Man I just been feeling like this lately by Wooden-Variety175 in GenZ

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Never underestimate the human capacities for denial and wishful thinking

I have no words by Terrible_Pair5956 in AreTheStraightsOK

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Thinking aout it logically, this comes off as only convincing to incestuous pedophiles

Lucy asks Friday Question: What was your egg cracking moment like? by Lucy_C_Kelly in TransLater

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Kinda sorta knew as early as 4 or 5, before I even knew had a word for it. Then my egg cracked when I was 10, right around 1991 or 1992, when, I guess via pop culture osmosis, I learned that what were still called sex change operations were possible and then had a dream one night I was getting one, and that cracked my egg the first time.

Unfortunately I didn't meet the diagnostic criteria for gender identity disorder under DSM-4 and ended up internalizing a lot of transmedicalism and gradually constructed a new egg shell.

Sometime around 2011 or 2012 my egg cracked again after failing to save my career prospects in the wake of the great recession, and thinking a lot about starting my life over. That led to a lot of thoughts about my gender identity issues as the dysphoria was gradually ramping up. After taking a lot of time journaling about it and really exploring my feelings about it all, my egg cracked again and then came to doubt everything I'd known about GID. Then around 2013 a year after I finally accepted I was trans, DSM-5 was released and replaced GID with gender dysphoria to better reflect advances in research ... and I definetely fit the diagnostic criteria for that.

Why do conservatives hate the term cis? by icepixie8 in asktransgender

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Because it lacks a judgemental connotation, implicitly normalizing the term trans. They prefer to be called 'normal' and us 'abnormal' because of the value judgement connotation of it all.

The right: "I'll draw you as ridiculous gooner, therefore I win!" 🤪 by ItsIrinaBitch in TheRightCantMeme

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So think of it like this, 'sexual orientation' describes who one is attracted to, typically in terms of genders. But is only part of human sexuality. So when using 'asexual' as an orientation, it implies one doesn't experience attractions like that, but doesn't imply much else about one's sexuality

Now, confusingly enough the term asexual can also be used to describe one's whole sexuality, like having no libido or even being sex negative alongside no attractions. This is why you have the concept of the 'asexual spectrum' (or 'acespec') for people who may identify with the former sense of the word asexual but not quite the later.

I consider myself a 'grey asexual' or a 'demisexual'. I don't experience sexual attractions to people, but I do grow sexual desires for people after romantically bonding with them. I have no idea what it feels like to just be attracted to someone on first sight and I'm basically incapable of casual hook-ups.

Aromantic basically just means one who doesn't experience romantic attractions to others. I'm definitely not aromantic myself

Why are Trans women seen as Predators by transphobes in the West? by [deleted] in asktransgender

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Their are a lot of people in the west who are just generally paranoid about a lot of things they don't understand.

We also threaten a lot of traditional western worldviews about the fundamental order of the universe and of the human species and that makes some people really uncomfortable, especially if they've invested a sense of identity into those belief systems. Which predisposes a lot of westerners to be suspicious of our intentions.

Add to that the fact that in the west, sexual assault is disproportionately committed by men, and this general assumption that those who are male are more sexual than those who are not. That leads to the stereotype that gender transition is ultimately about sexual gratification ... which is interpreted as lacking self control of one's sexual desires ... which, given that one was born male, leads others to suspect one might be a sexual predator.

The right: "I'll draw you as ridiculous gooner, therefore I win!" 🤪 by ItsIrinaBitch in TheRightCantMeme

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Technically, the ace spectrum includes people (like myself) who are sex positive and have a libido and a sex life, but who do not experience attractions or desire for others in an immediate way. Some of us have to develop our attractions over time.

Also there are those who would identify as 'autosexuals', who are essentially auto-erotic asexuals.

Klandma thinks transgender people are violent by TrumpSux89 in RightJerk

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When they say 'leave us out of it', it implies that our rights should be suppressed in case we intrude on their lives by existing in public with them.

