ThatFembyWho

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[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

full disclosure: I'm trans - my story at the end.

It doesn't really work that way... if she was told "you're trans" and wasn't, she would experience the opposite type of gender dysphoria over time and would want to express masculine/boy identity in line with her birth gender and physical traits.

She's young enough that it's not infeasible she might change her mind. Ideally she has been to a licensed therapist and/or psychologist who verified she met the latest DSM diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria (the only successful treatment for which involves transition), and they are helping the parent manage this process. They'll be in no hurry for medical intervention since puberty would be 4-5 years away most likely.

That being said, if you meet enough trans people, it's not uncommon to hear stories about "knowing since I was 4". Oftentimes it's accompanied by a regret that their feelings were suppressed and they had to go through the torments of puberty "in the wrong body" as it were.

My own story is different. I didn't "know" until my thirties, even if I can see signs going back to childhood in retrospect. Apparently at three years old I told my mom "I'm a butterfly and I'm going to be a girl". She never told me that, I found out after she died last year, looking through her old notes. She assumed I meant reincarnation. Ironic considering I have adopted a butterfly metaphor to express my transition to a woman.

Anyway, yes, an eight year old can absolutely tell adults they are a different gender than they were assigned at birth. Whether they literally say "I'm trans" is kinda beside the point.

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Finally! The day I've been waiting for so long. Goodbye Linux, hello Windows!

- nobody ever

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 9 months ago

Terrorism is something minorities and foreigners do, likely as part of a Marxist Plot™. Everyone knows a white man on a killing spree is a lone wolf.

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

FACTS don't care about your feelings! Study reveals Macos is 2 1/3 times better than Linux, massive 27% improvement over Windows!

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 months ago

Elon says preferred names and pronouns are dumb.

Thus I will only refer to twttr by twttr's original name.

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

I think it's fine as long as their's no central corporate interest controlling the show. Which is a strength of FOSS, at least those projects with a robust and diverse community.

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it's funny because even Elon's ego is a threat to capitalist interests, look how much he's tanked their company value! Honestly I'm cheering for his self-destructive downward spiral to continue - tw*tter was always a cesspool, decent people should have left years ago.

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

That is basically my plan, also there is strength in numbers. I want to join or build a queer community so we can support and protect eachother.

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is their literally anything that I, a transgender woman, am not a direct cause or symptom of in those deranged and hateful people's minds?

Also, conservatives talking about misogny is sickeningly ironic.

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

So they have no rules, any content is acceptable?

Anything less is "censorship" after all

[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You think you can get the media again if need be.

Depending on how large your collection is, would you remember every item in it? How much effort did you put into organizing it?

IME it's far more of an inconvenience and expense rebuilding data from scratch than properly backing it up. And the peace of mind from a robust, tried and true DR process is golden.

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