Kulturkampf

[Ethan]

My view IS correct. There is no debate to be had. There is no “both sides”. I’m not a biological man. Trans women are not men in any sense of the word. It’s not a “debate” it’s bigotry and explicitly against the rules of the subreddit.

Well if you say so transtifa.

transtifa
Behave yourselves and it won’t get locked
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From the same janitor:

Being trans is so much more than dysphoria and surgery to me. I don’t want to minimise those things because yeah obviously I struggle and suffer with that stuff. Obviously it’s hard sometimes to love myself or even like myself. But if I was cis, I would never have experienced the euphoria of being treated like a woman. I would never have experienced the true joy of womanhood, something I’m so happy and grateful for every day.

So many cisgender women view womanhood like a prison, something that traps and limits them in their lives and it can be that, again, I don’t want to minimise struggles against misogyny. But to me, because of my experience as a trans woman, it can be so much more, something beautiful and joyful. And I get to wake up and feel that every single day.

If I was cis I would never have met the people I know, I wouldn’t like the things I like, I wouldn’t have discovered the things I’ve discovered about myself. I would never be the person I am. I look back on the boy I thought I was as a teenager and I say to her “you’re gonna get to grow up to be a woman and you’re going to love it” and the feeling is incredible.

I understand this is just my personal feelings. And maybe it comes from a place of privilege as a trans woman who is on HRT and accepted by the people around her. It makes me so sad that others don’t get to experience what I do because of the horrific standards of medical care in this country and the wider world or because they’re in terrible living situations. I know being trans can feel so alienating and feel like something wrong with you that needs to be corrected. But it isn’t wrong and I refuse to let myself get mired in the horrible parts of who I am instead of appreciating the beautiful ones. I wouldn’t change who I am for anything.

"I wouldn't change who I am for anything"