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Is being trans a choice?

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user888 · 13/07/2021 20:15

Spotted in Does anyone ever wonder how this will end? Thought it might be worth its own thread. Maybe not. We'll see.

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NiceGerbil · 13/07/2021 20:29

I'll have a read.

All this has fucked things for those with sex dysphoria.

If you can go between boy and girl mode on a daily basis then that feels pretty choicy.

Also women get called Cis even if they say they don't ID as cis, or are agender etc.

So as usual women get told what they are, no choice.

AssassinatedBeauty · 13/07/2021 20:29

Nor is it a choice for people who happen to like things that society normally associates with the opposite sex to themselves. - is that a definition of trans now?

CrouchEndTiger12 · 13/07/2021 20:24

Is it more of a label forced on children/ people.

Look at this 80s poster of a little girl. She would be labelled trans / gender non conforming now?

Is being trans a choice?
Jackgrealishscurtains · 13/07/2021 20:23

No, I don't think it's a choice for people with gender dysphoria.

Nor is it a choice for people who happen to like things that society normally associates with the opposite sex to themselves.

But neither of those things actually makes anyone the opposite sex.

RufustheBadgeringReindeer · 13/07/2021 20:22

@Frenchfancy

I think for genuine "trans" people it is no more a choice than having an eating disorder is a choice.

I think there are others who chose it as a lifestyle choice.

I think there are others, particularly children, who have it chosen for them because they don't match what parents think are correct girl or boy behaviour or characteristics.

Yes, I’d agree with this
Waitwhat23 · 13/07/2021 20:20

From what I saw of that part of the discussion, it was more to do with it being a choice for predatory men taking advantage of the concept of self ID to say that they are trans rather than it being a choice for people who are transgender.

But then, with self ID, that's the issue isn't it?

Frenchfancy · 13/07/2021 20:20

I think for genuine "trans" people it is no more a choice than having an eating disorder is a choice.

I think there are others who chose it as a lifestyle choice.

I think there are others, particularly children, who have it chosen for them because they don't match what parents think are correct girl or boy behaviour or characteristics.

OneEpisode · 13/07/2021 20:18

Can you define “trans” for us? Miranda Yardley suffered from gender dysphroria and decided to transition.

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