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At the risk of creating a shit storm, I was hoping to ask some of the "TERF"s here question. Didn't come looking for that, just saw cool wallpapers then the discussion of my medical condition.
Which is what gender dysphoria is. The de-medicalizing of transitioning thru HRT and the commodification of it as a social identity has been disastrous for those of us who are just trying to alleviate long standing psychological distress. Distress that is now correlated heavily with divergent neurological structures that align more with the opposite sex than our natal sex, this is likely due to hormonal fluctuations in the womb. Or so I've read in studies at least. I'm willing to cite them if need be. I don't believe that I'm the same thing as a cis woman and that claims to that are largely insane, I don't get a period and I cringe when agp troons insist they do. What I am is a person with the primary sexual characteristics of one sex (my penis, chromosomes, etc ) and the secondary sexual characteristics of the other (my breasts, fat distribution, etc) which would make me no more a woman than a man. I'm in an artificially induced androgynous state that I sought out as a means to alleviate gender dysphoria, which it has done quite well. I am registered by others as a cis woman in most cases and it would only negatively impact my ability to form social connections, find employment and generally assimilate into society if I disclosed im trans. A men's bathroom is also not a good place for me given the sexual harassment I receive from men. I agree that social factors or even porn can lead people to transition erroneously, something like trying to get a close buzzcut by taking chemo. I'm speaking for myself here but I know I'm not alone.
Given this, do you have issues with trans(wo)men like me? And if so, what are they? I ask because I don't want to make my peers uncomfortable and wish for a compromise position between women and transwomen that doesn't also uplift cranks.
