i mean, i’m not trans so i don’t really have a very good personal opinion here…
but it’s just as wrong to be implying to people flat-out “the sooner you start your transition the better,” too. not that that’s what you’re doing but i see that sort of rhetoric a lot online and it’s potentially damaging.
people who genuinely aren’t transgender but are exploring their identity do genuinely exist too and deserve credence and respect as much as anyone else. i see a lot of “egg” discourse in trans spaces and while i can understand it thanks to the perspective of a lot of trans people in my life, from the outside-looking-in it gives the wrong impression as a community and does more harm than good in the long run.
i mean, i’m not trans so i don’t really have a very good personal opinion here…
but it’s just as wrong to be implying to people flat-out “the sooner you start your transition the better,” too. not that that’s what you’re doing but i see that sort of rhetoric a lot online and it’s potentially damaging.
people who genuinely aren’t transgender but are exploring their identity do genuinely exist too and deserve credence and respect as much as anyone else. i see a lot of “egg” discourse in trans spaces and while i can understand it thanks to the perspective of a lot of trans people in my life, from the outside-looking-in it gives the wrong impression as a community and does more harm than good in the long run.
HRT should be an early step, it takes months for any of the changes to become noticable and if you aren’t trans you’ll know very quickly.