Post AW0n79bdQgsL2mut3g by e_urq@journa.host
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(DIR) Post #AW0n77NNiiHm80ETZ2 by e_urq@journa.host
2023-05-25T11:11:17Z
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On another site, one that can remain nameless, I'm having a discussion with other trans people I very much respect about the "born this way" argument, and whether it does more harm than good.I've long been of the opinion that it is a demeaning and undignified argument to say you wish you'd been cisgender but just can't help being a lowly trans person... and also that as things stand I'm not going to hold myself above doing that sort of begging for my life.
(DIR) Post #AW0n79bdQgsL2mut3g by e_urq@journa.host
2023-05-25T11:15:01Z
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When I say I've LONG been of this opinion, I mean it. I wrote about this in 2018, and I included the part about what a demeaning position it puts us in to argue that we can't help being trans.From Slate, 2018:
(DIR) Post #AW0n7BYWBFZR5hTQTg by e_urq@journa.host
2023-05-25T11:15:44Z
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And here's the link to that old Slate piece: https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/10/transgender-memo-ideology-condition-choice.html
(DIR) Post #AW0p8e5llhihnCqoAC by mybarkingdogs@universeodon.com
2023-05-25T11:27:34Z
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@e_urq IMO that's a good point. Also, I feel like there's value in "simplified" and "granular" arguments alike.Like simplified, for everyone, is "this is who we are, it's not something we can "just not be" for your comfort or needs" - something literally *anyone* but the most raging of bigots should be able to understand, a standard tolerance argument.More granular would be "nature or nurture or how much of which" type arguments, culture based arguments, etc. They're internally important, but they're *also* not a place for normies and outsiders to be fumbling about, hurting people with things they don't understand.Basically the difference between 1st and 2nd grade science 101 and doctorate level theoretical chemistry or something