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Such an interesting article about the psychological burden of performing “gender”

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Cantunseeit · 27/08/2026 09:57

Not sure if this is really a FWR topic but the total lack of compassion from some of our TRA/MRA visitors for those suffering from gender confusion has shocked me recently. Probably shouldn’t be a surprise but it nevertheless has been.

While they are busy pointing fingers at “the audience”, they are not considering the distress their rhetoric props up.

I think this is a compassionate and important article.

https://genspect.substack.com/p/no-intermission-gender-performance?r=1one23&utm_medium=ios

No Intermission: Gender, Performance, and the Distress Nobody Measures

Steve Andrews on stage fright, passing and whether gender-affirming care really is "life saving"

https://genspect.substack.com/p/no-intermission-gender-performance?r=1one23&utm_medium=ios

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Forester1 · 27/08/2026 10:12

I haven’t thought about it from this perspective - really interesting and makes sense to me.

JellySaurus · 27/08/2026 10:09

Describes another population that also struggles with mental health: autistic spectrum. The stress, frustration and exhaustion of masking, of trying to match what the individual thinks others expect, while crushing their own needs and tolerances.