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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 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. |
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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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 people aren't valid and are a mockery, that body dysphoria is necessary so trans people therefore can't like their bodies at all, and that transgender people can't be GNC. Most transmedicalists don't believe these things, but the ones that do may contribute harmfully to the trans community, and it's important that that harm be highlighted and uprooted. |
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'''Trans people can't like or appreciate their own bodies''' |
'''"Trans people can't like or appreciate their own bodies"-''' Many transmedicalists believe that body dysphoria is necessary to be trans, but some radmeds take that to the extreme and say that no trans person can like their body, claiming that "truly" being trans would make one hate their body so much that they couldn't like it in any way. This belief is harmful because it promotes even more self-hatred in the trans community and invalidates trans peoples' attempts to cope with body dysphoria by trying to like their own bodies. |
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'''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. |
'''"Trans men need to be masculine and trans women need to be feminine"'''- One of the most pervasive radical 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. |
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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 people by transphobic cisgender people. Gender presentation is not determined by gender identity, and acknowledging that cisgender people can be gender non-conforming while holding trans people to the standard of conformity to gender roles and stereotypes is treating trans people like their identities are different than cis peoples', like they have to prove something, like they're not ''really'' trans, and they can only convince people they are through a gender performance. This belief is fundamentally transphobic. |
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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. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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