‘Is’ and ‘ought’: How the American trans rights movement failed, and the tenuous path back to a limited success

I have drafted this essay literally dozens of times. As long drafts my head, as an op-ed that got a very polite rejection letter, as various stale drafts on this blog, as a Mastodon thread I never posted, as an audio essay I never posted, as a video essay I never made. It started out as a commentary on the Dylan Mulvaney clusterfuck in 2023, built around the idea that trans visibility had been a bad thing. In the two years since, it’s become clear that that then-edgy take was in fact an […]

https://essays-by.tamz.in/is-and-ought-how-the-american-trans-rights-movement-failed-and-the-tenuous-path-back-to-a-limited-success/

#Understanding #transmedicalism and its #controversies.

#Transmedicalism, also known as “#truscum,” asserts that being #transgender is inherently tied to experiencing #genderdysphoria, a #belief that their #assigned #sex at #birth does not #align with their #genderidentity, and requires undergoing a #medical #transition.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #GateKeeping #Transphobia

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"Transtrenders"
by ContraPoints

We should stop getting so caught up in proving our validity to ourselves that we end up being horribly cruel to other people. At the end of the day maybe it's just not as important to have logical proofs as it is to be empathetic and open-minded and compassionate.

Content warning: alcohol, transphobia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdvM_pRfuFM

#Youtube #VideoEssay #Transgender #Transmedicalism #Nonbinary #Feminism #Gender #LGBTQIA

trans medicalists and there consequences.

#transphobia #bigotry #Transmedicalism