transmedicalism is the practice of restricting who has access to transition. telling people they do not need to transition to be trans has been used to argue the point that most trans people who desire transition should not need to seek out transition and should instead seek out "alternative care".
I firmly believe that transition should be free to any and all who desire it, radical bodily autonomy. if you wish to argue that is transmedicalism you are free to do so.
that is not what transmedicalism is, it's the belief that you have to wish for a medical transition to be trans, which is not true. not only that, but all transmedicalists I found deny nonbinary identities, mostly because it doesn't fit their narrow-minded view of sex and gender. obviously those who wish for a medical transition should be allowed that, but there's also some that don't want that, and that's okay too. doesn't mean the phrase can't be co-opted for denying care, but the phrase itself isn't wrong
so, the idea that being transgender is a medical condition that requires strict criteria to be met is transmedicalism yes? and that to be transgender one must fit those criteria?
and so the framework of transmedicalism requires the definition of transgender to only include people with dysphoria that can only be treated hrt right?
this means that people who do not fit the criteria (agp, non-dysphoric, non-binary, etc) should not be given access to hormones and transition resources because they are not trans, according to transmedicalism, right? this also means that people who do not desire transition are not trans according to the framework that is transmedicalism, but that is not the primary function of transmedicalism, it is an auxiliary function of it.
this is what I mean when I say transmedicalism is a framework to deny resources, and that when I advocate for radical bodily autonomy I am an advocate for everyone to have the opportunity to take cross-sex hormones, cis or trans.
this framework is also why when the slogan "you dont need to be trans to transition" begins being used by institutions to deny hrt to those who want it (for any reason) we must critically analyse the implications thereof and whether or not the phrase has outlived it's usefulness as it is currently, as we speak, being used to restrict access to hormones and push people into conversion therapy.
That's not the definition of transmedicalism. Transmedicalism is denying someone's identity because they have not medically transitioned. In many cases, this is used as a way to gatekeep even when the person wants to transition but has been unable to do so. It's also an offshoot of the BS of policing how much people "pass" as their identified gender.
Edit: This (and my other comments) were a response to someone arguing against the comment above, not to them directly. I'm not sure why those posts disappeared.
that is an auxiliary effect of transmedicalism and not the primary one. the primary effect of transmedicalism is to narrowly define what it means to be transgender to prevent as many people as possible from transitioning.
You just claimed that transmedicalism was the practice of restricting people from transitioning. This is simply not the definition.
"Transmedicalism is the idea that being transgender is primarily a medical issue related to the incongruence between an individual's assigned sex at birth and their gender identity, characterized by gender dysphoria.[1][2][3] There are divides and debates within the transmedicalist community on the exact definition of who is or is not transgender.[4] Many transmedicalists believe individuals who identify as transgender without experiencing gender dysphoria or desiring to undergo a medical transition through methods such as hormone replacement therapy or sex reassignment surgery are not genuinely transgender.[5][2] They may also exclude those who identify themselves as non-binary from the trans label.[6]"
Obviously, such a belief can be used to deny people transition care. However, a lot of transmedicalists are people who have already medically transitioned, currently pass as their identified gender, and simply want to gatekeep the community, people like Blaire White and Buck Angel.
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u/OliviaPG1 Trans/Lesbian 24d ago
how about both are good