1) I'm sorry you find this stuff confusing. I find these different terms pretty easy to negotiate, and some complexity useful.
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2) For example, Julia Serano's terminology uses two linked but separate terms: "transGENDER" (not trans) and "transSEXUAL."
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3) "transgender" doesn't mean "transitioning;" it can include GNC/GQ people; it implies that there is a spectrum.
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4) Conflating "transgender" with "trans" as in "transsexual," as you do here, implies that "trans" = "transition."
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5) Ignoring this distinction, or dismissing it as "confusing," doesn't seem like a very constructive response to Serano.
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6) And if an umbrella category like "trans spectrum" throws you for a loop, well....
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but you're harping on that. she *specifically* said "not cis," which has a very specific meaning
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7) You're debating proper terminology for retransitioners, whose identities and histories are far more complicated.
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I am a AFAB, cis-passing transwoman who is GNC.
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