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margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #CE97BC; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:white; background-color:#CE97BC"><b>It's a social construct</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Gender" title="Gender"><font size="4" color="white"><b>Gender</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F7EEF4;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gender" title="Category:Gender"><img alt="Icon gender.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/a/ae/Icon_gender.svg/100px-Icon_gender.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/a/ae/Icon_gender.svg/150px-Icon_gender.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/a/ae/Icon_gender.svg/200px-Icon_gender.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:white; background-color:#CE97BC; text-align:center;"><b>Spectra and binaries</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#F7EEF4;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Silence" title="Day of Silence">Day of Silence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Brown" title="Sarah Brown">Sarah Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pink_Stinks" title="Pink Stinks">Pink Stinks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Complementarianism" title="Complementarianism">Complementarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slut" title="Slut">Slut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Barres" title="Ben Barres">Ben Barres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ueno_Chizuko" title="Ueno Chizuko">Ueno Chizuko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abolition_of_gender" title="Abolition of gender">Abolition of gender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germaine_Greer" title="Germaine Greer">Germaine Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajsa_Ekman" title="Kajsa Ekman">Kajsa Ekman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cognitive_differences_between_sexes" title="Cognitive differences between sexes">Cognitive differences between sexes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Network_of_Migrant_Women" title="European Network of Migrant Women">European Network of Migrant Women</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Gender" title="Template:Gender">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Gender" title="Template talk:Gender">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Gender&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div role="note" class="hatnote">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Transhumanism" title="Transhumanism">Transhumanism</a>, though <a href="/wiki/Futurism#Cyberfeminism_and_postgenderism" title="Futurism">there are overlaps</a></div> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Anne Carson<sup id="cite_ref-medium_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medium-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Transmedicalism</b> is a term used for a wide range of beliefs, although the core belief is that it is impossible to truly be <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> without having gender dysphoria. Many transmedicalists (or "transmeds" for short, or also "truscum") focus on <a href="/wiki/Gatekeeping" title="Gatekeeping">gatekeeping</a>. </p><p>According to a self-definition by the <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">subreddit</a> /r/transmedicalism, the term describes </p> <dl><dd>"<i>trans people and allies who believe that only those who experience gender dysphoria are transsexual / transgender, and that gender dysphoria (transsexualism) is a medical condition.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup></i>"</dd></dl> <p>Although the debate has been going since the '60s,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> it has gained more notoriety in the Internet age, particularly on <a href="/wiki/Tumblr" class="mw-redirect" title="Tumblr">Tumblr</a>. Transmedicalists may be called "transmeds" or "truscum", whereas anti-transmedicalists may be called pejoratively as "transtrenders" or "tucutes", the latter being a clipping of "too cute to be cisgender". </p><p>Perhaps the reason truscum exist is that their transgender experience is so wrapped around gender dysphoria they cannot comprehend the notion of a transgender person without it.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> Immersed in their own pain, they attack people who appear not to be suffering.<sup id="cite_ref-wire_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wire-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Transmedicalist_arguments"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Transmedicalist arguments</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Gender_dysphoria_and_trans_identity"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Gender dysphoria and trans identity</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Transgender_identity_as_a_medical_condition"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Transgender identity as a medical condition</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Targeting_of_.22transtrenders.22"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Targeting of "transtrenders"</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Bullying_and_harassment"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Bullying and harassment</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Prominent_truscum"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Prominent truscum</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Blaire_White"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Blaire White</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Kalvin_Garrah"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Kalvin Garrah</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Tucute_arguments"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Tucute arguments</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Survey"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Survey</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#A_note_for_trans_kids"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">A note for trans kids</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Transmedicalist_arguments">Transmedicalist arguments</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Transmedicalist arguments">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Transmeds believe, fundamentally, that there is nothing positive about being transgender.