#*transmedicalism

[princessbubblegumandjustice]

Why don't you believe in non-binary? Did you believe in it before? If it was this way, why?

There is nothing people have said that convinces me that it's a legitimate gender. Other then self-reporting, there is not sufficient neurological data to support the existence of a non-binary gender like there is to support the gender incongruence of binary trans people.

I think a lot of the gender dysphoria described by non-binary individuals is either gender dysphoria that is actually binary or is actually body dysmorphia or poor body image miscategorized as gender dysphoria.

Without gender dysphoria, you cannot be transgender. So that also eliminates a lot of non-binary individuals who don't report gender dysphoria. I also believe gender euphoria and gender dysphoria are two sides of the same coin. It cannot exist without gender dysphoria.

I did used to believe in non-binary genders. When I was a middleschooler I actually identified as non-binary for some time. This was 13 years ago when tumblr was still relatively new. Until I met my friend who was actually transgender and was able to see what gender dysphoria entailed. We were not the same.

I do use they/them pronouns, and I do not go out of my way to tell specific individuals their gender is invalid, despite what I think. I just don't think it's helpful. And I do support people who are trying to push non-binary in a direction where it solely refers to gender expression.

[princessbubblegumandjustice]

There’s a huge difference between parents who think their kid is trans because they like certain clothes or toys and parents who trust professional judgment because their child comes to them with questions like “when will my penis fall off so I can be a girl?”, trying to mutilate their genitals, and self harming.

[princessbubblegumandjustice]

Opinion on people who say they can "choose" their gender in the future (not the sexual organs, the actual gender identities).

I’ve never heard of this before, actually. The “in the future” bit is a little confusing to me. Do you mean like being able to choose it on forms or something else in the future? That’s the only thing I can think of.

Overall, I don’t think anyone can choose their gender identity. You’re born with it. 9/10 times physical sex is congruent with gender identity, and when it is not it is identifiable psychologically when one experiences genuine sex dysphoria or observed neurologically through brain scans.

[princessbubblegumandjustice]

If your discomfort with your sex is not at all affecting your daily life and ability to function you should not be claiming to be dysphoric in the first place and it isn’t proof “not all people with dysphoria are trans.”

It’s proof of clinical significance.