A big reason that drove me was that I have a micropenis.
Fake. There are no āreasons to drive someoneā other than their internal gender, this sounds like something a cis person someone who thinks being trans is a choice would say.
Edit: For clarity, Iām not speculating on whether or not the OP in the post is trans or cis, Iām saying it doesnāt sound like a real story because it sounds inauthentic to the trans experience. A trans person could easily think this up, like anyone can make up a story that is close to their experiences, but since it isnāt real it doesnāt really pass scrutiny.
Wait, are you saying people would lie on 4chan???
But seriously, yeah, people donāt seem to realize that people tend to want to pick the path of least resistance. If someone really is trans I have to believe itās because who they are is so at odds with the expectations of society.
Edit: added a qualification because I am not trans
Exactly. Coming to terms with being trans, when trans people have been seen as nothing but the butt of far too many jokes in damn near all exposure most of us had growing up, is a difficult process rife with cognitive dissonance and defense mechanisms. No one wants to be trans, they just want to be their gender and have to be trans to get that.
Thatās such reddit logic. You assume everyone has a perfect understanding of themselves, but people have a lot of different things internally that drive them and theyāre not always aware of it. When I was young I was interested in other men, and frankly, quite disgusted by it. Itās the habitat I was raised in and if youād asked me back then, Iād have told you it was because I was a sinner. The real reason as I came to discover was indeed that Iām just gay. It took a lot of steps and discovery to get there. Iām not saying this is real, Iām just pointing out that just because your logic is correct does not mean that this person if they are real has made enough discoveries about themselves to be strictly logical.
Iām human, and Iām speaking on the issues of self discovery, a progress path we can all share as people learning who they are, so maybe you shouldnāt assume Iām stepping where I have no ground.
As for being told something made me gay, I have been. Iāve been told it was sexual assault (that did not occur) when I was young. Iāve been told it was the media and my friends. Iāve had those experiences, and yes, I know that weāre born that way now but I did not always have the space to make that discovery. I lived a life where I thought there had to be a reason because I thought it was a negative quality in myself. I hated it because I grew up around others who hated it. Insults behind closed doors, threats of violence and hate, and I agree with you that if they believed it was the reason they discovered their identity, they have more to learn. That does not mean they have learned it.
Idk 4chan has a notoriously toxic and strange trans community. Giving āreasonsā is exactly the sort of thing Iād expect of them
Thatās a good point. I havenāt browsed 4chan since way before they had any LGBT community/rep visible on it, I donāt know what kind of convoluted views they have. Let me guess, some of them unironcally identify as āagpā donāt they?
i have spent and still spend lots of time in this places and yes, they do. they desperately want to be hsts and hate themselves for being agp and not being trutrans enough. lots of reppers too (trans people that know theyāre trans but repress it out of self hatred). thereās lots of lore
Thereās a whole lot of blanchardianism (agp vs hsts). Quite a bit of homophobia, itās actually a lot straighter than youād probably expect. A lot of how they act is surprisingly old school, like back in the day when you werenāt allowed to transition unless therapists thought you couldnāt live a normal life as your assigned sex old school. And all this with the characteristic 4chan edgy bs. Also theyāre anti supportive, like full on terf forum level of critical of trans peopleās appearance.
I havenāt been but Iāve learned to pick up the signs by seeing the shit trans people who come from 4chan say.
two of my trans women friends, when getting their sperm frozen before starting hormones, found out they just have XX chromosomes and never had working sperm in the first place
i think we underestimate how many intersex people there are
Yup. My belief is that we are likely to eventually combine the categories of transgender and differences in sexual development (formerly known as intersex) as we discover more about itās biological origins. The vast majority of people have never been karyotyped and have no idea what their chromosomes are.