<sup id="cite_ref-medium_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medium-1">[1]</a></sup> According to a transmedicalist viewpoint, being transgender is a medical condition that causes great suffering. Transmedicalists may see gender transition as a necessary evil and the only way out of an already-cruel existence, other than <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a>. </p><p>So transmeds feel contemptuous of people who identify as trans but don't seem to lead horrible lives. They see transtrenders as relatively privileged cis people who are <a href="/wiki/Cultural_appropriation" title="Cultural appropriation">appropriating the trans identity</a>.<sup>[<a href="/wiki/Help:References" title="Help:References"><i>citation needed</i></a>]</sup> "I feel sort of petty and awful but I wonder if I am sort of jealous of some transtrenders. They always seem to have super accepting families and get started on horomones/therapy right away," confessed one transmedicalist.<sup id="cite_ref-wire_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wire-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Gender_dysphoria_and_trans_identity">Gender dysphoria and trans identity</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gender dysphoria and trans identity">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Many transmeds believe that gender dysphoria is necessary in order to be transgender. Some say that mild discomfort counts as dysphoria, whereas others have stricter criteria. </p><p>Experts have disagreed for over a decade. As early as the year 2000, researchers have noted that distress is associated with being transgender, but the evidence doesn't show that trans people <b>always</b> experience distress.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> The American Psychiatric Association,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> American Academy of Pediatrics,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> Canadian Paedeatric Society,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> World Medical Association,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> World Professional Association for Transgender Health,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> and other groups<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> and experts<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> explicitly state that not all transgender people experience dysphoria. The World Health Organization also notes that distress is common but not necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> "Social factors are often key in the experience of gender dysphoria," notes the Gender Identity Clinic.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Transgender_identity_as_a_medical_condition">Transgender identity as a medical condition</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Transgender identity as a medical condition">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Transmedicalists believe that trans identity is a biological condition that falls under the banner of <a href="/wiki/Intersex" title="Intersex">intersex</a>. Trans people, they believe, are people born with the brains of one of the major sexes, but all (or most) of the external characteristics of the other major sex. This causes extreme <a href="/wiki/Gender_dysphoria" title="Gender dysphoria">gender dysphoria</a>, a sense of disconnection and disgust towards the body. On top of this, trans people are pushed into the wrong gender roles and stigmatized, making life harder. Transmeds believe the only way to cure this condition is through cosmetic surgery, reshaping the body to look like the individual's "true sex", and by rejecting much of the incorrect gender role that had been forced on them. Transmedicalists will often use studies about the average differences in brain structure between binary trans people and cis people to support their argument, although the brains of pre-transition trans people are often in between male and female brains rather than being at one end or the other.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> Additionally, the vast majority of the trans people who say that the only valid trans people are the ones who have brains of the opposite gender that they were assigned at birth have never had their brains scanned themselves pre-transition.<sup>[<i>citation NOT needed</i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[note 1]</a></sup> </p><p>The existence of a medical condition known variously as <a href="/wiki/Transsexualism" class="mw-redirect" title="Transsexualism">transsexualism</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a></sup>, <a href="/wiki/Gender_identity_disorder" class="mw-redirect" title="Gender identity disorder">gender identity disorder</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Gender_dysphoria" title="Gender dysphoria">gender dysphoria</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a></sup> is not medically or scientifically controversial, although it is widely opposed by various <a href="/wiki/Religious" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious">religious</a> groups, <a href="/wiki/TERFs" class="mw-redirect" title="TERFs">TERFs</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Anti-psychiatry" title="Anti-psychiatry">anti-psychiatry</a> movement. Rather, the controversy in this case is a social debate rooted in <a href="/wiki/Identity_politics" title="Identity politics">identity politics</a> over the equivalence (or lack thereof) between people who have such a condition and people who have no such condition but still identify as transgender. </p> <h3><span id="Targeting_of_"transtrenders""></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Targeting_of_.22transtrenders.22">Targeting of "transtrenders"</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Targeting of "transtrenders"">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>It's as if we’re already past the whole thing about transness literally getting you murdered and we've made it to "trendy social standing" and I didn't even get the memo.