Occasionally, a student asks me why being transgender is not considered a mental disorder. I can give you the scientific and diagnostic reasons why not. But I’ll usually answer the following way instead.
Because people who are transgender have shit figured out a hell of a lot better than most other people.
Think about that for a minute. Individuals who are transgender have gone through the long and painful process of self exploration to figure out why they don’t feel right. And after all of that, they came to the conclusion that their biological body is mismatched to who they really are.
Tell me anyone else that has gone through that much introspection that much study that much thought to figure out how they can live in a way that makes them happy. And they recognized that by making the choice that will make them feel happy, they’re gonna have to deal with social stigma, bigotry, and violence every single day.
Compare that to your garden variety bigot who gets angry when he sees a transgender individual, and who lets that person live in his head, ruining his mood and leading him to acts of verbal and possibly physical violence.
Now you tell me which one of those people has a mental disorder
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Als Antwort auf Micro SF/F by O. Westin • • •Denian
Als Antwort auf Micro SF/F by O. Westin • • •Micro SF/F by O. Westin
Als Antwort auf Denian • • •@Denian I can write those too - my bredlik sonnet* was quite popular - but on this occasion I wanted to write in a different form.
* See tumblr.com/microsff/1721087190…
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Als Antwort auf Micro SF/F by O. Westin • • •I am now imagining this sweet moment between an alien, in urgent need of human help, offering this incredibly stale chocolate. The bemused human is so charmed by the thought that they help anyway.
(OTOH maybe alien tech is really good at preserving food? maybe it's super delish chocolate or fresh coffee beans?? so many possibilities)