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[–]catoborosnonbinary 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think AGP is fundamentally flawed because it confuses cause and effect: the feelings of trans people seem to be explained better as gender euphoria than a paraphilia because trans identity remains in the absence of arousal.

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why don’t HSTS experience gender euphoria? If it’s just caused by being trans, we should experience it too.

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Are you talking about when an individual is aroused by cross-dressing or doing their makeup, that this is gender euphoria? I don't believe all trans people are AGP. I think the phrase may be sometimes used for genuinely 'gender affirming' situations, but is more often a euphemism for arousal, but I understand that people have different definitions and I don't want to assume our definitions are the same. I've seen cases of questioning people asking if they are trans when they are only interested in being trans when aroused, but those were on the old itsafetish reddit and it's not fair to mention that without solid posts to point to. I'll look if I can see any. As I have said, it's not that people are asking, but that the responses are often that this person is still trans.

As for the contrapoints video, I haven't watched it, although I understand that the idea is that it's a workaround for repressed trans identity, right? I may watch it but I prefer to read articles as I generally look at this stuff as I'm winding down before bed. So videos often aren't my go-to.