#trender discourse

If you're a truscum or transmed, you don't get to make trendersonas or use trendercore

Why?

I would almost fucking kill to be able to wear as much pride shit as the people I always see being put in the ~trender category.~ I want a trans flag inspired pride everything!! That shit’s dope as hell! Fuck it, I would totally wear a goddamn rainbow binder!! Hell yes and rainbow makeup too! Who gives a flying fuck what transphobes think?

this is a list of my opinions on common trans discourse topics. subject to change

how many genders? enby discourse

personally, i believe there are only 2 genders as far as science goes. trans women and men have certain observable neurological characteristics that make them neurologically the gender they identify as rather than their sex. this disconnect leads to distress, and since you cant change neurology, you change the body.

that being said, i realise that certain identities (such as common/reclaimed historical non binary labels) are culturally important, and akin to things like androgyny and gender non-conformity. while these identities have no basis in neurology, they deserve respect. no one is neurologically a firefighter, but firefighters are a real thing that a person can be.

the issues need seperation, as both have a different sources. one is a medical issue, one is cultural. they are not mutually exclusive, and certain individuals can be both enby and a trans, but they are not inherently trans by virtue of being enby.

on that note, what makes someone trans? dysphoria discourse

gender dysphoria is the main diagnosable symptom of a gender vs sex disconnect. having gender dysphoria does not make you trans, but rather if you have a brain that expects the opposite body, you will have gd. it is the result, not the cause.

different people have different definitions of dysphoria. i believe it to be a clinically significant distress over ones primary and secondary sex characteristics. 'social gd' is a product of that distress, and is not enough on its own to classify someone as trans. social gd exists because being referred to as their birth sex reminds them of their sex characteristics.

some people who claim to only have social gd have actually repressed their physical distress. this was my case in regards to bottom dysphoria. i didnt realise i had repressed it until i had my top surgery. with that major stressor gone, i could cope with other stressors, and my brain allowed me to realise that i had been experiencing lower dysphoria this whole time.

some people who claim to only have social gd are actually just uncomfortable with the treatment they experience because of their percieved gender. sexism on both sides can lead to people wanting to distance themselves from that experience, thus the rise in the enby labels.

they are uncomfortable being viewed as either a man or a woman, not because it reminds them of their sex characteristics, but because people treat them poorly either way. if they are viewed as a woman, they get catcalled. if they are viewed as a man, they are treated coldly (gross oversimplification, but you get my point).

do you have to transition medically to be trans?

if you cannot physically transition, or are holding off due to health concerns, you are no less trans than historical trans people who were without the ability to transition.

passing and gender presentation?

gender non-conforming trans people and non passing trans people are still trans. duh. if you can avoid it, you shouldnt put your natal sex characteristics on display, as it may trigger dysphoria, but wearing clothes targeted at your birth sex/being non-passing does not make you not trans.

are trenders a thing?