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Logan Kisner<sup id="cite_ref-medium_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medium-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Transmeds carefully police the trans community for any sign of someone being a "transtrender" (i.e., faker). The "signs" of being a faker according to transmeds are basically, not being able (or at least in their eyes, not trying) to "pass" as cisgender, not wanting to medically transition without a "valid reason", or refusing to fully conform to the stereotypes of the gender binary. <sup id="cite_ref-medium_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medium-1">[1]</a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-queer_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-queer-24">[23]</a></sup> </p><p>Transmeds will say they do this typically for one of two reasons (or both): because they think that "fakers" are taking away medical and other resources from "real" transgender people, or <a href="/wiki/Respectability_politics" title="Respectability politics">are making trans people look bad</a> and thus hurting their progress. <sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a></sup> </p><p>This however, does not truly get into the root of the problems. The vast majority of transphobes, including both the <a href="/wiki/Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative">conservative</a> and <a href="/wiki/TERF" class="mw-redirect" title="TERF">TERF</a> breed, hate transgender people because a major part of their worldview revolves around some form of <a href="/wiki/Biological_determinism" title="Biological determinism">biological determinism</a> which is challenged by the existence of transgender people. In addition, gatekeeping is far more of a problem than "fakers" taking away resources. </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Bullying_and_harassment">Bullying and harassment</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bullying and harassment">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Truscum know these fears [about being a faker]. They know them better than any other person could. And rather than step in to help other kids through that no man's land of terror, they weaponize that idea of fake, they turn it into a nuke.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Logan Kisner<sup id="cite_ref-medium_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medium-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Once someone is suspected of being a "transtrender," they may be subjected to:<sup id="cite_ref-queer_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-queer-24">[23]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wire_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wire-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Mocking</li> <li>Interrogation about their genitals</li> <li>Intentional misgendering</li> <li>Name-calling, such as "faggot"</li> <li>Attacks on their reputation</li> <li>Suicide baiting</li></ul> <p>This is done in order to get them to stop identifying as trans. Vicious attacks by truscum can be devastating, especially to young or mentally ill trans people who already have enough problems in their lives. </p><p>Arbitrarily, transmeds have shown this pattern of behavior with non-binary people whom they think are pretending to be transgender without going through the hassle of transitioning. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Prominent_truscum">Prominent truscum</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Prominent truscum">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Blaire_White">Blaire White</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Blaire White">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div role="note" class="hatnote">See the main article on this topic: <a href="/wiki/Blaire_White" title="Blaire White">Blaire White</a></div> <p>Blaire White is a prominent YouTuber who, despite being a trans woman, frequently parrots alt-right views and talking points, and also promotes transmedicalism. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Kalvin_Garrah">Kalvin Garrah</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Kalvin Garrah">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Isn't <a href="/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk">Elon Musk</a> such a non-problematic guy? He's just trying to build tunnels.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Kalvin Garrah</cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kalvin Garrah</b> (July 6, 2000–) is a trans man and a truscum <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTuber</a>. Although he is no longer very active, he is very notorious and is deeply hated among trans circles. He was so awful that even many truscum hated him. Not helping is that he consistently defended and associated himself with <a href="/wiki/Blaire_White" title="Blaire White">Blaire White</a>, despite being far more left-leaning than her politically. <a href="/wiki/ContraPoints" title="ContraPoints">ContraPoints</a>'s video "Transtrenders" was interpreted by many, and understandably so, to be a rebuke of the rhetoric espoused by Garrah and other transmedicalists. </p><p>From the content of his videos, it would be reasonable to presume that he was just another conservative, white cis dude, if he didn't bring up being trans constantly to justify himself. Like many other truscum, Kalvin believes that the reason why transphobia exists is largely due to "transtrenders", which to him, basically means trans people who experience dysphoria different from his expectations, or people he perceives to be "<a href="/wiki/Cringe_culture" title="Cringe culture">cringe</a>". He would target supposed "transtrenders" (who typically had significantly smaller followings) by creating long videos in which he would personally attack them, lie about them, misgender and make fun of them, etc. Kalvin first became prominent after uploading a video titled "Trans Guy Reacts to CRAZY Transtrender", in which he spent about half an hour making fun of and misgendering a much smaller YouTuber named Brennen Beckwith, and gained nearly 2 million views, however, the video has since been deleted. But in case you forgot, Kalvin is trans. </p><p>Due to his hateful rhetoric and relative popularity, the people he targeted in his videos would become the targets of vicious and extensive harassment by Kalvin's fans, and at least two different people attempted <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a> after being targeted in his videos. But in case you forgot, Kalvin is trans. An individual from Australia named Lars was one of these two people. The video about them also received almost 2 million views, and they