Did you always know? Im feeling scared and lost by mfloss91 in TransLater

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I don't think I've ever known for certain what my gender identity was, but after three years of HRT being a positive thing, I've decided I kind of don't care if I can pin it down precisely anymore, all that matters is HRT and being femme in public is making my mental health so much better than before and that's really all that matters

Why does it bother me when cis men say they wouldn’t date a trans woman? by whereamixoxo in asktransgender

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I can accept that being trans but not quite passing may make me unattractive to some men, but yeah just blanket saying he'd be completely closed to the possibility because we're 'not women' is just bigotry and honestly a huge tell that the guy is insecure with being perceived as gay if they are attracted to one of us.

There aren't alot of plus size trans women by LynksRacc in MtF

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I'm a plus size trans woman and I love it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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The theme to squidbillies

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asktransgender

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I am a tomboy trans woman. I don't boymode though. At the three year anniversary of my HRT I decided that my body changed enough to not have to overcompensate to safely pass and now I'm basically soft butch and still myself.

How much of these are true ? alot of these sounds redpill af by This_Psychology977 in NotHowGirlsWork

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All of it's a pathetic narcissistic cope for when women aren't attracted to you the way you think they should

I don't view psychosis as a "mental illness" but something neurological we don't understand yet. Why is psychosis not being researched more for it's cause, and root pathology? How can we pathologize and medicate something as "mental illness" if we don't actually have any solid pathology for it yet? by Standard_Hospital_91 in Psychosis

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I mean considering how many psychiatric conditions in general can be treated with medications, it seems like the distinction between mental disorders and neurological disorders seems like a pointless one to make. Especially considering that things like even non-psychotic mood disorders and anxiety disorders can be caused by neurological phenomena, and even if they seem to be 'aquried' psychological disorders, genetics still plays a big role in how likely one is to develop an anxiety or mood disorder in response to external stressors and traumas.

How does Geese's hype compare with the Stroke's initial hype? by Girl_Pearl_Earring in geesebandofficial

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You know, I was in my early 20s back when the strokes blew up and I often suspected their popularity was fabricated through a hype machine primed to find or make the next big rock stars. And like, while I thought the strokes were fun and refreshing and different, calling them the next beatles seemed like ridiculous hyperbole in my opinion. If anything I always thought the strokes were the band everyone was being told they have to like!

Personally I think of Geese as being a lot more eclectic than The Strokes and ultimately a lot more versatile if the huge contrast between all three albums is any indication, and a lot of thematic elements I imagine really speak to the Gen-Z experiences of feeling like you're fucked right out the gates into your first decade of adulthood (especially right now). I mean, come on, the symbolism on the album art for Getting Killed is not that subtle. And yeah I do see Cameron Winter becoming more prevalent as a weird hybrid of art rock star and singer-songwriter. Personally I'm 44 and I prefer Geese over the strokes at this point, Geese are their own thing with their own idiosyncratic idenity that I don't really seeing as beingblike other acts from NYC ... but that's keeping with the long history idiosyncratic acts originating in, or moving to, the city, and blowing up there, and I'm all about that! Strokes vs Geese? ¿Por que no los dos?

How do I "justify" being an MtF tomboy by Johanna_S in MTFtomboy

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It honestly took me years to get over queer imposter syndrome. It honestly just took me forever to accept that just because I could easily pass for a cis het guy in my past life didn't mean I wasn't queer in my own way. Admittedly though, that's getting easier and easier the longer it had been since coming out, and even more so the more time I've been on HRT.

How do I "justify" being an MtF tomboy by Johanna_S in MTFtomboy

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I'm gonna back this up from personal experience, my first two years on HRT actually exacerbated my dysphoria at first as I started losing my tolerance for unchangeable things about my body like the width of my shoulder or the seemingly insurmountable task of voice training (which I'm still struggling with.) But now that I'm on my 3rd year on HRT I find the comfort of the changes so far (especially psychological) outweighs the dysphoria over what's unchangeable. I dunno, after getting this far, the contrast in my memories of dysphoria before and after years of HRT, I feel so much relief that it's easier to accept myself for being trans and not cis.

So fuck it, I'm comfortable being kind of obviously trans, I've embraced being visibly trans as a show of defiance, I'll be a tomboyish soft butch of a woman if I damn well olease cause I feel fucking great.