1) I'm GC because I believe the construct of gender is socially harmful. Gender has harmed me. It's caused stress and turmoil in my life. I think society would be much better off without it. That's why I'm a gender abolitionist. I don't want people to be bound to stereotypes and roles based on the genitals and chromosomes they happen to get born with.

2) I was somewhat QT for a while. I'd always been a moderate, but I didn't know anything about trans issues until I started reading up on them around age 19. I had considered transition for myself due to social distress and spent a while trying to find a gender label that fit me. When I discovered GC thought, my obsession with trying to find a label for myself ended. It gave me a measure of peace, finally, with my biological sex. I used to call myself GC-leaning until the banwave on Reddit happened. What turned me full GC was the fact that the trans movement has gotten more and more extreme. There's no room for moderation. Unless you agree with every single talking point, you're an evil "TERF." So I finally decided fuck it, I'm "the enemy" in their eyes even though I don't hate them or wish them ill. I may as well embrace being a moderate GC person.

3) Adult human male and adult human female, with perhaps an "honorary" category for transsexuals who make good-faith efforts to transition as best they are able.

4) Trans women are natal males who feel severe discomfort and dysphoria related to their biological sex characteristics and therefore feel the need to pursue medical transition to live a happy life. Trans men are the same, only in reverse.

5) I don't like "cis." I don't feel like it applies to me. "Natal" and "biological" are perfectly good terms in my book.

6) I think any natal woman should be able to compete against men if she wants to, trans or not. I played on boys' sports teams growing up. Unfortunately, due to the irreversible effects of testosterone along with other biological differences, I do not believe it's safe or fair for trans women to compete against biological women in most sports. I think a good compromise would be coed sports or special leagues for trans people.

7) Misgendering is when you think the person you're talking to is the opposite sex to what they actually are. Maybe that's mis-sexing. I'm mis-sexed on a regular basis because I'm 6'1", have short hair, and dress in men's clothes. Misgendering is also not recognizing that a trans person is trans or wanting to pass as the opposite sex.

8) Gender is social and cultural. Sex is biological. Gender is imaginary. Sex is real. Gender is harmful. Sex is a neutral fact of existence.

9) Not really. I live in a conservative area. People around here don't talk about gender stuff. There must be some QT people, but the topic doesn't come up.

10) Not something I advertise. Most people around here would agree with my views on trans topics, but they'd base it on religion, not feminism. I don't talk about gender issues with my friends. My partner knows, and he agrees with me.

11) Transmedicalists are the sane, moderate QTs. Some of them might be GC-leaning, the ones who don't feel they actually are the opposite sex.

12) That I don't hate trans people. I've never hated trans people. I sincerely want all transsexuals to lead happy, fulfilling lives free of discrimination. I want them to be safe. I think they should have the option to transition as mature adults and want the medical establishment to provide them with proper therapy and inform them of the risks of any medical procedures they choose to undergo. I don't want society to return to the days when trans people were relegated to the margins. I want them to be fully integrated into society.

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1) I'm only attracted to men, which I guess makes me heterosexual. I have some hang-ups about my sexual orientation, but even though I had massive doubt and confusion about gender, my sexual attractions were always crystal clear to me.

2) I'm a biological female. I call myself a woman based on that.

3) I'm from the USA. Born in a small town in a rural area, currently living in a small, conservative city.

4) My background story was basically finding r/GenderCritical on Reddit. I can't remember how I found them exactly. I think I was looking for people who were against BDSM, and the rest of Reddit is extremely pro-kink. Radical feminists were the only people I could find speaking out against it. Anyway, I started lurking for the anti-BDSM and other feminist content. I thought they were mean and hateful about trans people at first, but I kept reading. Then I started learning about child transition, mostly due to the 4thwavenow blog. That was really what peaked me. As things began to get more and more extreme, I finally abandoned my middle ground position and took a stand in favor of GC. The issues that concern me most are hormones and surgeries being given to children, corporate and media and legal censorship, and the skyrocketing numbers of GNC women and girls who are disavowing the female sex.