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[–]FlippyKing 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

at the end though: trans is not innate, it's bullshit. It's way past time people stop saying otherwise.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah I caught that. I disagree that anyone is 'born trans'

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

Trans is a narrative explanation for the experience of being profoundly gnc from early childhood, but of course has been expanded to include people who developed a fetish or want to be special and different even if they don't stand out.

It is an illogical explanation unmoored from reality, but I think it is important to make the distinction. When you say "trans isn't innate" a lot of people hear "nobody is naturally inclined to be profoundly gnc; they could (and should) act gender conforming as easily as snapping their fingers."

It's that many in society think the trans explanation (born in wrong body, as most understand it) is a good one that is the problem, as it persuades many profoundly (and other not-so-profoundly) gnc people to believe their bodies are wrong and that their happiness is contingent on surgically altering their urogenital systems to approximate a form and function they will never have.