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Trans Talk 1d
VERY hot take, but “transgender awareness” in a lot of ways has made trans people easier to identify, harder to pass, and exposes more people to risks now that people know the signs of a person being trans. Guys used to be able to pass with major TS scars
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Anonymous 1d

Truth nuke. Sometimes I’m worried I’ll never be able to go shirtless after top surgery

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Anonymous 1d

AND I AM TRANS BTW OUT FOR 6+ YEARS

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Anonymous 1d

Also wanted to mention that if you are trans, I’ve never really understood not wanting to pass unless it’s like a safety or community thing. Why would you broadcast physical transition signs for people NOT exploring their identity? Accessibility is important, but now it’s like walking with a neon light on your back

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Anonymous 22h

i see what ur point is, i think the end goal of all of this is to make being trans normalized so that we can eventually exist in a society where passing isn’t required for you to be safe/accepted/respected. “passing” and putting emphasis on passing reinforces binary gender standards. not disagreeing with you, just adding to the convo.

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Anonymous 16h

It’s definitely frustrating that it’s harder for binary trans people to go stealth if they want to. At the same time, the increased public education means more people are realizing they’re trans and what options are available to them.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

It is lowk kind of a privileged thing to not want to pass and also to broadcast to other trans people that you don’t have to

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

Because I’m non-binary and don’t wanna look like a girl? Like I wanna look androgynous and get the mental health benefits of estrogen

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Bean soup bro, obviously non binary is different from being a binary trans person

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

Nonbinary people are trans…

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

As a binary trans man in the south, I personally could not imagine not wanting to pass, and I 100% agree that broadcasting our signs to cis audiences is both irresponsible and dangerous. BUT some people genuinely do not want to pass and feel most at home in their skin when they don’t, and others just genuinely do not have the privilege to pass. Those people simply living as themselves is not “broadcasting”.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

When in my statement did I say they weren’t trans? I just said it’s different from being a trans woman or man… which is true lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

The discussion was about trans people in general, and many nonbinary people get the same surgeries, and take the same hormones as binary trans people. When people complain about visibly non-passing trans people, a lot of the complaints apply directly to nonbinary people

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

This discussion was about non-passing trans people, which nonbinary people are.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 11h

It’s really hard to balance I wish there was a way to have both

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