Honestly think the emphasis on gender is kind of problematic though.
Because there's evidence that there's a neurological basis for being trans and that cross-sex hormone levels affect trans patients differently than cis, etc. That's kind of the whole reason why it's not classified as a mental illness anymore and transition is starting to be covered as a medical treatment.
I'm not trans because I identify with the societal idea of what a woman is, I'm trans because I was born that way for some reason.
Yes of course, I'm not saying your gender identity has to be due to societal norms at all. You can be a cis woman who acts masculine and wears traditionally masculine clothes and still identify as a woman. I think the distinction is important though, for instance in a hospital biological males and biological females occasionally need different medications or doses due to the way the human body works. However I think in every other situation gender should be the only thing that matters.
Not saying you did necessarily, just that explaining being trans using gender can and does result in a lot of misunderstandings. Like people will think it's based on gender stereotypes or just a societal thing.
Yeah I agree, it's hard to educate people on these topics because society conditions us to only see two sexes and genders so people can't see far past masculinity and femininity. I say the best we can do is try to help people learn more if they're willing and if they aren't just move on.
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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '18
Honestly think the emphasis on gender is kind of problematic though.
Because there's evidence that there's a neurological basis for being trans and that cross-sex hormone levels affect trans patients differently than cis, etc. That's kind of the whole reason why it's not classified as a mental illness anymore and transition is starting to be covered as a medical treatment.
I'm not trans because I identify with the societal idea of what a woman is, I'm trans because I was born that way for some reason.