The error-ridden "WPATH Files" spend 37,000 words telling you what to think. Nowhere is this more obvious than where the authors experience dismay over "suspicious" happiness of trans people.
Erin - your deep analysis and exposure of errors and misrepresentations in the WPATH files is, of course, deeply appreciated by all trans people and their allies, friends and family!
"Despite the suspicion and almost mocking portrayal of the joy gender transition provides to transgender individuals, those who oppose our care will consistently find that our happiness is enduring."
Thank you, Erin. I can't imagine a better way to say it.
My transition was the best decision of my life. My confidence and happiness as a trans man cannot be extinguished. We'll always fight to thrive.
I transitioned in 1993. Something I've often heard is, "Oh! I just can't imagine doing that!".
The problem being that, because they are not trans, they can't relate to it in any way, and, to them, if they can't relate to it, anyone who does must be crazy.
All too often the background in their minds when they are trying to, "figure it out", is a comparative study. Using their own feelings as "normal".
People like that simply can't imagine others having distinctly different feelings and experiences....
Thank you Erin for your personal testimony. I appreciate all the mentoring you have provided me but I am especially moved and grateful for your clarity.
...𝘶𝘮. Way to miss the point by landing on it, y'all!
I mean, forgive me for the bold leap of logic here, but "being happy" seems an awful lot to me like "an improvement in 'actual life situations.'" Exactly like, in point of fact. Shocking, perhaps, to a conservative who thinks that misery is the natural human condition, but it's true: being happy 𝘪𝘴 pretty widely regarded as being better than 𝘯𝘰𝘵 being happy. Being happy, I find, improves 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 life situations. Perhaps they'd understand that if they tried it once in a while.
"Nowhere is this more obvious than where the authors experience dismay over "suspicious" happiness of trans people." <-- Now that's some grade A cognitive dissonance on their part right there! DAMN!
This is fanaticism: I know better than you and I must save you from yourselves, at any cost. See many examples such as the Crusades, Protestants vs Catholics in Europe. Nothing deters fanaticism, everything a fanatic finds is just further proof. E.g. if they say they're all so happy, then that is suspicious.
They claim we're a cult, but we have no religious leader. It is they who act like fanatics.
I’d be even happier if they stopped trying to ban my healthcare
If we're unhappy then it means we regret transitioning. If we're happy then it means we're not being authentic. There's no way to win.
Erin - your deep analysis and exposure of errors and misrepresentations in the WPATH files is, of course, deeply appreciated by all trans people and their allies, friends and family!
"Despite the suspicion and almost mocking portrayal of the joy gender transition provides to transgender individuals, those who oppose our care will consistently find that our happiness is enduring."
Thank you, Erin. I can't imagine a better way to say it.
My transition was the best decision of my life. My confidence and happiness as a trans man cannot be extinguished. We'll always fight to thrive.
It says a lot about people when they treat my happiness as if it's wrong or immaterial.
I transitioned in 1993. Something I've often heard is, "Oh! I just can't imagine doing that!".
The problem being that, because they are not trans, they can't relate to it in any way, and, to them, if they can't relate to it, anyone who does must be crazy.
All too often the background in their minds when they are trying to, "figure it out", is a comparative study. Using their own feelings as "normal".
People like that simply can't imagine others having distinctly different feelings and experiences....
-weezi-🙏💖🙏💜🙏🌄
"Why can't they just be unhappy like me." - Transphobes
Thank you Erin for your personal testimony. I appreciate all the mentoring you have provided me but I am especially moved and grateful for your clarity.
As far as being trans goes I am really fucking happy!
My egg started to crack during Trump, but I couldn't admit it until COVID. Loosing family is still the hardest part, no regrets though.
The line "why won't they just be unhappy" made me laugh out loud 🤣
"...𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 “𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 [𝘸𝘢𝘴] 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥.”"
...𝘶𝘮. Way to miss the point by landing on it, y'all!
I mean, forgive me for the bold leap of logic here, but "being happy" seems an awful lot to me like "an improvement in 'actual life situations.'" Exactly like, in point of fact. Shocking, perhaps, to a conservative who thinks that misery is the natural human condition, but it's true: being happy 𝘪𝘴 pretty widely regarded as being better than 𝘯𝘰𝘵 being happy. Being happy, I find, improves 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 life situations. Perhaps they'd understand that if they tried it once in a while.
I’m definitely happier & would be even happier if they stopped coming after us.
"Nowhere is this more obvious than where the authors experience dismay over "suspicious" happiness of trans people." <-- Now that's some grade A cognitive dissonance on their part right there! DAMN!
That should go in as a textbook example of it.
Thank you, Erin, for all you’re doing. And thank you for sharing your own experience as well.
This is fanaticism: I know better than you and I must save you from yourselves, at any cost. See many examples such as the Crusades, Protestants vs Catholics in Europe. Nothing deters fanaticism, everything a fanatic finds is just further proof. E.g. if they say they're all so happy, then that is suspicious.
They claim we're a cult, but we have no religious leader. It is they who act like fanatics.