Lol, where do you think?
meejle
joined 2 years ago
I had a look to see if I could find the "opposite" of this poll, and found this from 2021:
Three in four Americans (75%) say they would be somewhat or very comfortable learning a coworker is transgender. Nearly seven in ten Americans (69%) say they would be somewhat or very comfortable having a close friend tell them they are transgender. This percentage has gone up, from 63% in 2019. In addition, nearly seven in ten Americans (68%) say they would be somewhat or very comfortable learning someone in their church or faith community is transgender, and nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) report that they would feel somewhat or very comfortable learning that a local elementary school teacher is transgender, up from 56% in 2019.
Via PRRI: https://www.prri.org/press-release/survey-americans-increasingly-support-transgender-rights
It's good to see the numbers are maybe not as bad as LGBTQ+ people think they are, although as a gay guy with trans friends, I can totally understand feeling that way. (I'm not American, mind you.)
I do wonder whether support may have dropped in the last couple of years – the bathrooms/"women's sports" culture war feels newer than 2021 to me. 🤔
I obviously agree with this – it's healthcare; no one should be denied the healthcare they need on the NHS. But I worry the NHS gender identity clinics are already so broken, unfit for purpose, underfunded, and just unrelentingly dogshit that this probably doesn't go far enough. (Everyone should watch Abigail Thorne's amazing video about this.)
I see the government responded saying, "people already have the right to care that meets their needs", but that doesn't address the fact it already doesn't.
Not that I know what to suggest instead, this is just me feeling defeated. 🤷♂️
Honestly, props to Queer Child. I wouldn't fucking bother. 🤷♂️
I'd say it fits the definition of "dysphoria", even if you don't think it's necessarily gender dysphoria.
My understanding is that: when a trans person looks in the mirror or sees pictures of themselves, and there's a mismatch between "what they see" vs. "what they feel" – that unpleasant feeling is what's meant by "dysphoria". For a transgender person, that feeling could be all or partly about their genitals (masturbating or having sex with "wrong" genitals can make you feel dysphoric), but not necessarily.
Abigail Thorn (a trans YouTuber and philosophy expert) has argued that "gender dysphoria" is a misnomer, and something that cis people also experience. Watch a couple of minutes from this timestamp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1eWIshUzr8&t=3886s
She also brings up "body dysmorphia", so maybe that's another one for you to google (although she argues that it's basically the same thing).