Post by The Lost One on Apr 13, 2017 9:41:19 GMT
Except many TG people never get genital surgery and many that do do it for pragmatic reasons like being able to cut down on hormone ingestion or so they can change their details on their certificates or so they can get married etc. Of course many do have a problem with the genitals they were born with but this is an aspect of the transgender phenomenon, not the definition.
and is a mental disorder.
Except the psychiatric consensus is that it is not. Gender dysphoria is defined by the UK National Health Service (and most western health experts agree here) as "a discomfort caused by a mismatch between biological sex and gender identity". It is not considered a delusion to think there is a mismatch, but it is acknowledged as discomforting to some people. Transitioning removes the discomfort.
They are not embracing their sexuality, but full of self-loathing for the body they are born into.
As so again you're going against the psychiatric consensus and buying into the unsubstantiated "trans people are just gay people who can't come to terms with it" myth?
Q is self-deprecating and this is also an insult used by straight people who take things for granted and have much to learn.
The only issue with Q is the name "Queer". Which is why some people prefer to say it stands for Questioning. But as a group, there is no issue with admitting people who are not quite sure where they slot in within LGBT or maybe don't quite fit any of them.