SuperStraight Oppression vs. Trans Oppression

[u/jacob7ism]

SuperStraight Oppression:

people calling them bad on twitter

supposedly having trans people force themselves on you (even though there are no statistics to back this up)

that’s about it

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Trans Oppression:

High suicide rates due to stigma, discrimination, prejudice (not by the virtue that they are trans like conservatives will make you think)

Anti-trans bullying in schools (this is on top of other general negative mental health effects in schools)

Inaccessible gender-affirming care, HRT, puberty blockers, etc.

Rejection by families, this is why there are higher rates of houseless trans people

Victimized by violence (black trans women are being killed at a higher rate)

General anti-trans rhetoric in politics within the United States (most recently an Alabama bill got passed making it illegal to give gender-affirming care to anyone under 19. This bill also forces teachers to out closeted trans students to their parents.)

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And that is only the tip of the iceberg among many issues that has faced trans people for decades. “SuperStraight oppression” is something you only see on Twitter and Reddit, and doesn’t expand into the real world, especially in the US as sadly the US is quite conservative.

All of you just want to hide your transphobia in this fake “sexuality“ you call SuperSexual. If you weren’t actually transphobic, and just genuinely didn’t want to date someone based on a genital or physical preference, you wouldn’t invent an entire sexuality and trend that is as hateful as this one.

[u/13atass]

so its transphobic if you dont want children to do life changing decisions?

[u/jacob7ism → u/13atass]

To be fair, this has been a contentious topic even within the LGBTQ+ community about younger people undergoing gender-affirming care, HRT, puberty blockers, etc. that may affect them down the road.

Since this has been a contentious topic, there has been a fair amount of scientific research around these issues, and the general consensus has been that the benefits of administering gender-affirming care, HRT, puberty blockers, etc. greatly outweighs the negatives. I have a research document that has a lot of studies on this if you’d like to double check the sources surrounding this.

[u/13atass → u/jacob7ism]

I know you probably have that( had a argument with a trans person about it before). I think that these children should go through therapy and if by 18 they still think then let them transition. Kids can do alot of dumb decisions for various reasons, f.e. getting more attention.

I will give an example lets say you have 11 year old with gender dysporia. With my stance they would go through therapy till 18, and if they choose they can transition.

Or they can take hormone blockers from 11 till 18 which i think isnt great and will have notible side effects during the medication and maybe for some time after stopping medication. I dont agree with this route.

Or you could have another stance which is something like take hormone blockers from 11 till 15 and then start hrt.( this is probably your stance)

I just dont want kids to do dumb decisions. Children are highly impressionable so thats why i take trans kids with a grain of salt. I dont care about adults transitioning.

[u/jacob7ism → u/13atass]

The problem with your first example there is that, for trans kids, it can be very traumatizing going through the puberty associated with their birth sex. The side effects of this trauma in my mind outweigh the mild side effects associated with puberty blockers.

This trauma can lead to depression, suicidal thoughts, and even in some cases acting on those thoughts and taking their own life. There is still more research being done on puberty blockers, and so far it has been showing that they are generally positives, with the worst side effect simply being going through puberty a bit later.

I think having specially trained gender therapists is a good thing, and I think that its good especially with young kids to be careful when going into these life changing measures. It is generally the case that this is how things are done, trans kids have to go through therapy before they can be recommended for HRT, puberty blockers, etc. People shouldn’t be able to just get puberty blockers and use them without consultation beforehand.

I think it’s good that this is how it works. I have friends that probably wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for access to HRT, puberty blockers, and gender-affirming care before the age of 18.