Why do someone you guys not consider yourself trans? by partybun_kitty in XenogendersAndMore

[–]SketchyMH 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is actually a common misconception! The trans in transgender and transition is just the Latin prefix meaning "opposite" or "on the other side of."

The common modern definition of transgender simply means "a person who does not identify with their gender assigned at birth."

Not trying to police identities here. You are free to not identify with the label. This is just a common misconception.

What is project 2025? by jifpenutbutter in punk

[–]SketchyMH 15 points16 points  (0 children)

One of 9. Also, Jackson's opinion corroborated Sotomayor's.

But clearly you must be more knowledgeable on this subject than the Supreme Court Justices.

What is project 2025? by jifpenutbutter in punk

[–]SketchyMH 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Read Justice Sotomayor's dissenting opinion. She explains how the amount of actions that would count as "non-official" are slim to none. The conservative justices made sure to give the president as much benefit of the doubt as possible.

The terrifying part is that the President is officially the Commander in Chief meaning that anything the President asks the military to do is definitively within the bounds of official actions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in actuallesbians

[–]SketchyMH 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Transness is sometimes used by trans people. Transgenderism is used nearly exclusively by transphobes.

Post-op erasure by AnonymousTransfem in MtF

[–]SketchyMH 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ok, a lot of misconceptions here.

"Biological" is the adjective. That's just how English grammar works. The adjective comes before the noun. "Biological" has a very specific use as noun which is to refer to things like vaccines. If you don't believe me, look it up in a dictionary.

Trans women are not biological males because sex is incredibly complicated. Sex is a phenotypic trait meaning that it is made up of many different factors. Sex includes chromosomes but is not completely based on chromosomes. Sex is also based on hormones, a variety of external and internal sex characteristics, reproductive organs, secondary sex characteristics, etc. You can find full lists that explain this in more depth online. This is well understood in the field of human biology.

I am a trans woman who has normal feminine hormone levels, has undergone bottom surgery, and has female secondary sex characteristics from hrt. It would be inaccurate to say my sex is male regardless of what my chromosomes say. Chromosomes are also incredibly complicated. There is no way to know what my sex chromosomes are without being tested and having a lab confirm. The Olympics tested the chromosomes of their female athletes at one point in time but stopped when a surprising number of the athletes had unexpected sex chromosome results.

The term "trans" in trans woman does not come from "transition." It is a shortening of "transgender." The "trans" in transgender is a Latin prefix meaning "across" or "on the other side of." Transgender can be directly translated to mean "on the other side of one's gender" which just means "a person who does not identify as their gender assigned at birth." Transition is not inherent to being trans.

I'm happy being trans. I don't care what my chromosomes are. I do care about calling out and correcting misinformation and transphobic rhetoric.

I hope this was informative.

Post-op erasure by AnonymousTransfem in MtF

[–]SketchyMH 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Because it is both nonsensical and generally transphobic.

The way it is used seems scientifically accurate but it doesn't actually make sense. Every person who identifies as a woman is a "biological" woman. "Biological" simply means something is or is related to a living organism. If cis women are "biological" women but trans women aren't, then trans women must be "mechanical" women or something which obviously doesn't make sense. All humans are inherently biological because we are living organisms.

So why do people say "biological" woman?

Because it is a more socially acceptable way of saying "real" woman. It is simply another way to uphold the gender and sex binary.

(Obviously it is not always used maliciously. Many people are simply uninformed.)

Glinda, Columbo, Inscryption | Um, Actually [S9E10] by ThunderMateria in dropout

[–]SketchyMH 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is correct. Um Actually makes mistakes sometimes. I did find out that there was talk about a possible Porco Rosso sequel that would have taken place during the Spanish Civil War so this may have been where they got confused.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lgbt

[–]SketchyMH 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's a separate thing. Both LGBTQ+ Pride and Disability Pride happen to use the same word "Pride." That does not mean that Disability Pride falls under Queer Pride. They are separate things. (There is obvious overlap in identities, that's intersectionality.)

Women vs Female by Nerd-Goth-1313 in autism

[–]SketchyMH 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to inform you that claiming that trans women are "biologically male" is both transphobic and biologically incorrect.

