I tried to read the article without paying or doing the free trial thing I was able to read about 80% with page refresh gymnastics. It seems a good thing to me it's a step in the right direction! The link between autism and transgender definitely needs to be more studied !

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This hits home. Literally an hour ago I was having a debate with a leftist friend who was trying to explain to me how biological sex doesn't exist. And he wanted me to prove him wrong. I just left the debate I found the whole situation completely absurd. I'm open to many things theoretically but damn I think I can distinguish between realistic ideas and things that could never happen. And convincing 8 billion humans that have been viewing themselves through the binary of sex for our entire history that actually that doesn't exist ? Good luck I told him.

It's sad because I used to like talking politics with leftists as I was one, but the repetition of instances like this make me ashamed of the term leftist and I find I can't even speak my mind in those debates anymore.

Because it's an imaginary concept. Just like traditional genders and the new made up ones. Gender is not an identity, it's a set of expectations and behaviors. You either accept them and perform them, or reject them and behave as you like, and stop expecting gendered behavior from fellow members of society.

Gender is sociological, it's not about identity and never has been.

If you disagree with the expectations that come with your gender, simply don't perform them. Chances are other people that were bothered by those expectations will be relieved to see you not care about it and you might help build their confidence to do the same as you.

But if your way of doing it is creating as special little club called non binary, then you will fail to inspire other people, because they won't relate to you. They won't think that they can do the same as you, they will justify your behavior by saying "oh that person is non binary" and they will go on behaving traditionally. Artificially creating a minority will not change society, you will accomplish nothing by calling yourself non binary. True feminism aims at changing society, not changing your own personal life. This is the difference between trans ideology and radical feminism. How do you chose to escape gender ? By showing everyone that a woman or man can behave however he or she likes, potentially changing society for the long term ? Or by creating a minority that excludes "normal people" therefore leaving 99% of society entirely unchanged because they won't relate to you.

You can apply this logic to race and anti racism too. People are born white or born black, but they decide how they want to behave, they don't have to do surgery to become the other color. They don't invent an imaginary skin color to identify to. They just choose to act different and show the example. Why do differently with sexism ?

Non binary is a feeling. An "identity". You proclaim being non binary despite what others might say or think. You can look and behave however you like, even as your gender, but you feel non binary (there's no science here). It's also the most recent notion of the three you bring up, and the least universal one. While all cultures have genders, and therefore gender non conforming people, and androgynous being physical, non binary basically only applies to western cultures.

Gender non conforming is simply going against your genders typical behavior or looks. Being a masculine lady, or feminine guy for example.

Androgynous is a person that you struggle to guess their sex when you see them. For most people you can easily tell what sex they are despite feelings or identity, or even being gender non conforming. Androgynous have faces and body shapes that make it harder to guess. You can accentuate this with clothes and hairstyles but usually some genes have to be there too.

Some of these 3 can stack together. Usually non binary people will try to look androgynous, not always, and sometimes even when they try they still look clearly like one sex the other. Androgynous people can just be born this way and not give a fuck about trans or gender identity.

Gender non conforming people typically claim this in opposition to gender ideology, pointing to the fact that you don't need to claim a whole new gender if you just don't care for yours. "Don't like being a lady ? Don't behave like one and that's it ! No need for pronouns or surgery". This is the typical mindset of people who claim to be gender non conforming

Of course all this is my understanding, not an objective truth, so take that into account when reading.

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First I think the suicide rate is exaggerated to push political ideas more agressively in a form of emotional blackmail.

Then for the actual suicides I think it's because they think transitioning will fix their issues when in reality imo being trans is in many cases a symptom of something deeper like surviving SA as a kid or young teen (in my university every NB and trans classmate has been SA'd)

I see it as a way to run away from your problems, treating the surface instead of the underlying deeper issues, these deeper issues will cause bigger damage if left unattended and can lead to suicide.

I see a lot of protest against the curent transgender "agenda" or "ideology"( tho i wouldnt call it that becuas i belive transgender people are real).

Can I go on a small rant here and address this part. I'm in no way blaming you or your wording but I've been thinking about this aspect of transactivism. Since when does disagreeing with an ideology automatically correlate to thinking "these people don't exist"?

I see this a lot in queer spaces etc.. Asserting that trans people are real as an answer to criticism towards their ideology. This is one of the biggest strawman arguments transactivists use on a daily basis it's baffling.

Let's say I disagree with literally any other ideology out there, say capitalism or communism. Or Islam or Judaism. Imagine me disagreeing with them. Do I then automatically believe these people don't exist?

Why does being gender critical or disagreeing with transitioning as a cure for gender dysphoria equals thinking trans people don't exist? I'm not stupid I know they exist I just don't agree with them. If they didn't exist who would I be disagreeing with?

I disagree with the logic and the analysis I'm not denying your existence.

Again I know this isn't YOU, you're just wording your post like you see others word things it's okay. I just took this as an opportunity to state my opinion on this particular strawman because I've been thinking about it for awhile.

There's a very clear difference between men recognizing each other as males but trying to undermine each other by trying to win "the game" or making others seem more effeminate. And recognizing someone as a female trying to pass. It's a totally different vibe and guys don't behave the same in both situations.

Dysphoria is temporary while transition is (for some parts) permanent. My advice to you would be try to work on your dysphoria before permanently altering your body. Do you think you will still suffer from dysphoria when you are 50 years old ? I have seen people complain that transitioning did not help at all with their dysphoria, in some rare cases it even made it worse. I've also seen quite a few people's dysphoria go away either naturally with time, or through their own self-work.

Male and female are physically observable, just like skin color in my analogy. They are facts that serve a purpose such as reproduction. This has nothing to do with the social aspect of our human lives, this sexual binary is imposed to us by life itself, most living creatures on this planet are subject to it. We are born male or female in order to reproduce. Doesn't mean we have to do it, and it doesn't mean everyone is born perfectly and able to reproduce, it's a general rule. Male and female have different organs which dictate a medical path, what type of doctors you will see etc. This is why it's useful to have these labels. Because they are more physical than social.

The only people I can think of that you refer to are intersex I guess ? And their category is birth malformation / handicapped. It happens across all species and there's a wide spectrum of malformations. Some worse than others. Most trans and non binary people are not intersex. For people that have able bodies, refer to my first comment.

Also why use a throwaway account to address this topic ? Shame we can't talk about it more openly.

people who didn't fully conform to a gender

That doesn't exist. Nobody fully conforms, because gender is not an identity but a set of expectations and behaviors that even vary from country to country so nobody can be a perfect man or woman. Using the "I don't conform to my gender" exit is selfish and not militant, that's all I'm saying. I'm not saying we should tell anyone to screw off as you say, where did you get that from ? I'm just saying it's big selfish waste of time and doesn't lead to a better society. Just one with more useless labels.

First world luxury too. You have ran out of problems to worry about so you close in on your "identity" because you're so important and unique. Looking for problems to create and then take care of so you just make up completely new imaginary things to worry about.

Go out in the forest for a few days see if your gender matters there. Y'all are losing grasp on reality.