Gabe Bell@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIn a world with talking trees and singing animals it makes perfect senselemmy.worldimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down112
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minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoTwist: the potion perfectly transforms all of you so if you’re a trans woman with a male body it turns you into a trans man with a female body.
minus-squareObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThat makes me wonder: what would most trans people prefer, given the choice of two ‘magic wand’ solutions? To remove the dysphoria, or perfect body alteration to the sex that matches the existing gender identity?
minus-squareBluesF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIn my case the latter, and I suspect most would say the same. I’d much rather change my body than who I am.
Twist: the potion perfectly transforms all of you so if you’re a trans woman with a male body it turns you into a trans man with a female body.
That makes me wonder: what would most trans people prefer, given the choice of two ‘magic wand’ solutions? To remove the dysphoria, or perfect body alteration to the sex that matches the existing gender identity?
In my case the latter, and I suspect most would say the same. I’d much rather change my body than who I am.