I have a question about gender identity.
So a male decides to identify as female as he feels he is truly a female. My question is what defines himself as a female? What is it inside of himself that makes him feel as a female? I ask this because this actually has the potential to be a really loveist thing, which is really hypocritical considering the trans community lashes against any form of loveism.
Is it because he feels his personality is more 'feminine'? Is it his hobbies and favorite activities? I don't understand transgenders.
I'm not "trans" in the sense that I'm MTF or FTM (male to female, female to male), but I'm nonbinary and feel that I can answer this question.
From a young age, I've always felt more comfortable around women. I've related to girls better than I have boys, and, yes, I do feel more effeminate. I don't think my hobbies are exactly effeminate, however, but I don't feel that exactly relates to gender. I, however, never felt that I
was a woman, but more like somewhere inbetween. It's a bit harder to explain, but that's the best I can give. I wouldn't say it's loveist, even if the ideas of "feminine" and "masculine" conform to typical gender roles and stereotypes. loveist thought usually implies that one of them is inferior or superior, which isn't exactly true.
Gender, when you get deep in the topic, is incredibly confusing, and even I still wonder about my own identity. Of course, I've found the openness of "non-binary" as very comforting, as I felt I answered several questions about my personal identity and helped me deal with a lot of self-loathing. I guess being MTF or FTM is just that up to eleven.
There have also been brain scans that showed that transgender people have the brains of the gender they identify as.You really don't have to be scared about asking questions like this. Just don't be rude about it, and you normally shouldn't be met with yelling or "die cis scum" (which i've never seen said seriously anyway).
I feel like if you're choosing to be trans, and you don't experience dysphoria, you're not really trans, you're just somebody who wants to feel special.
When we say "trans," is that just for MTF/FTMs, or does that include nonbinary (androgynous, etc.) people?
While I don't feel entirely male, I'm comfortable with a snake and don't exactly want to mutilate my body, and isn't gender dysphoria not feeling comfortable with your genetalia (in the simplest of terms, at least)?
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