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 am not a fan of those who use the DSM like Christians use the Bible (the words written in the book I believe to be the most ethos heavy book is the absolute truth).
That said, I don’t disagree with you. In most cases.
I’d say it’s about time for a DSM-VI that digs further into the topic.
I’d call any psychological condition that causes discomfort/pain to be a psychological illness.
I’d say that OP’s title is a misnomer for the argument he presented.
I’d also really resist calling “swarmgender” a gender.
I don’t think gender is binary, and definitely not assigned at birth, but I’d agree that there are a lot of “tumbler genders” out there that read to me as mental illness.