Explain to me how that’s invalidating trans people? If I were to say that you need cancer cells to have cancer, would that be invalidating cancer patients? Or if I said you have to experience seizures to be an epileptic - would that be invalidating epileptics? No, it wouldn’t, because epileptics have seizures, and cancer patients have cancer cells. The only one invalidated is the one attempting to claim they are something they’re not.

There are many things said in the trans community, especially these days, that don’t translate well to reality. For instance “I was born in the wrong body” or “You don’t need dysphoria to be transgender”. Both of these statements are used by trans people, therefore they are a part of the trans community and neither really translates well to reality. We are never “born in the wrong body” because our bodies are always our own and therefore cannot be the “wrong” body - they can however be a detriment to us and our mental health. Just like claiming you can be transgender and not experience dysphoria is a detriment to all trans people, the community and our mental health.

Saying this is not an attempt to attack or exile anyone. I don’t hate people who don’t have dysphoria. I don’t wish anyone ill or advocate for violence against them. Quite simply put, it’s not about them at all. It’s about trans individuals who’s lives, livelihood and happiness stand to suffer under the larger perception that one can be “trans” or a part of the “trans community” without experiencing the vary basic, fundamental dysfunction that causes one to be transgender in the first place.



If someone is invalidated by a statement of truth or fact, it isn’t the fault of the person stating truth or fact but rather a fault of the person feeling invalidate for building an identity around something that is factually dishonest. I invalidate no one, they invalidate themselves by being dishonest and disingenuous.

