transmedicalism💯

Thinking that one should have some noticable struggle with their sex to be diagnosed as transexual is a rather grounded opinion imo, especially since a large part of transmed activacy is ensuring dysphorics get prioritized for insurance and medical treatment over people just getting srs and hrt for fun.

Tucutes, on the other hand, claim that the only way forward is convincing 8 billion people that gender-- a large part of their identity, how they were raised, a crucial facet of thousands of cultures-- is simply made up nonsense that does not serve them. They tell dysphorics that attempting to assimilate into society as their real gender and form communities over a struggle with sex dysphoria is unreasonable and bigioted. This, to my eyes at least, seems a lot less realistic and in touch.

"who the fuck are you to say which ways matter?" A trans person. That user is a real trans person, with stake in the health of his or her communtiy.

I don't think its "basement virgin" behavior to advocate for a group you are apart of online.

that doesn't mean alt trans men can't pass; it just means that if you can't pass while you're not dressing alt, you won't pass while you are.

Now I’m not talking about “you can’t be a femboy, you can’t be alt, you need to pass” ect because I understand that sometimes you simply can’t pass with those styles until you’re on T sadly, but IF you DONT feel dysphoria I genuinely don’t see the point in putting yourself through that.

Even if it’s people who you disagree with, people who are factually wrong about something or even people who are straight-up evil, you don’t get to decide who is and who isn’t trans. It’s nobody’s decision. They’re still trans. Just probably don’t have many other trans friends. Republican trans people are still trans, they’re just also either not very smart or knowingly supporting hate against their own community.

Also, this is a reminder to not belittle the experiences of other people just because they differ from you, and a reminder to never ever misgender someone, even if you dislike them.

A community is built on shared lived experiences and needs. When the boundaries of a community become too broad, the core bond that unites its members can get diluted. For marginalized groups like transsexuals, our community is meant to address specific needs (like assimilation and medical recognition). When people who do not share those specific needs and the vulnerabilities we face enter our space, the focus shifts, and actual transsexuals often end up losing our dedicated support system.

For transsexuals, getting medical recognition and maintaining access to gender affirming care is a matter of life or death. literally. The push for demedicalization that comes from non-dysphorics and the larger modern trans community actually validates the arguments of insurance companies and lawmakers who want to categorize gender-affirming care as cosmetic/elective, rather than medically necessary. This goes directly against the best interest of transsexuals.

Historically, the main goal of the trans rights movement was to blend into society safely and live normal lives without constant scrutiny. When the community's focus shifts toward hypervisibility or redefining gender as a social identity, it draws intense political and legal backlash. This backlash falls hardest on binary trans individuals who just want to transition and exist quietly.