gengen said: ↑ I am a member of the trans community already so I am *very* aware of all that you are saying. I don't associate being trans with having a penis, as you put it. Being trans is a whole lot more than anatomy, as I'm sure you would agree. I do realize that a lot of transwomen don't want to identify as trans, but I view that as part of being in a society so entrenched with cissexism and transmisogyny. Click to expand...

Hmm... you yourself explained that you are trans because cisgender people don't feel dysphoria. The thing is, I don't relate with the experience of wanting to have a penis (Which is the source of your dysphoria according to your words.), so the one thing that connects us in context of being trans - gender dysphoria is also the biggest difference between us. If I was born in a female body I wouldn't be trans, I would be cisgender. I went through living hell because I was born in the wrong body. It's all about the body and the need to align my body with my innate gender which is simply female. With this in mind, anatomy is most definitely a major part of what it means to be trans for me.This has nothing to do with cissexism or transmisogyny, I am not ashamed of being trans (Which I am) or of who I am as a person but I do know that I am after all a woman and as such, I would like to have a body that reflects that and I want others to see me as nothing but a woman. Let me ask you something, are you ashamed of being female? Is identifying as cisgender something that you feel uncomfortable with? If yes, Why? What does the trans woman identity actually mean to you beyond the dysphoria that you feel?