[CW: Exclusionary rhetoric, enbyphobia, and transphobia]

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I am welcome here and valid as a non-binary person, right?

I consider myself transgender, and I've been invalidated by some other trans people who told me that I don't "count" as trans simply because I'm non-binary, despite being trans by

  • dictionary definition (identifying with a gender that does not align with my assigned sex at birth)
  • experience (social, medical and legal transition, all the stress [including financial] alongside it, and my family being viciously transphobic towards me)
  • and self-identification (I consider myself to be trans)

I have to ask because I used to assume that was granted in most trans communities, but after being excluded from many of them and told some transphobic things more harsh than anything cis people have told me even, I remain alert and skeptical whenever I encounter a new online community for trans people (or even queer people period).

  • SwitchyWitchyandBitchy [she/her]M
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    9 months ago

    Truscum or other enbyphobic trans people don't get to dictate who is a valid trans person and who isn't. If someone says they are trans then the default reaction should be to accept them however they present, especially in trans spaces.

    • Angel [any]M
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      9 months ago

      They literally don't, but I don't think they realize this. You have to ask them.

      Truscum/Enbyphobes: Being trans must mean [definition of trans that is not considered to be legitimate in any dictionary, LGBTQ+ advocacy group, casual or colloquial usage, or even medical and/or psychological context]

      Me: Okay, now tell me, what gives you the authority to dictate such a measure within language?

      They won't supply a legitimate answer because they don't have a legitimate answer. Transmedicalism is something I view as a hateful ideology that masquerades itself as one revolving around "reason", "medicine", and "science".