Transgenderism is a baffling subject, and one I’m no expert in. Alas, I have spent my fare share of faggotry on /lgbt/ and therefore have witnessed some...things. So here’s a bee that’s been buzzing in my bonnet. Obviously, someone’s reasoning for transition are typically psychological (hence the high rates of autism and mental illness that appear in transgender people) and therefore ridiculously hard to understand. Because of the psychological aspect of transgenderism, it tends to attract people with more pathological motivations. Of course some do it because they’re degenerates who have hit rock bottom (Tommy Tooter), while some tend do it for attention (Yaniv), and others do it for pervertedly sexual reasons (Contrapoints).
This is kind of my problem with Blanchardist AGP vs HSTS theory (along with the fact that it is a very specific construct applied in a psychological and sociological perspective to a large group of people, and will therefore have the flaws that come with that whole academic shtick), as it uses sexuality in its primary reason for transition. This and other non-flowery attempts at categorizing and pathologizing transsexuals ignore the abundance of factors that come into play. Factors which are often found in the most exceptional of people.
