind of desire to be seen as their preferred gender or any disconnect with their chromosomal sex

Literally has as much power as any tucutes to gatekeep and only wants to gatekeep to prevent non-dysphoric or non-incongruent people from feeling like a prisoner in their own body because of transitioning

Makes the trans community look "normal" to cis people

Ok, so this was super long but I'm angy cause I'm sick and my ears hurt and I can't sleep so I feel like ranting about everything.

Also sorry if I offended you, it's just upsetting, to me, to see tucutes intentionally misrepresenting or unintentionally misenterpeting transmeds in ways that make us seem more 'evil' and ignorant than we really are.

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The comments were just roasting trans meds, and op getting thier Dick sucked. No one even informed op or gave them any constructive criticism, if they did then I can't see it.

Y'all, aren't, helping. This is immature as fuck and hypocritical.

YOU NEED FUCKING GENDER DYSPHORIA TO BE TRANS!! OP, YOU CAN'T BE TRANS JUST BECAUSE YOU SAY SO, TUCUTES YOU CAN'T BE TRANS JUST BECAUSE YOU SAY SO.

Yes you can claim to be "trans" but that does not magically fucking make you trans!! That's fucking stupid!

Pronouns are one thing, if you wanna be called some made up pronoun to feel happy with yourself, go ahead. Don't fucking claim you're trans, if you're not!

Also op's dni banner is stupid as well, they don't want an actual discussion, they just want thier circle jerk of a community to pat them on the back and tell them they did good, honestly piss off op, I hope you do some growin.

Additions that are hepful are appreciate!!

Edit!!

Ok so I looked through the post a bit more, turns out there was some critical comments.

Op didn't respond to these, I wonder why? Hmm 🤔

That fact that you're autistic has nothing to do with any of this bullshit post, your opinion is controversial so of course, people will respond in a critical way!

What about tranmeds free speech huh?

Either way tho it just seems to me like just being a girl with extra steps.