Luna Dragofelis ΘΔ🏳️⚧️🐱LunaDragofelis@void.lgbt
Oct 7, 2026, 4:54 PM@RetroSleipnir I actually copied the link when writing the above reply but forgot actually pasting it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanchard's_transsexualism_typology
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RetroHorseRetroSleipnir@mastodon.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:58 PM@LunaDragofelis it sounds like he an axe to grind or he was kind of nuts?
- Luna Dragofelis ΘΔ🏳️⚧️🐱LunaDragofelis@void.lgbtOct 7, 2026, 5:11 PM@RetroSleipnir no, just the usual kind of cis doctor who talks about trans people without actually bothering to talk *with* trans people. Similar problem with doctors talking about autistic people instead of taking with them as equals. And it's a general issue where doctors think they always know better about the patient than the patient themselves, and treating the patient's first person perspective as untrustworthy.
- RetroHorseRetroSleipnir@mastodon.socialOct 7, 2026, 5:13 PM
@LunaDragofelis that's due to doctors relying on measurements too much, measurements created the world we live in, watch Crimes New Roman on this!
- Luna Dragofelis ΘΔ🏳️⚧️🐱LunaDragofelis@void.lgbtOct 7, 2026, 5:23 PM@RetroSleipnir yeah
measurements are very useful in general, but there's some things that are objectively subjective. Pain and gender dysphoria are two very relevant examples in the medical field. Everyone experiences them differently and there's no objective and accurate way to measure them from the outside.