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bogunicorn · 1 year

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the conversation that's been happening on twitter and youtube about abigail thorn's stance on gender dysphoria as a diagnosis (i.e. that it's a general term made by cis doctors and is used to gatekeep gender-related healthcare from trans people while the same treatments are given to cis people without the gatekeeping, and because of that, the trans-only nature of gender dysphoria as a diagnosis is a category error that shouldn't exist in any healthcare system) is fucking wild.

because all of the same hypersensitive types of people who absolutely tore natalie wynn to shreds over perceived transmedicalism are suddenly really really cool with transmedicalism if it means they get to scream at a prominent trans woman they already don't like.

#bog post #cw transphobia #you cannot be anti-transmed if you're not willing to interrogate the existing medicalization of transness #requiring a diagnosis from a trans person for the same care that's accessible to cis people without the same diagnosis #is transmedicalism #it's medical gatekeeping #that's what that is #this is what comes out of identifying us primarily by the pain we experience #it means that being 'trans enough' to transition is inherently a mental illness #transmeds and transphobes LOVE the idea of transness as mental illness #you have to be paying attention who you're siding with when you weigh in on this shit #it gets genocidal really fast #also if you're seeing stuff about abi on twitter - esp that clip from MONTHS AGO presented to look like a follow up to her recent tweets #pay. attention. to. who. is. posting. it.#if the people spreading that shit around are saying shit like AGP and TIM and aggressively misgendering her #they have a transphobic agenda and you are HELPING THEM by buying their bullshit #jesus fucking christ

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