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== Transmedicalist Beliefs ==
=== Dysphoria Is Necessary To Be Trans- ===
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 people. For example, one of the most harmful misconceptions about being trans is that it's a choice. Being transgender is not a choice, and implying that it is is very harmful. That harm is incapacitated by things like the belief that gender dysphoria as a medical diagnosis is a necessary part of being transgender, as well as the sexed brain theory and the classification of being transgender as a legitimate medical identity. Beliefs of gender dysphoria being necessary to be trans offer validity and support to transgender individuals in the persistent struggle against people claiming their identity is a "choice" and a "lifestyle".
=== Harmfully Radical Transmedicalist Beliefs- ===▼
=== Being Transgender Is A Medical Condition- ===
▲# '''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.
=== Medical Transition Is Necessary To Be Trans- ===
# '''Trans people can't like or appreciate their own bodies'''- this belief belongs to a specific group of transmedicalists who believe that body dysphoria is necessary to be transgender. They believe that trans men should be revolted by their physically "female" characteristics, such as their hips and their breasts, and that trans women should be revolted by their physically "male" characteristics, such as their genitalia and bodily hair. This group of transmedicalists believes that being trans can't accompany love of one's own body parts because that would additionally accompany reminders that, due to those characteristics, they can't truly be who they are on the inside. This is a more specific transmedicalist belief- not all transmedicalists who believe that dysphoria is necessary to trans believe that specifically body dysphoria is necessary to be trans.▼
# '''Trans men need to be masculine and trans women need to be feminine'''- One of the most pervasive transmedicalist beliefs is that trans people need to fully present as their gender identity so that they can "prove" that they're dedicated to living as their gender identity. This belief stems from the belief that social dysphoria is necessary to be transgender- due to social pressures placed on stereotypical gender roles (men and women dressing and acting specific ways), many transmedicalists believe that these social gender roles and stereotypes have contributed to trans individuals' harm and that they must therefore be overvigilant when it comes to observing them in order to be perceived as their correct gender. The idea that trans people are used to being mistaken as a different gender because of how they present and behave drives in the idea that gender presentation is tied into gender identity for transgender people.▼
=== Other Common Topics/Beliefs- ===
▲# '''Medical transition is necessary to be trans'''- Yet another one of the most common transmedicalist beliefs is that medical transition is a necessary process for transgender people. This is due to the fact that most transmedicalists believe that gender dysphoria is also necessary to be trans, and that gender dysphoria is so difficult to handle that the only way to manage it is to undergo some form of medical transition. This belief holds that there's an undeniable and irrevocable correlation between being trans, gender dysphoria, and medical transition, though not everyone with this belief agrees on what "level" of medical transition is necessary for transgender people. Some think that undergoing hormone replacement therapy is enough, while others believe that HRT and gender confirmation surgery are necessary, and still others believe that HRT and all possible forms of GCS are necessary for one to be trans. Many believe that someone who claims to be trans but does not want to transition medically is not actually trans.
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.
#'''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-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 people are not real or that they're a "mockery" to binary transgender individuals. Those "radmeds" may believe that being non-binary is medically impossible and that the different ways in which they would experience dysphoria could potentially delegitimize the struggles of binary transgender individuals. However, that exclusionist belief is not a defining feature of the transmedicalist community and is instead a more radical belief among radmeds.
==== 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.
==== Neopronouns- ====
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 people may have in understanding them, how to spell them, and how and why to use them. Many neurodivergent people may have troubles with comprehension of neopronouns, and it's therefore a common belief that they're not neurodivergent-friendly and therefore promote ableism. Other beliefs surrounding neopronouns in the transmedicalist community include (but are not limited to) that they are valid because they may be validating to peoples' gender identities and there's nothing wrong with that, and that that they're a mockery to trans people because they accompany a rise in non-binary visibility and some radmeds believe non-binary people are mockeries to the trans community.
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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.
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