Thank you for the historical material. It isn't my area so I was unable to defend Prince or determine if the allegations raised were in any way true or false.
I did point out to her that the current TG community seeks no claims on the TS zone unless they're actually getting surgery and have a type of GID diagnosis. And that they actually have more credibility than transsexuals (especially the Neo HBS separatists) could really hope for in this day and age of increasing gender deconstructionism.
I would ask this, is TS being considered a part of TG somehow damaging or problematic? According to the structure of the terminology right now, TS is a part of TG, and while it might be a little bit less enlightening to use the umbrella term, I don't see how it would be damaging.
Unless of course these people are claiming that all TG folk want surgery and hormones. That would be a problem
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I did point out to her that the current TG community seeks no claims on the TS zone unless they're actually getting surgery and have a type of GID diagnosis. And that they actually have more credibility than transsexuals (especially the Neo HBS separatists) could really hope for in this day and age of increasing gender deconstructionism.
I would ask this, is TS being considered a part of TG somehow damaging or problematic? According to the structure of the terminology right now, TS is a part of TG, and while it might be a little bit less enlightening to use the umbrella term, I don't see how it would be damaging.
Unless of course these people are claiming that all TG folk want surgery and hormones. That would be a problem