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 It should be made entirely clear that the following beliefs trend more towards the radical side of transmedicalism and that not all transmedicalists believe all of these things. The following beliefs are simply being highlighted because they are the most harmful transmedicalist beliefs, and this page exists for education purposes and to protect trans individuals from potential harassment due to beliefs like the following.
-=== Harmful Transmedicalist Beliefs- ===
+=== Harmfully Radical Transmedicalist Beliefs- ===
 # '''Some form of dysphoria is necessary to be trans'''- most transmedicalists believe that some form of dysphoria is necessary to be transgender. 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", though there's no significant evidence of that being the case. 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.
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 #'''Neopronouns are ableist-''' A belief in some transmedicalists is the belief that [[neopronouns]] aren't for those who are neurodivergent and is against them. The claim is that it is not friendly towards those who are dyslexic or those who have a difficulty learning pronouns, therefore promotes ableism. There is also the belief it is "trans-trender" or it is a mockery to the transgender community. There is also the misconception that all neopronouns existed recently, however, neopronouns can [https://themicheab.medium.com/neopronouns-theyre-way-older-than-you-think-ae0ec7030ac0 date as far back as the 1300s].  A main set of neopronouns that get in the lines of critique is [[Nounself Pronouns|nounself pronouns]], as nounself can use any noun. However, those believe it can be in lines of racism and cultural appropriation with pronouns such as fae/faer or ae/aer pronouns.
-=== Non-harmful Transmedicalist Beliefs- ===
+=== Non-Radical Transmedicalist Beliefs- ===
+While radical transmedicalists tend to believe the previous things, many transmedicalists heavily disagree with the harmful aforementioned ideologies and tend to have much more general beliefs about the nature of trans identities. While they still generally believe that some form of dysphoria is necessary to be trans, they tend to be more open to discussions. They believe that dysphoria is in no way a monolithic experience and, unlike radical transmedicalists, do not believe that there is only a few "right" ways to experience dysphoria. They recognize the diversity of experience when it comes to dysphoria, and recognize that whether ones trans identity is dependent upon whether or not they have dysphoria is a variable thing and may vary from individual to individual. Instead of seeing dysphoria as a strict qualifier for being trans, they see it much more as a general descriptor of the trans experience, which may not be applicable in some situations but may be generally applicable to the trans identity as a whole.
+Some non-radical transmedicalists also believe that acknowledging the difference between gender dysphoria and gender incongruence is important and that gender incongruence and gender dysphoria may fluctuate in importance when it comes to determining one's identity for different people. They do not believe that trans people need to hate their bodies, and they tend to be less exclusionary and much more accepting of GNC and presentation non-conforming trans people than their radical transmedicalist counterparts. A lot of non-radical transmeds are not exclusionist towards non-binary identities, in fact, there's a large amount of non-binary non-radical transmedicalists.
+Overall, radical transmedicalists are very exclusionary and promote harmful ideologies which can immensely harm younger, more impressionable trans communities and individuals, but their radical beliefs differ vastly from the much less exclusionary, more open views of the rest of the transmed community- both are based on their views and discourses regarding the correlation between trans identities and common trans experiences like dysphoria, transition, and presentation, but there is marked diversity and nuance within the community that is important to acknowledge.
+== Conclusion ==
+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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