My _hope_ is that my case is different—or rather, that I can _make_ my case different. I _expect_ that most people go into this with a mindset of, "Well, I think I might be trans, but I'm not sure," and conclude from their enjoyment of each successive intervention in isolation that yes, they do in fact have the atomic Trans Identity and are in fact a trans woman. Whereas I'm going into this with the mindset of, "Blanchard–Bailey–Lawrence is _obviously correct_, the standard gender-identity narrative is _mendacious bullshit_, and everyone who says otherwise is ignorant, delusional, or lying." My hope is that if you _know_ about autogynephilia and you _know_ about this progression, you can set limits _in advance_ about what interventions to use (and more importantly, _not_ to use), and _stop_ at a more profitable point on the slope.
My _hope_ is that my case is different—or rather, that I can _make_ my case different. I _expect_ that most people go into this with a mindset of, "Well, I think I might be trans, but I'm not sure," and conclude from their enjoyment of each successive intervention in isolation that yes, they do in fact have the atomic Trans Identity and are in fact a trans woman. Whereas I'm going into this with the mindset of, "Blanchard–Bailey–Lawrence is _obviously correct_, the standard gender-identity narrative is _mendacious bullshit_, and everyone who says otherwise is ignorant, delusional, or lying." My hope is that if you _know_ about autogynephilia and you _know_ about this progression, you can set limits _in advance_ about what interventions to use (and more importantly, _not_ to use), and _stop_ at a more profitable point on the slope.