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I sympathize with what you describe but I would like to point out by definition that gender dysphoria is related to being trans. Correct me if I’m wrong but what you describe seems to be more akin to body dysmorphia? What you describe doesn’t quite hit with how I’d describe gender dysphoria as a trans woman.
“Being trans isn’t a choice, but you get to transition at your own pace when you’re ready.”
This I will tell you is categorically untrue. Most trans people do not get to transition either at all, when they’d like, or at the pace they��d like due the various financial/insurance, medical, societal, and legal barriers currently in place. Most insurances covering gender affirming care to some extent is a VERY recent thing.
Comment by stevepls at 30/01/2025 at 19:53 UTC
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I'm tme & I call myself nonbinary/trans for the purposes of communicating my social location, but I do identify as a woman. woman in a lesbian way, but a woman. I would call myself transmasc but that usually is meant to communicate being male-aligned, which i absolutely am not.
once I get top surgery and a hysterectomy, I can't tell you if my dysphoria will be gone, but I think a lot of it will be. and I may go back on T for a bit, but probably not permanently.
I'm only pointing that out because I think the strict definition of being trans as an internal mismatch of gender/sex is limiting. and I think that like, just as much as someone can be a woman and have a penis or testes, someone can also be a woman and remove their breasts or inject testosterone etc etc.
this is kind of why I prefer the sogiesc framework that posits that everyone has a sexual orientation/gender identity/expression/sexual characteristics, and the right to express them however they see fit. it'd be nice to see a world where GAC is treated more like piercings/tattoos/other forms of body modification rather than as a medical treatment for a disorder.
mostly because i like, absolutely have dysphoria around gendered traits, but if I'm supposed to be understood to be "another gender" than the one I'm assigned at birth in order to receive care, then my ability to access treatment to alleviate that dysphoria is threatened.
does that make sense?
to be clear: definitely not quibbling with the rest of your comment.