In every community there are ways of thinking and speaking that come into and fall out of fashion, with new ideas complicated and sometimes supplanting older ones, only to be themselves supplanted.
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And, on the other hand, I had this very intense, very binary physical discomfort with my pre-transition body, which was eventually followed by a feeling of profound relief on starting testosterone therapy. 11/
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Some thought experiments, to illustrate: If I hadn't had access to medical transition? I wouldn't have changed my name or pronouns. If I were on a deserted island? My desire for medical transition would be unaffected. 12/
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And so, being as I don't really have anything else to root it in, I root my "trans identity" in the medical procedures I undertook to relieve my gender dysphoric symptom (as well as the social meaning those medical procedures have in my culture). 13/
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I'm fascinated by attempts to push back against over-medicalization of trans experience. I'd go so far as to say I'm a fan of such efforts, as long as they don't go to the point of claiming no one will need transition medicine if trans acceptance progresses far enough. 14/
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However, I wrote this thread is bc I think folks can have too much zeal to punish those who aren't resonating with the dominant narrative, whether it's up-and-comers pushing to make their alternative experience known or those who feel comfortable in older narratives. 15/
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Some people will always find "born in the wrong body" a perfect metaphor. Some will always resonate with FTM/MTF sex change language. And, I think the challenge is to find ways to allow different narratives to coexist with critiques of dominant narratives' problem areas. 16/16
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