What the fuck. This is my favorite thing now
I have to frame this
I have tried telling people my pronouns, but the town I live in is stuck in the 90s where trans jokes are still "funny" and enby's are just confused. Only the small queer group I've joined has used my preference. I'm afraid to even try now with cheeto dust settling into every nook and cranny across the states.
Close! He is a member of a "prestigious" (please imagine highly sarcastic air quotes) British acting family. He's done his best to gatekeep acting from the poors. And since covid he's been doing his best American alt-right impressions, running for political seats he doesn't have a prayer to win, and losing a ton of money doing so.
He's unfortunately also been in a few of my favorite shows :/
That actor is a shit head that calls queer men pedophiles, to the point that he's been sued several times
I got your message, but I can't seem to get the reply through.
Here's what I wrote back:
I think you get to define that the way that fits best. Calling it gender euphoria can be understandable by a large audience. We called medical treatments "gender affirming" when they were still gate-kept for cis people. Breast reconstruction or testicle implants, laser hair removal, and hormones for elder individuals, for just a small list. But, let me challenge the idea in a different way. If a person loses a body part that is intrinsically linked to how they experience, or want to experience the world, what should we call it when they can get that function back? A cis man who has surgery to return function to his penis could feel gender euphoria. I actually know someone who had an adult circumcision who explained it that way. On the other hand, an amputee can experience euphoria when they're able to hold their child again, or a hearing impaired child when they hear their mother's voice for the first time. Plastic surgery often has the same effect.
For me, I feel dysphoric about the female parts of my body, despite the fact that I'm still fem presenting. And likely always will be. It's my body that's wrong, not my presentation. So, I think for me it is gender euphoria even tho I don't have a gender in my head
It's incredible that they are doing this for him. Schizophrenia is one of those disorders that is incredibly difficult to manage, because the person doesn't often recognize that there is something wrong and they need treatment.
It runs in my family, and can really be devastating without enough support.
I had an ex proudly tell me that was his high school nickname. I'm ace, and somehow neither of us realized what the problem would be
I'm either binging or restricting. There is no "healthy food intake" season of my life yet. Getting there! Going from a stimulant to clonidine has actually helped a ton
Sidewalks and 15-25mph speed limits go a long way. Would be nice if there was little community stores for staples embedded in the neighborhood, but that's a foreign concept in American suburbs
Everyone's favorite guessing game: Why am I blacking out this time?
Have I had enough salt today? Water? Maybe not enough sleep? Am I anemic again?
Yes. It's why I'm in university in middle age, acquiring science degrees. Unfortunately most of what I've learned is "we don't know yet"!