genderqueer

[BrookeDavies]

I read a Jack Monroe article today where she talked of how as a child she wanted to do 'boy' things / wear 'boy' clothes and ergo be a boy. But now, she no longer wants to be a boy/man as she's comfortable with who she is as an individual.

I feel so heartened by her story and people like Tyler Ford and even Miley Cirus. It feels so much more in line with my own view that gender is a social construct.

Personally, I hope that this encourages kids who feel a bit different to learn to accept, embrace and be who they are without the need for difficult and intrusive surgery and drugs.

I agree Steaming.

It seems though that the post 'dead naming' was not deleted because it was challenged so.....

at the risk of re-opening old arguments, just came across this:

"After being on hormones for a year and a half, a voice in the back of my head told me to stop taking testosterone. I didn’t feel like a man; I didn’t even know what feeling like a man meant"

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/07/my-life-without-gender-strangers-are-desperate-to-know-what-genitalia-i-have

Tyler was mentioned in the OP's posts but OP had erroneously assumed Tyler was a natal xy but feminine looking boy who didn't want to transition (as opposed to their actually being a natal xx girl who wanted to transition to being a boy)

Tyler is now basically just saying I will wear what I want to wear. Good for them.

I wonder if the effects of the testosterone are reversible? Their confidence about not being bothered by facial hair is definitely worth applauding.

whilst there are definitely some people who feel constrained by gender roles (females, for the most part), the assumption that resrictive gender roles always plays a part in the motivation for transition (in whole or in part) is misguided, i think.

realistically we're unlikely to see a reduction in number of those seeking medical treatment for gender dysphoria. science and medicine has provided us with a convenient diagnosis and approach to treatment for a number of different emotional/mental issuesthat are made manifest in similar (but by no means identical) ways, and it's one that seems to hold a huge amount of appeal.