transmedicalism
Sign in to saveAlso known as trans-medicalism, trans-medical, transfundamentalism, trans-fundamentalism, trans-fundamentalist, trans-medicalist, transmedicalist, truscum
Transmedicalism is the belief that being transgender is primarily a medical issue marked by gender dysphoria and treated via medical transition (i.e., hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery). Transmedicalists (or transmeds) believe trans people who do not experience dysphoria or desire medical assistance are not authentically transgender, and label them . They may also exclude non-binary people. There are divides and debates among transmedicalists on the exact definition of who counts as transgender.
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Transmedicalism is the belief that being transgender is primarily a medical issue marked by gender dysphoria and treated via medical transition (i.e., hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery). Transmedicalists (or transmeds) believe trans people who do not experience dysphoria or desire medical assistance are not authentically transgender, and label them . They may also exclude non-binary people. There are divides and debates among transmedicalists on the exact definition of who counts as transgender.
Transmedicalists are sometimes referred to as truscum, a term coined on Tumblr meaning "true transsexual scum" which they have since reappropriated. Those who believe that gender dysphoria is not required to be transgender are sometimes called , meaning "too cute to be cisgender". Transmedicalists dismiss transgender people they consider inauthentic as transtrenders.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “transmedicalism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.