"Trans"

The term "trans" has become both a little tiresome and also laden with every possible incarnation of gender variance. So much so, that there is infighting among gender variant people themselves in online debates I have seen. This is why in my writing I am simplifying things and sticking to dysphoric and non-dysphoric gender variance as baseline terminology.

It's gotten so comical that the behaviour of some people is termed by others to be "trans" when they themselves do not term it thusly.

In the end terminology is only useful if it carries meaning towards an outcome. But if anything all we are seeing are highly customized lifestyles and choices made as unique as the individuals themselves which is fine. Don't get me wrong in that I am in full agreement with leaving people alone, I just think we need to be more specific so we can help gender dysphoric youth to find their way forward and get the assistance they need all the while not treading on the rights of anyone to lead the lifestyle they want or need.

Of course this environment is perfect for gender criticals who grab hold of a bearded non-binary person in a dress and scream sheer lunacy. The general public who is generally obtuse about basic terminology never mind the science (as are many gender variant people themselves) can be led by the nose by these criticals who want nothing better than to quash all of it and gleefully go back to 1850.

So while I have absolutely no qualms with someone who calls themselves a "sissy" and regresses back to childhood being left to live their best life, we need to be just a little more careful with blanket definitions if we are to get to the root of an issue.

I always bring things down to the goal: that we make the gender variant person lead as happy and fruitful a life as possible; one which is as free of prejudice as we can make it. However that being said, I am just not sure this current confusing environment is particularly conducive towards that goal. Maybe in the near future we will be.

As priority, let's focus on no more suicides and reducing the amount of people who feel they have erred post-transition.