ended up in a psychiatric ward after their attempt. During Lars' stay, they were secretly recorded by another patient and then the footage was sent to Kalvin. They were bullied by other patients, and were forced to quit their treatment early because of it. The other case was a non-binary, child sexual abuse survivor named Noah. After Kalvin found out about Noah's attempt, Kalvin being Kalvin proceeded to mock Noah's attempt, then claimed Noah faked it, and said that if Noah hadn't faked it, it wasn't Kalvin's fault because he didn't specifically tell Noah to attempt suicide. Sheesh. But in case you forgot, Kalvin is trans. </p><p>However, Brennan (see above) would later on make a video after being silent for 3 years, and this caused many of Kalvin's fans to turn on him. He has since lost nearly 80,000 subscribers, and hardly posts to his channel, gaining very few views when he does. <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Tucute_arguments">Tucute arguments</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tucute arguments">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>"Transgender" is not an exclusive club that we can bar people from because they refuse to conform to cisnormative ideas about bodies and gender.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Sam Dylan Finch, a trans man who was bullied by transmedicalists<sup id="cite_ref-queer_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-queer-24">[23]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Tucutes</b>" (or anti-transmeds) believe in including everyone who identifies as transgender, regardless of dysphoria. They believe that gender euphoria (joy experienced when someone is referred to by their preferred gender) and/or a disconnect between one's assigned sex and gender are enough reason for someone to transition if they so choose. This position is also held by some transmeds (who call themselves "soft transmeds"). Most tucutes don't believe that "transtrenders" exist. Others believe that they do exist, but support them regardless; gatekeeping them would also harm lots of trans people, and make it harder for trans people to discover that they're trans. </p><p>Another fear of anti-transmeds is the fact that defining trans identity in terms of dysphoria pathologizes trans identity and trans people. Treating transgender identity as a problem can be insulting or derogatory towards trans people. Viewing dysphoria (not trans identity itself) as a disorder is seen as more supportive and affirming of trans people. Transgender identity is now recognized not to be a mental illness, and advocating for a world under which the criteria for being transgender is having a mental illness undoes decades of positive transgender activism. Transmeds usually respond to this by saying that the demedicalization of gender dysphoria can make it harder for a trans person to transition; gender dysphoria is a problem, and treating it as such will make it easier to fix. Additionally, treating transness as a lifestyle choice rather than a necessity, which they think will come about from demedicalization, makes transitioning easier to attack. </p><p>Tucutes also worry about the bullying and abuse of gender non-conforming transgender people. Transmedicalists have bullied people they see as "transtrenders".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a></sup> And if cisgender transphobes see transgender people mocking gender-nonconforming people, then they may feel emboldened to do it themselves. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Survey">Survey</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Survey">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Many transmeds are accused of invaliding non-binary identities.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a></sup> However a survey of 100 Internet users, carried out by an anti-transmedicalist activist, potentially shows this notion to be false as transmeds will accept a non-binary person's gender if they have gender dysphoria.<sup id="cite_ref-truscum_survey_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-truscum_survey-31">[30]</a></sup> </p><p>Note that transmedicalists obviously don't accept all non-binary identities - although, according to the survey, most believe that, as long as you have dysphoria, you can be non-binary, just like you can be transgender. </p><p>According to the same survey of 100 people on SurveyMonkey, the majority of transmedicalists are female to male transsexuals, young adults, and white Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-truscum_survey_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-truscum_survey-31">[30]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="A_note_for_trans_kids">A note for trans kids</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: A note for trans kids">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Self loathing isn't an innate part of us</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—Maya Assata<sup id="cite_ref-medium_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medium-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Despite what you might hear, being trans isn't a sentence to lifelong suffering. Gender dysphoria can ease or even disappear in time, especially with a supportive community and/or a proper transition. If your gender dysphoria starts fading away, this doesn't mean you are or were "faking," it means you're learning how to live a happy and functional life. This is a good thing. </p><p>Don't let people fool you about suffering being an automatic part of being trans. It's not. If you're miserable, it's not because this is what life is always like for trans people, it's because something is wrong in your life and you need help. You don't have to face this alone. Talk to a therapist or trusted adult about what you're going through. It can get easier. </p><p>Stay away from bullies, even if they say they are your friends. </p><p>And please don't think that if you haven't transitioned that you are not valid in the trans community. You are visible; your struggle is heard. You are young. You are learning. If you are experiencing bullying or severe depression, please reach out to someone. