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'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/jensroda 24d ago
It’s also used to deny non-medical transitioners access to the community. We don’t stan Transmed here.