That pretty much describes my relationship with gender. I was undiagnosed as a kid, gender was confusing, different standards were confusing. I just didn't care, among other reasons, I decided to transition. Very happy,…
>trans people, might reasonably be described as people "whose attempts to make friends are odd and typically unsuccessful". Is this a quote from the article? I can't seem to find it. That is very much not the case in my…
> The thing i worry about is that folks that go through all of the physical and emotional (and financial) stress of transitioning only to find that it doesn’t soothe the pain are likely to perceive a social pressure to…
One other correlation I have seen is "intelligence" <-> trans person. It's very weird how many absurdly smart people happen to be trans. It plays into the idea that mental illness correlates with IQ.
> if we'd treat schizophrenia the way we treat gender dysphoria, we'd all have to aknowledge the voices they hear and pretend we hear them too. Transgender people have existed in some form for a long time, the…
That pretty much describes my relationship with gender. I was undiagnosed as a kid, gender was confusing, different standards were confusing. I just didn't care, among other reasons, I decided to transition. Very happy,…
>trans people, might reasonably be described as people "whose attempts to make friends are odd and typically unsuccessful". Is this a quote from the article? I can't seem to find it. That is very much not the case in my…
> The thing i worry about is that folks that go through all of the physical and emotional (and financial) stress of transitioning only to find that it doesn’t soothe the pain are likely to perceive a social pressure to…
One other correlation I have seen is "intelligence" <-> trans person. It's very weird how many absurdly smart people happen to be trans. It plays into the idea that mental illness correlates with IQ.
> if we'd treat schizophrenia the way we treat gender dysphoria, we'd all have to aknowledge the voices they hear and pretend we hear them too. Transgender people have existed in some form for a long time, the…