https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nonbinary-period-menstruation_n_5b75ac1fe4b0182d49b1c2ed

woman that thinks she's a man gets reminded by reality that she's a woman via period

damn, the onion is getting more clever each year

This post was edited by Kayeto on Apr 8 2019 08:42pm

Its a spectrum you ignorant sausage

I understand transgender, as in preferring non traditional social roles, but transsexual I just don't understand. Your sex is what you are, not who you are. If I decide I want brown eyes instead of blue I won't have everybody refer to me as brown-eyed. I might understand getting a procedure to change my eyes to brown if its available and my preference is strong enough to tolerate the risk, but I don't understand why you would feel that strongly in the first place.

This post was edited by Thor123422 on Apr 8 2019 09:36pm

It's fine to not understand gender dysphoria. It's difficult to empathise fully with it unless you've experienced it - just like most subjective disorders.
Being trans isn't, for most people, a preference. It's a reaction to discomfort they feel around their sexual characteristics. For me that discomfort can be quite severe at times... like an actual revulsion for certain attributes I have that are masculine.

I often try to explain dysphoria like this - have you ever heard your voice on tape? Did you cringe at it? Think it was awful? Think it didn't sound like you?
It's like that... but generally a more severe aversion. Severe enough that it can make people depressed and even suicidal. Transitioning medically is something that is scientifically proven to reduce that feeling. It's the only treatment that seems to have a marked positive effect. That's why 'transsexuals' exist.

This post was edited by TransTankie on Apr 8 2019 09:54pm

Very vague and not able to be studied when framed like noted parameters. The medical literature actually shows that there is no drop / statistically significant drop in suicide rates with post op patients compared to pre-op (something that is actually defined and studied).

i've come across some "interesting" content on the internet about the hate between terfs and trans, i think i already know where you stand on the issue but i'm curious to hear it in your own words

The literature is inconclusive on suicide rates post and pre-op. This is a claim I have had to debunk many times.
However it is very clear that it does decrease feelings of dysphoria.