What tucutes think transmeds are like:
Ugly teenage, white boy with acne
Greasy nobody who wears Axe instead of taking a shower
"You need to suffer in order to be included in the trans community!"
Believes strictly in two genders
"If you can't transition for any reason you're a tender and you're invalid"
Thinks you need body dysphoria to be trans
"If you're GNC at all you're a trender!"
"Trans men/women are not real men/women!!"
Cites unreliable/unscholarly sources
Neurotypical and unsupportive of the mentally ill
"Being trans is bad and you should hate yourself!!"
You need to fit perfectly into a box to be considered trans
"If you don't want risky surgery for any reason you're a trender!"
Actually has the power to gatekeep people from the trans community
Makes the trans community look bad somehow
What transmeds are actually like
Literally any age, race, gender (I personally know more trans girl transmeds than boys, they usually just don't speak about it publicly; they're just trying to live a normal girl life)
Adding into my last note: most trans people on Tumblr are trans boys so it's no surprise that most transmeds identify as male
"You need to feel disconnected from your birth gender to be in the trans community because you don't choose to be trans"
Can literally believe in any amount of genders
"If you want to be seen as/see yourself as the gender you are in your mind you're valid as a trans person"
You can present however you want but if you're really so comfortable with getting misgendered that you don't want to put any effort into passing you probably shouldn't transition
Trans men/women are real men/women but they are still chromosomally their birth gender and may be at risk of the same medical issues as their chromosomal sex
Cites reliable sources and studies
Often are mentally ill themselves
"Being trans is most often a struggle; it is distressing to feel like you were born in the wrong body or feel disconnected from your birth sex. There is nothing more fun about being trans in comparison to being cis"
"You don't have to want any surgery or hormones to be trans, surgery and hormones can be risky"
Anyone can do anything they want in their transition as long as they have any kind of desire to be seen as their preferred gender or any disconnect with their chromosomal sex
Literally has as much power as any tucutes to gatekeep and only wants to gatekeep to prevent non-dysphoric or non-incongruent people from feeling like a prisoner in their own body because of transitioning
Makes the trans community look "normal" to cis people
Ok, so this was super long but I'm angy cause I'm sick and my ears hurt and I can't sleep so I feel like ranting about everything.
Also sorry if I offended you, it's just upsetting, to me, to see tucutes intentionally misrepresenting or unintentionally misenterpeting transmeds in ways that make us seem more 'evil' and ignorant than we really are.
Thanks for reading through this whole messy rant if you did.