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gatekeeping" title="Gatekeeping">Gatekeeping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Respectability_politics" title="Respectability politics">Respectability politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cringe_culture" title="Cringe culture">Cringe culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asexual_exclusionism" title="Asexual exclusionism">Asexual exclusionism</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/05/on-various-shades-of-transgender.html">A transgender person with gender dysphoria's response to a truscum.</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdvM_pRfuFM">"Transtrenders"</a> by <a href="/wiki/Contrapoints" class="mw-redirect" title="Contrapoints">Contrapoints</a>: Goes over many of the flaws with transmedicalist arguments.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">As opposed to post-transition, as HRT <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eje.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/eje/155/suppl_1/1550107.xml">does have an effect on the structure of your brain</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transmedicalism&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-medium-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-medium_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-medium_1-1">1.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-medium_1-2">1.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-medium_1-3">1.3</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-medium_1-4">1.4</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-medium_1-5">1.5</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa">"Truscum": Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?</a> - Medium</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/transmedicalism">https://www.reddit.com/r/transmedicalism</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate">http://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/05/on-various-shades-of-transgender.html">http://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/05/on-various-shades-of-transgender.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wire-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wire_5-0">5.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wire_5-1">5.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wire_5-2">5.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thefeministwire.com/2013/07/checking-our-privilege-working-together-notes-on-virtual-trans-communities-truscum-blogs-and-the-politics-of-transgender-health-care/">Checking Our Privilege, Working Together: Notes on Virtual Trans* Communities, Truscum Blogs, and the Politics of Transgender Health Care</a> - The Feminist Wire</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://feminismandmedia.tumblr.com/post/185942015908/i-think-its-kinda-inch-resting-that-when-you-hear">Ex-truscum vs ex-tucutes</a> - Feminism and Media on Tumblr</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sci-hub.se/10.1023/A:1011004431889">Is Gender Identity Disorder in Children a Mental Disorder?</a> (PDF)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a">Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria</a> - American Psychiatric Association</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/transgender">What does transgender mean?</a> - APA (See "Is being transgender a mental disorder?")</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aappublications.org/news/2018/09/17/transgender091718">Pediatricians are key in supporting transgender, gender-diverse youths</a> - AAP (See paragraph 4)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/gender-identity">Gender identity</a> - Canadian Paedeatric Society</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-statement-on-transgender-people/">WMA Statement on Transgender People</a> - World Medical Association (see recommendation #2)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wpath.org/newsroom/medical-necessity-statement">Position Statement on Medical Necessity of Treatment, Sex Reassignment, and Insurance Coverage in the U.S.A.</a> - WPATH</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/trans-related-care-faq">FAQ: Equal access to health care</a> - Lambda Legal</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/abs2270">Gender Dysphoria</a> - Health Link British Columbia</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323480895000028?via%3Dihub">Surgical Management of the Transgender Patient</a> - via Science Direct</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://icd.who.int/browse10/2016/en#!/F64.0">ICD-10 Version: 2016</a> - World Health Organization</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gic.nhs.uk/info-support/gender-dysphoria/">Gender dysphoria</a> - Gender Identity Clinic</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20032-transsexual-differences-caught-on-brain-scan">https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20032-transsexual-differences-caught-on-brain-scan</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">DSM-III, ICD-10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/DSM-IV" class="mw-redirect" title="DSM-IV">DSM-IV</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">DSM-V</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-queer-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-queer_24-0">23.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-queer_24-1">23.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-queer_24-2">23.2</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://letsqueerthingsup.com/2015/12/12/why-arent-more-trans-people-denouncing-truscum/">Why aren't more trans people denouncing truscum?</a> - Let's Queer Things Up!</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.veredcounseling.com/blog/2019/5/29/whats-a-transtrender">What's a transtrender?</a> - VERED Counseling</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theroguefeminist.tumblr.com/post/84456514728/truscum">Truscum</a> - The Rogue Feminist on Tumblr</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnpp0-OzA50">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnpp0-OzA50</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-iaoIkD7rs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-iaoIkD7rs</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rootbeergoddess.tumblr.com/post/181323112783/nyadchild-true-story">Comic by a gender-nonconforming trans boy who has been bullied by truscum</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-30">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230313101813/http://sjwiki.org/wiki/Truscum#.VlkhCnYrLIU">Truscum</a>. 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