I obviously don't know Keira Bell. But I have seen quotes from her that say, in effect, transition doesn't work because it doesn't change one's body enough. Which is... interesting.https://twitter.com/Lux_fae/status/1356689157557530625 …
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Being unsatisfied with the incomplete results of transition is a very specific complaint, and it's one I've seen echoed by a lot of the younger detransitioning women online. I think it's concerning.
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As an outsider, it looks like shifting goal posts. They're no longer claiming you can be free of dysphoria by embracing your womanhood & loving yourself. HAHA DUMMY WE KNOW THAT DOESN'T WORK Instead, they want trans men to accept they're broken forever and nothing can help.
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And, that really worries me. Because it is taking a truth that is very painful for some people, particularly binary trans people with the most severe dysphoria, and weaponizing it against them.
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It is, to be clear, a true thing. Many trans people experience no or extremely low dysphoria post-transition. But the results aren't perfect, and no one claims they are. There will usually be differences between a post-transition trans body and a cis body of the same gender.
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I wish we talked about that more. I tweeted earlier about how I don't at all regret starting HRT, but I wish someone would have told me,"Your dysphoria will improve but your self-esteem is gonna take a huge hit when acne ravages your skin." Being prepared would have been nice.
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My dysphoria got worse post-accepting I was trans but pre-passing. This was something I was prepared for, but even so I had moments wondering if I was a victim of social contagion.
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Post-passing it's night and day, and I had moments of euphoria that let me know I was on the right track, but the in-between time was pretty unpleasant ngl.
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Big same! I had such a rough time in between coming out and getting on T, bc most of my dysphoria was voice and facial/body hair related (with some chest). Dysphoria down loads, but a body image hit with the acne. I had p good skin through my teens and 20s so it was a SHOCK
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