GC: Do you genuinely desire to have more trans men in public positions (i.e. acting, politics)?

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[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

try reading your own linked page next time.

I did. I said trans people are equally everywhere and span all socioeconomic backgrounds.

I've got to be honest, I don't believe you when you say the thought of being male makes you physically recoil, or that you would transition if you were male.

Than don't

I've asked "cis" people if they would transition or just live with it, if they woke up one day as the opposite sex. They all said they'd make the best of it.

That's them, not me.

Look up 'sexual identity crisis' again – those are Brandon's own words.

But Brandon Teena ultimately decided he was a trans man. These are his words, not mine. His friends said he planned to have SRS.

As long as the fact remains that Brandon's sexual orientation was lesbian/gynophile there will always be a strong possibility that it was just another case of GNC lesbianism.

GNC lesbians don't plan to have SRS. Trans men do. What if he was straight and transitioning to a gay man? Would there still be a possibility he wasn't trans?

[–]SnowAssMan 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The Western approach is unique to the West, as illustrated by your article. Ours is binary-centric & pathological, theirs clearly isn't.

Your anecdotal evidence about yourself or your friend isn't relevant anyway. I wouldn't transition if I woke up as the opposite sex tomorrow, though I would probably hate it, I'd just deal – this isn't relevant either, because none of us can be sure of it anyway.

I'd have to chuck everything I know about gender & gender identity out the window if I accepted that it's somehow innate. Culture isn't innate, which is what gender is. 'Gender' is axiomatic in a number of scientific disciplines & philosophies, & the meaning is fairly consistent. The trans activist meaning is practically the opposite.

There are homophobic homosexuals, & homosexuality is overrepresented in the desisted population, the detrans population & the trans population – put two & two together.