> Self-acceptance is crucial. However laudable, is that not an ethic rather than an objective assessment? I don't see why that should make us doubt the voices

> Self-acceptance is crucial. However laudable, is that not an ethic rather than an objective assessment? I don't see why that should make us doubt the voices of trans individuals as they describe their situation, even if we might wish for them to achieve self-acceptance. > I suspect that what you call gender dysphoria isn't the prime cause. That's not my terminology; it belongs to the medical establishment. https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/what-is-gender-dysphoria https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphori... It seems to me like you have idiosyncratic experiences, which are perhaps very interesting, but may not apply well to the lives of trans people.