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Re:A 69-year-old man asks to be declared 49, claiming age is... by rectang on Thursday November 08, 2018 @10:03AM (#18406667)
> Self-acceptance is crucial.

However laudable, is that not an ethic rather than an objective assessment? I don't see why that should make us doubt the voices of trans individuals as they describe their situation, even if we might wish for them to achieve self-acceptance.

> I suspect that what you call gender dysphoria isn't the prime cause.

That's not my terminology; it belongs to the medical establishment.

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphori...

It seems to me like you have idiosyncratic experiences, which are perhaps very interesting, but may not apply well to the lives of trans people.

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