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Autohet transvestite. I wrote a book about the most common kind of trans. See it here: geni.us/autoheterosexu
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Thread Directory for Autoheterosexual: Attracted to Being the Other Sex A book about the most common kind of trans. It comes out June 13th. To make the ideas spread, RT the threads! Cover, Dedication, Table of Contents:
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🧵 I'm tweeting the book I wrote— AUTOHETEROSEXUAL: Attracted to Being the Other Sex It's about the most common kind of trans 🏳️‍⚧️ Let's begin… 1/
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DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY In autoheterosexuals, shortcomings of cross-gender embodiment can lead to irritability or melancholy. Unable to express the version of themselves they want to be, autohets may end up “depressed, isolated, and withdrawn”[51]. 🧵 Thread 👇👇👇
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Even back in the ’70s, sexologists recognized that FTMs usually had a history of severe depression. Upon examination, most were depressed to some extent, and almost one in five had made suicide attempts[56]. /8
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Another transmasc, one who felt stressed out by the prospect of medical inspection of his genitals, showed up at the hospital hungover and covered in excoriations from endlessly picking at his skin—both signs of anxiety[55]. /7
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This existential funk can make autoheterosexuals neglect body maintenance. If their default-gendered self becomes unrelatable, they may struggle to see the point of taking care of themselves. /5
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The wives of transvestites know this all too well. They’ve shared that when their spouses stopped crossdressing, they became “tense, frustrated, moody, unhappy, or angry”[52]. One said her spouse “felt like a caged lion with no escape”[53]. /4
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Transvestites who don’t fulfill their drive to dress as the other sex may become sullen and irritable. Their skies go gray. Life loses its luster. Inside, the tension of unmet need gnaws at them. /3
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Would-be transsexuals frustrated in their quest for cross-sex hormones or surgeries may grow despondent, falling into a deep pit of despair. If thwarted by a medical establishment that isn’t open to helping them, they can feel that life is hopeless and they have no future. /2
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DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY In autoheterosexuals, shortcomings of cross-gender embodiment can lead to irritability or melancholy. Unable to express the version of themselves they want to be, autohets may end up “depressed, isolated, and withdrawn”[51]. 🧵 Thread 👇👇👇
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it’s really unfortunate whenever i see displays of anti-intellectualism like this crop up on the left. finding out why there’s such a high increase in people identifying as trans & reporting dysphoria is a vital part of getting those people appropriate care
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A citizen scientist started collecting data for publishing on a website, then an institutional scientist helped get that data published in a peer-reviewed journal instead. Seems like a cool upgrade that the participants were probably stoked about, but people got mad about it.
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It finally happened. Our article has been retracted.
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“Unnatural as it may appear, when our son was born, the thought that I could not go through the experience myself, or even be with my wife at the time caused me the most acute suffering I ever felt in my life, and I did not get over it for many months”[50]. /9
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One transfem who greatly envied her wife’s pregnancy and delivery was crestfallen when she was unable to lactate herself: “With what delight…would I have suckled the child, and how sad I was when I once put on the screaming child to my breast and could give it nothing”[49]. /7
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Autoandrophilic people can lament that they don’t have penile erections or the ability to ejaculate semen, while autogynephilic people may feel a sad longing for monthly hormonal cycles or the ability to become pregnant. /6
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“It was embarrassing. It was humiliating. It was deplorable in my mind. It was just the most disgusting thing I could think of. I thought I would rather be dead than have to go through this every month. It was like sheer torture.”[48] /4
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For autoandrophilic people, the arrival of menstruation can be especially alarming. One trans man described the despair, disgust, and sheer horror he felt when he started menstruating: /3
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When puberty makes these bodily functions apparent, some autoheterosexuals despair because they’re turning into the adult form of the sex they don’t want to be. /2
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AAP woman said: "As an autoandrophilic woman, I hope that the inclusion of autoandrophilia in this book will spur more research into it. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in sexology or transgenderism…It makes for a fast and entertaining read." /7
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Sexologist Kevin J. Hsu , assistant professor of clinical psychology at Penn State Abington, reports that my book is "a comprehensive overview of cross-gender attraction, gender dysphoria, and trans identity". Indeed it is! (thanks partly to his excellent studies) /3
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Sexologist J. Michael Bailey , professor of psychology at Northwestern University and author of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘉𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯, kindly complimented the readability of my book and noted the courage required to publish it: /2
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Scientists, self-aware A*Ps, and others wrote blurbs for my book, 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭: 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘹 Recurring themes: Easy to read Compassionate Deeply-researched Comprehensive 🧵 Thread 👇👇👇
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Raven Connolly and Owen Cox had me on the Technosocial Institute podcast as part of their ‘Body Politics’ series. We talked about autogynephilia, other autosexual orientations, and their respective forms of trans identity: youtube.com/watch?v=F4tbwa /11
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