Right now, we live in a world where transness is viewed by many as abnormal and associated with mental disorder. But soon parents, teachers, and legislators will simply believe that our children.
Dysphoria meaning: a state of feeling very unhappy, uneasy, or dissatisfied. This sounds like a definition that applies to the transphobic population. Your daughter sounds like the opposite of this - courageous, happy, and free. And as is evident by the attitudes of the younger generations, your/this statement is true: Soon we’ll live in a world where being trans is unremarkable
I would love nothing more than for my own transness to be utterly boring. I hope it happens in my lifetime.
As for dysphoria, it feels to me (it's unique to each of us) as though it is the constant pressure of an unforgiving and unloving world around me. So if your daughter does not feel this, then you've done an amazing job of helping her build a strong foundation of self-love and acceptance. Well done.
Gender dysphoria is the condition of feeling incongruous in our own body due to external gender markers not matching our felt experience.
It is the congenital medical condition that every trans person has. As with many congenital conditions, there is a large range of intensity for the condition.
Thankfully, the treatment is often straightforward:
Behavioural modification for the mildest cases.
Medication, ie: hormone treatment, for many of us.
Surgery to resolve continued dysphoria when medication alone is insufficient, as is often the case.
When gender dysphoria is considered as the relatively common congenital condition that it is, the treatment we receive is largely similar to that of many other congenital medical conditions: modify behaviour; medication; surgery.
Would I prefer to have not been born with this condition?
Yes. Of course. But that is not my reality, & no anount of wishing things to be different can change my reality.
I am grateful that I have had the opportunity to address my dysphoria, and super grateful for the many wonderful & super self-aware people I have met on this journey.
I hope any parent in crisis over their kid coming out as trans reads this heartfelt and compassionate words from a dad who is raising a trans kid.
Even if it is just one family that is held together instead of broken, whose bonds are forged stronger than before instead of shattered, it will have done good.
Dysphoria meaning: a state of feeling very unhappy, uneasy, or dissatisfied. This sounds like a definition that applies to the transphobic population. Your daughter sounds like the opposite of this - courageous, happy, and free. And as is evident by the attitudes of the younger generations, your/this statement is true: Soon we’ll live in a world where being trans is unremarkable
I would love nothing more than for my own transness to be utterly boring. I hope it happens in my lifetime.
As for dysphoria, it feels to me (it's unique to each of us) as though it is the constant pressure of an unforgiving and unloving world around me. So if your daughter does not feel this, then you've done an amazing job of helping her build a strong foundation of self-love and acceptance. Well done.
Gender dysphoria is the condition of feeling incongruous in our own body due to external gender markers not matching our felt experience.
It is the congenital medical condition that every trans person has. As with many congenital conditions, there is a large range of intensity for the condition.
Thankfully, the treatment is often straightforward:
Behavioural modification for the mildest cases.
Medication, ie: hormone treatment, for many of us.
Surgery to resolve continued dysphoria when medication alone is insufficient, as is often the case.
When gender dysphoria is considered as the relatively common congenital condition that it is, the treatment we receive is largely similar to that of many other congenital medical conditions: modify behaviour; medication; surgery.
Would I prefer to have not been born with this condition?
Yes. Of course. But that is not my reality, & no anount of wishing things to be different can change my reality.
I am grateful that I have had the opportunity to address my dysphoria, and super grateful for the many wonderful & super self-aware people I have met on this journey.
I hope any parent in crisis over their kid coming out as trans reads this heartfelt and compassionate words from a dad who is raising a trans kid.
Even if it is just one family that is held together instead of broken, whose bonds are forged stronger than before instead of shattered, it will have done good.
https://open.substack.com/pub/itsallaboutlogic/p/article-gender-affirming-care-is?r=p5po3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web