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As a detransitioner, one thing you'll notice when you begin to manage your dysphoria on your own, without continuing with transition, is the high likelihood that you'll be hit with the phrase “that's because you were never really trans!!” 1/2
I was diagnosed by a professional at a gender clinic with gender dysphoria. I changed my name/sex on my legal documents. I was on cross-sex hormones four and a half years. I had a double mastectomy. I lived as a trans man for years. Tell me, how was I never really trans? 2/2
This is the “No True Scotsman” fallacy in action. Let it be water off your back.
Exactly, thank you. "How dare you deny my identity?! I exist! I exist!...Oh, them? They don't exist!"
"Really trans" sounds as if it was something set in stone and immutable as sex is, which is factually untrue. Already the word itself implies a movement. A movement can go in any direction.
Constant goalpost moving
I can see why it would be difficult, emotionally, for someone to acknowledge the reality of what happens to detransitioners, esp. if they are trans & struggling. But that phrase is shockingly devoid of empathy. It must be hard to have your reality denied like this. I'm sorry.
Managing GD as a psychological quirk (to me it’s a quirk, not a mental illness) rather than a physical “problem” needing drugs and surgery should always be the first and main way to deal with it. It’s just part of who we are. Transition should be a last resort, as an adult.
I'm not trans and haven't experienced dysphoria so I may be wrong on this. But based on what I've read and been told, I'm not sure describing GD as a quirk is really appropriate because that word somewhat trivializes how acutely distressing the experience usually is.
Which group say this to you, people in general, TRAs, or Trans-deniers?
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