You know, I lived as a man for 5+ years but I don't actually know what it feels like to *be* one I was perceived as one and so treated as one. But I wasn't one. It was an act. I don't know what it's like to actually *be* male and have to deal with male issues and struggles 1/x
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How could I know? Because I looked like one? Aye, people did treat me differently, for better & worse, and I can see how men and women are socialised differently from a new lens But there's much I didn't have to deal with as trans. I wasn't going to get a girl pregnant 2/x
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I also had to tell the women I slept with that I didn't have a dick, so, y'know. Not a very male experience Yes, I looked, sounded and acted male, and was therefore treated as male. But I wasn't, would never be, and that was the final nail in the coffin of my transition 3/x
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I couldn't just mimic the opposite sex for the rest of my life It's perfectly fine if trans adults want to do that, I'll use your pronouns and all, no worries But we need to acknowledge the truth and tell young dysphoric people what transition really is - an appearance 4/x
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Replying to @ImWatson91
An important point re: lack of realistic expectations, imo. I once came across an old post by a trans man who described a lingering sense of trauma from his transition, he felt like he fought so hard but "still lost". GICs don't prepare people for it, and it doesn't help anyone.
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GICs don't know what the fuck they're talking about because they've been instructed to blindly affirm. They think they're helping by being "nice," but being nice isn't always best. sometimes people need the cold, hard truth. And they're not getting it before it's too late.
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