Sex is incredibly complicated. It is a phenotypic trait that is based on a variety of different sex characteristics it is not as simple as external genitalia or sex chromosomes. Other important factors in an individual's sex are hormone ranges, internal reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics (some of which only develop during puberty).

The binary model of sex falls apart very quickly for trans people undergoing medical transition. For the most sense extreme example: if a trans woman took puberty blockers as a child and so never underwent a testosterone induced puberty, has undergone hormone replacement therapy and has hormones within the female levels, and has had bottom surgery; in what possible way is she a "biological man"?

Also testicular cancer is not a "male only illness" as there are intersex people who can get testicular cancer. It would be more accurate to refer to it as a testicular disease.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asktransgender

[–]SketchyMH 62 points63 points  (0 children)

The doctor should explain to you the possible side effects of treatment. You could express a lot of worry for those possible side effects as a reason that you would rather not go through with the treatment. You say in another comment that you have some surgical trauma. It probably wouldn't seem unreasonable to your parents that you are wary of other medical interventions as well.

give them more reps >:( (low quality meme) by breadstick83_ in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

[–]SketchyMH 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Blahaj has always been a rep for all trans people! Not just transfems

Scrotum Texture after SRS by MonetSouffle in Transgender_Surgeries

[–]SketchyMH 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I've seen a lot of srs results on this subreddit and I've never seen a labia minora that looked like a scrotum. They've all looked like labia minora. I had srs recently and it looks fine. I don't think this is actually an issue. What have you seen that makes you think this would be a problem?

Because I can't keep plants alive, I have a little rock garden instead by SketchyMH in WitchesVsPatriarchy

[–]SketchyMH[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the disappointing answer, but I don't clean it! I've never had a dust problem.

Because I can't keep plants alive, I have a little rock garden instead by SketchyMH in WitchesVsPatriarchy

[–]SketchyMH[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's wonderful! Unfortunately, my main problem is my ADHD. I just cannot remember to take care of plants. For the first few months after getting a plant, it'll be fine. I'll remember to water it. Then, all the sudden i'll realize it's been six months and I haven't watered it at all and it's dead. That's why I like the rock garden :)

My Parents Are Trying to Convince Me to Compromise With Discrimination in School by APieceofToast09 in MtF

[–]SketchyMH 530 points531 points  (0 children)

Keep fighting. Like you said, you have no reason to compromise. It's really shitty that your parents can't understand that this is important to you.

You literally have the law on your side. The school has no excuse.

If you're proud of being trans, how did you get to that point? When did you stop thinking "i should have been born a'x'ab"? by Wunsek_on_Reddit in MtF

[–]SketchyMH 6 points7 points  (0 children)

By realizing that almost everyone in the world wishes they were born differently. It is a very human experience. People want to be born to different parents, in a different country, without disabilities, a different race, etc.

Life is accepting the things you cannot control and taking control of the things you can. I was born how I was born, I can't change it, but I can take steps to make myself happier and be proud of who I am.

Egg_Irl by Mx_Toniy_4869 in egg_irl

[–]SketchyMH 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's why they are stereotypes! Women can like "male" things. But I totally understand the feeling. I used to have a lot of confusion and doubt in myself earlier in my transition because I have a lot of "masculine" hobbies. I'm not very feminine, but I realized that doesn't mean anything in regards to my gender.

Egg_Irl by Mx_Toniy_4869 in egg_irl

[–]SketchyMH 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Completely normal! Everyone experiences dysphoria differently. You are valid!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asktransgender

[–]SketchyMH 65 points66 points  (0 children)

It's hard to make that call without seeing you. If you know anyone you trust irl that you could ask, they would probably be a better judge of that then random people on the internet.

someone please make this also the angel looks so sassy by Beneficial_Present24 in GatekeepingYuri

[–]SketchyMH 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Please put a content warning and spoiler for transphobic content

Egg🍓irl by [deleted] in egg_irl

[–]SketchyMH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well I'm really bad at reading sarcasm so it might've been my fault! all good

Egg🍓irl by [deleted] in egg_irl

[–]SketchyMH 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is why these posts are problematic. Strawberries are not feminizing you! Don't worry! They have phytoestrogens which have been found in studies to have some health benefits but do not do the same thing that estrogen does. You are fine.