CMV: By choosing to switch your pronouns/gender you are just giving power to the labels and stereotypes associated with each of those pronouns.

There are trans women (male-to-female) who are not feminine at all and would be referred to as tomboys or butches had they been born female. The opposite, trans men (female-to-male) who are feminine, willingly choosing to are anecdotally super common as well.

So why are people trans? We don’t really know for sure, but then again, we know very little about mental health in general. Being trans has possibly the most straightforward ailment (transitioning) of any type of mental distress. The suicide rate is lowered an insane amount. People would kill to find something as effective as transitioning for other types of mental distress or illnesses. We don’t have anything close for illnesses like bipolar, OCD, BPD etc.

When I say I have OCD no one expects to have an answer as to why. Yet trans people constantly have to justify themselves.

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