I agree and wish them well also, but what I don’t get is the “transitioning” part of the trans. I’m gay and I do try to be open to whatever anyone wants to be, but it seems like it’s not self-fulfilling to be always in a state of flux or “trans” without ever intending to complete the transition. Is that what “trans” is about, or am I getting it wrong? I mean even a trans person has SOME kind of genitalia, right - so don’t they have a goal to become one specific gender, or is it the goal to remain genderless and always sort of in a transitory state? I’m just wondering, not judging.
Some people are happy, some people are unhappy. We should keep using best practices and academically engaging the subject to produce better health outcomes. Not using the unhappy to deny care writ large.
Basically it’s a good question to ask. The issue is that question is generally used as a cudgel by transphobes.
And I agree with you and do think we need to ask questions for clarity’s sake, and that transphobes are always wrong to use such things as a cudgel. Being in transition is maybe the most honest state for humans to be in. We’re always in flux, changing from moment to moment.
I’m just wondering though how trans people see their transition - as a transition, or as a permanent state of not being necessarily one gender or another, or a little of all possibilities. I support them totally and am extremely outraged by laws forbidding trans people access to medical care, which is like equating them with cattle that don’t have minds or individualism of their own.
So what do they urinate out of? Is there just a hole and they just use a catheter? I guess I have more questions than can be answered here. I’m not trying to be obnoxious, I’m genuinely curious about if someone stays forever in transition, or do they eventually become male or female, or is it sort of not being either one…?
I agree and wish them well also, but what I don’t get is the “transitioning” part of the trans. I’m gay and I do try to be open to whatever anyone wants to be, but it seems like it’s not self-fulfilling to be always in a state of flux or “trans” without ever intending to complete the transition. Is that what “trans” is about, or am I getting it wrong? I mean even a trans person has SOME kind of genitalia, right - so don’t they have a goal to become one specific gender, or is it the goal to remain genderless and always sort of in a transitory state? I’m just wondering, not judging.
Some people are happy, some people are unhappy. We should keep using best practices and academically engaging the subject to produce better health outcomes. Not using the unhappy to deny care writ large.
Basically it’s a good question to ask. The issue is that question is generally used as a cudgel by transphobes.
And I agree with you and do think we need to ask questions for clarity’s sake, and that transphobes are always wrong to use such things as a cudgel. Being in transition is maybe the most honest state for humans to be in. We’re always in flux, changing from moment to moment.
I’m just wondering though how trans people see their transition - as a transition, or as a permanent state of not being necessarily one gender or another, or a little of all possibilities. I support them totally and am extremely outraged by laws forbidding trans people access to medical care, which is like equating them with cattle that don’t have minds or individualism of their own.
Ahhh I misunderstood your question then. That makes sense.
Not everyone has genitals, no.
So what do they urinate out of? Is there just a hole and they just use a catheter? I guess I have more questions than can be answered here. I’m not trying to be obnoxious, I’m genuinely curious about if someone stays forever in transition, or do they eventually become male or female, or is it sort of not being either one…?