To think that the majority of trans people are neurodivergent

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...and I sort of think it's a form of neurodivergence in itself.

By the way I'm trans affirmative.

I don't think I've met a trans person who I thought was neurotypical.

As far as I can see queer now seems to be pushed to mean someone that has a gender identity.

What?!?? That's insane. And awful. I'd liken it to the N word - why would you ever say that. And LGBQ people just accept this that people will come up to them and say hey I'm queer and that's ok?!

Eh?! What does that mean. Clearly need to update my mindset here.

Because they have chosen a new name they are trans gender.

Like so many terms that the trans lobby use it seems to be almost undefinable.

And if they’re not a gay man it’s offensive appropriation in the same way a white person calling themselves the N word because like enjoy jerk chicken would be

These guys are not the reason people are getting concerned!

I genuinely thought transgender and transsexual was all the same thing. I say trans sexual, I didn't realise this was offensive.

Do you have to be a specified amount of not straight before you are allowed to identify as not straight? Is it a certain number of same sex people you have to kiss before you qualify?

Am confused, I am quite happy to let people label their sexuality if it helps them

And how can you know whether they are or not on here?

No but what you said about the identity thing - what does that actually mean? I don't get it.

Being gender critical is not about hate.

As far as I can tell
transsexuals are those that had to prove that they had body dysphoria.
Transgender are those that feel like one of the many other genders.

Same, I don't use it for that reason.

Younger ones probably, middle aged men, no.

Have you bee under a rock for 30yrs?

Some older LGB folks find "queer" offensive still

it is very common yes

I don't use it either. But it is clearly being coopted in a different way now .

It mean that they "feel" like an other gender.

That appears to be the definition.

@CassandraWebb odds are that any poster on this forum is unlikely to be a gay man. Particularly a gay man who was out before the 2000s when the world was a much more dangerous and hostile place for them.

and people living ostensibly straight lives do not get to use that term. I don’t understand what’s hard for you to grasp about that. Do you tell black people it’s ok for white peoples to call themselves the N word if it helps them in some vague, undefined way and they should just suck it up?

@Hinkuy it's because of the word disorder. ASC is being more commonly adopted - condition.

It isn't your fault or anyone's because ASD is the term used on that MERK mental health manual or whatever it's called so that's the official term. I talk with my son who is Autistic and highly intelligent, perceptive and then realised myself, how awful to call this person disordered, because he's highly more capable and intelligent than alot of people out there. We also now just say Autism or ASC if needed. So that's the history on that one 🤷‍♀️😄

Edit - my son himself pointed out how highly offensive it is to him

It's very controversial- some gay people are fine with it, others are not. Personally, I'm not okay with it.

No it's not! Not anymore!

Definition: denoting or relating to a sexual or gender identity that does not correspond to established ideas of sexuality and gender, especially heterosexual norms.

It doesn't mean what it did in the 90s. It's also about the way it's used. Educate yourself before jumping to reporting 🙄

Trans woman at my workplace is ND.

You don't speak for everyone. Many gay people I know find it very offensive and are horrified by attempts to normalise it.