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A '''Transmedicalist''', also known as a '''Transmed''', '''Truscum''', '''Trumed''', '''Trident Trans (TT)''', or '''Nunchuck Non-Binary''', is an [[exclusionist]] who has a set of beliefs about the transgender identity and the "criteria" or discourse around what's "necessary" to be transgender. The defining belief of transmedicalism is that gender dysphoria in some form is necessary to be transgender. This technically classifies them as exclusionists towards transgender [[Alterhuman|
Beyond the core belief that gender dysphoria is necessary to be transgender, there are a vast amount of different beliefs in the community. Some transmedicalists support non-binary identities, and some don't. Some support xenogenders, and some don't. Some support neopronouns, and some don't. There's a vast amount of different scientific theories which are used by different members of the transmedicalist community to support different beliefs. While harmful gatekeeping is nowadays most commonly associated with transmedicalism as a whole, the community consists of radical transmedicalists, and general transmedicalists. Radmeds tend to be much more exclusionary, hateful, and intentionally gatekeeping, while the rest of the transmedicalist community may not behave similarly.
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The reason that many of the harmful beliefs are centered and highlighted here is that they are often the center of discourse much more and are usually much more front and center in discussions in trans spaces, and it's important to recognize the immense harm those beliefs have had and are continuing to have on trans individuals while also acknowledging that this harm does not represent the imprint of the entire transmedicalist community and should not be held against the whole community but rather the harmful exclusionists within the community who perpetrate, either directly or indirectly, the harm from the following beliefs.
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The following beliefs are the most common transmedicalist beliefs, though that in no way means that every transmedicalist believes all of the following things. The only classifying belief for being transmedicalist is the belief that some form of gender dysphoria is necessary to be transgender, but all other transmedicalist beliefs are secondary and not endorsed by all members of the community.
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The basic transmedicalist belief is that some form of dysphoria is necessary to be trans. Some believe that it's only necessary to have one or a few forms, and some believe it's necessary to have all forms, while still others believe that it's necessary to have them at an intense level. This stems from the belief that being transgender is a medical condition and that "trans brains" are different than "cis brains". Most transmedicalists do not distinguish between dysphoria and being trans, which results in the belief that dysphoria is necessary to be trans because it is its medical component. Many transmedicalists believe that gender dysphoria is the cause of being trans, and not that being trans is the cause of gender dysphoria.
One of the reasons many transmedicalists are very adamant about this belief is due to the history of harm that transphobic cisgender rhetoric has caused to transgender
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Since gender dysphoria is a diagnosable, actual mental disorder, many transmedicalists believe that being transgender is a condition due to their beliefs that dysphoria is a requirement to be trans. Another common reason for this belief is medical theories about the brain structures of transgender
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Another one of the most common transmedicalist beliefs is that medical transition of some form is a necessary process for transgender
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Apart from common beliefs relating to the trans identity as a whole in its relation to the medical world, other common topics for debate and discourse within the transmedicalist community are things like non-binary identities, xenogenders, and neopronouns.
===='''Non-Binary Identities'''-
Many transmedicalists support non-binary identities in a variety of ways, through concepts like the intersex brain theory, and many transmedicalists are themselves non-binary. However, while support for non-binary identities is widespread throughout the transmedicalist community, some more radical transmedicalists have harmful beliefs that non-binary
===='''Xenogenders'''-
Another common topic for debate and varying opinions among transmedicalists is xenogender identities. Some transmedicalists fully support xenogenders, some are ambivalent towards them, and some do not support them. Transmedicalists who support xenogenders believe that different gender experiences are valid, and transmedicalists who don't support xenogenders may posit that gender is not just a construct or an arbitrary feeling, but a concrete reality which therefore can't be related to things like animals or concepts. Many transmedicalists may support aspects of both of the aforementioned arguments about xenogenders, but some might not have any opinions one way or the other regarding xenogenders.
An important conversation to be had around xenogenders is their potential impact on [[neurodivergent]]
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One thing many transmedicalists commonly discuss is neopronouns. One relatively common belief about them is that they are ableist due to the difficulty some neurodivergent
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A large amount of the transmedicalist community is very respectful and kind, but there are some more radical transmedicalists whose ideologies are harmful to the transgender community as a whole, as they're restricting and invalidating, and promote harm to transgender individuals. Some of the more common radical transmedicalist beliefs include that non-binary
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'''"Trans men need to be masculine and trans women need to be feminine"'''- One of the most pervasive radical transmedicalist beliefs is that trans
This belief is harmful because it relies upon the misconception and common transphobic rhetoric that being trans is a performance. Instead of treating the trans identity as the fundamental core identity that it is for some, this belief treats it like it's just an outward performance, which is one of the most common rhetorics used against trans
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Transmedicalism is a diverse set of ideologies. Radical transmedicalist ideologies are immensely harmful, exclusionist, inaccurate, and generally hurtful, and there is no place for such vehement exclusionism and harm on this wiki, and there should not be room for it in any community whose goal is to promote respectful, inclusionist discourse and acceptance. However, non-harmful transmedicalist ideologies belonging to the general community and not specifically radical transmedicalists are valid discourses, and there is space for them in this wiki and in all forums, so long as they are respectful and civil. This wiki does ''not'' support radical transmedicalism or the promotion of harmful exclusionism, but it does support respectful discourse regarding non-harmful differing ideologies, including non-harmful non-radical transmedicalist ideologies.
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