This post is inspired by a recent user I interacted with accusing me of being transphobic due to disagreeing with the concept of “xenogenders”
Without going too in depth, this user identified as “swarmgender”, and believed they are part of a literal hive mind. This led me down a path of reflection, wanting to be accepting of someones identity while trying to understand it rationally, and I came to a pretty firm conclusion:
They’re fucking nuts.
I’m not saying this in a transphobic sense, there is nothing wrong with being trans…. But the medical terminology for what’s being experienced is gender dysmorphia. It’s a mental illness.
It’s important to acknowledge this because there’s a bit of a slippery slope going on where individuals with more severe mental issues are using gender politics to either
A: make themselves the bestest most specialist snowflake
Or
B: Obfuscate how fucking insane they actually are under the guise of anyone disagreeing being transphobic.
Anyway, this thread’ll be fun
I don’t think it matters what you call it. Gender dysphoria is a condition that hurts, and the cure is gender affirming care and acceptance.
As long as we agree on that idc what you define it as.
I don’t have much of an opinion on people who believe they’re a hive mind or a wolf or something. That seems to be your main issue, and imo it’s a very different topic from whether or not gender dysphoria is mental illness. Like yeah they themselves are trying to put that in the same basket as gender identity, but it’s an entirely different discussion.