One absolutely striking thing about this article (there are many, to be sure) is how the writer casually describes being "trans" as something that could simply occur to someone under the right conditions, without in any way acknowledging that this is supposed to be the same "condition" (sorry, gendered soul mismatch) that causes deeply d…
One absolutely striking thing about this article (there are many, to be sure) is how the writer casually describes being "trans" as something that could simply occur to someone under the right conditions, without in any way acknowledging that this is supposed to be the same "condition" (sorry, gendered soul mismatch) that causes deeply dysphoric children and adolescents such intense suffering that we can expect them to take their own lives at any second. "Trans people know who they are." Unless they don't, apparently.
One absolutely striking thing about this article (there are many, to be sure) is how the writer casually describes being "trans" as something that could simply occur to someone under the right conditions, without in any way acknowledging that this is supposed to be the same "condition" (sorry, gendered soul mismatch) that causes deeply dysphoric children and adolescents such intense suffering that we can expect them to take their own lives at any second. "Trans people know who they are." Unless they don't, apparently.
I believe this also occurred to the author, "Io," under the "right conditions."