This thread has the potential to attract the wrong crowd, so just making this clear: this community will not tolerate trans-medicalism or any other kind of invalidation. This is a safe space for all trans people, those medically transitioning and those not.
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Transmed = If you don't medically transition you're not trans
Truscum = If you're not crippled by dysphoria, you're not trans
They're both gatekeepers that have latched on to whichever particular form of gatekeeping aligns with their own experience of being trans, and decided that that is the only way to be trans.
ohhh I see, ye I knew of these kinds of people but didn't know those were the terms used for them, ty for the info! :>
but what does the word "truscum" mean? like is it an acronym turned into a word or what?
If i remember correctly they appropriated the name as a group. You'll often see/hear them refer to the people they target as 'tucutes'- a name they also appropriated (again iirc). as far as i know the names are just ironic.
huh tucutes without the R? or did u mean trucutes? cuz if it was the later I'd guess its tru(whatever that means)-scum/cute but why would they call themselves scum and call the people they target cute? X3 maybe because they think u need to feel like scum to be trans and if u feel cute u're not really trans? and maybe "tru" does mean "true" cuz they think they're "true trans"
Anyway I think I'm overthinking again X3
It's all ironic names. Likely to confuse. it's definitely tucute without the R, as in 'too cute'.
ohhh okie! Thanks for the help :3
truscum do sometimes call themselves 'true trans' as well.
Ok, so I have a related question.
I thought I had seen "transcum" before.
Is that the same thing, or did I misread something?
I also thought I had seen that X3 ye I think we just misread it but I dunno, maybe that's a real term too
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Trevor Project: crisis mental health services for LGBTQ people, lots of helpful information and resources: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
The Gender Dysphoria Bible: useful info on various aspects of gender dysphoria: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en
StainedGlassWoman: Various useful essays on trans topics: https://stainedglasswoman.substack.com/
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[USA] Resources for trans people in the South: https://southernequality.org/resources/transinthesouth/#provider-map
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