Gender identity is the hard wired part of your brain that tells you what gender you are. Cis people aren't aware of theirs, as it matches their body and their day to day experience.
It isn't a preference or something you can change through therapy.
It isn't a preference or something you can change through therapy.
Because they cannot feel what it is like to have dissonance with gender identity, it makes the concept a little hard to grasp.
I find it easier to give the example of colorblindness.
A color blind person exists in a world where, say, red and green are the same thing. They can't tell them apart. This isn't a preference or them being difficult. They aren't crazy. They just can't tell them apart.
A color blind person exists in a world where, say, red and green are the same thing. They can't tell them apart. This isn't a preference or them being difficult. They aren't crazy. They just can't tell them apart.
You cannot change the parts of your brain that dictate gender identiy. If it doesn't match your body or social interactions, you are faced with a challenge.
We can't rewire the brain. But we can change the body and the social aspects. That eleviates the dissonance.
We can't rewire the brain. But we can change the body and the social aspects. That eleviates the dissonance.
Cisgender people are being asked to be sympathetic to the pain and discomfort caused by a sensation that they can't really perceive.
I think that is a huge aspect of the issues we face with acceptance.
I think that is a huge aspect of the issues we face with acceptance.
It is cruel to force people to live with that dissonance that going against their brain's gender identity causes.
Yet the legislators cannot even know what it is like. To them, it doesn't exist. And in their own experience it really doesn't. But their experience isn't ours.
Yet the legislators cannot even know what it is like. To them, it doesn't exist. And in their own experience it really doesn't. But their experience isn't ours.
It's like putting a colorblind person in situation where they get elecrocuted every time they press a green button instead of say, a red one (I am using only one form of color blindness here).
You can't expect them to live a happy or functional life.
You can't expect them to live a happy or functional life.
You can't legislate or torture away color blindness.
The same goes for people with gender identity variations.
The sooner people understand that, they better everyones lives will be.
The same goes for people with gender identity variations.
The sooner people understand that, they better everyones lives will be.
Transitioning has the sole purpose of aligning the body and social aspects of ones life like gender expression and division with that hard wired part of the brain.
That's all it is.
That's all it is.
Imagine a sensation that you personally cannot feel that is so uncomfortable that people end their lives rather than endure it.
You cannot grasp it, but those people can. To the point that they will endure surgery, massive social and economic hardship and face violence.
You cannot grasp it, but those people can. To the point that they will endure surgery, massive social and economic hardship and face violence.
We all need to understand that our experience is not the same as other peoples. We have to be open to that to make a society that everyone can live in peacefully.
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