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-Title: Yes, the Only Real Trans Woman Is a Transitioned Trans Woman
+Title: Yes, the Only Real Transwoman Is a Transitioned Transwoman
 Date: 2020-01-01 
 Category: commentary
 Tags: discourse, autogynephilia
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ But social progress marches on, and as old grievances recede into the mists of h
 
 An interesting blog post titled ["I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out."](https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42) was making the rounds in my social-media bubble earlier last year. In it, the author, Jennifer Coates, describes his—
 
-_Yes_. Yes, I went there. Yes, I [know](http://www.entirelyamelia.com/2014/01/02/misgendering-okay-justifiable-yes-big-deal/) how [offensive]() that is. But I have a point to make.
+_Yes_. Yes, I went there. Yes, I know how [offensive]() that is. But I have a point to make.
 
-This is a blog post about a young man's stuggles with gender dysphoria: ever since childhood, he's desperately wished to be a girl, 
+In this post, the author describes his stuggles with gender dysphoria: ever since childhood, he's desperately wished to be a girl, and 
 
 
 He _said_ he's not planning to transition. He said it in the title!
@@ -27,18 +27,20 @@ He _said_ he's not planning to transition. He said it in the title!
 
 
 
+Fantasizing about being a girl is _not the same thing_ as somehow already _literally_ being a girl! It's good to have fantasies. It's good to make one's fantasies real with
 
-Fantasizing about being a girl is not the same thing as somehow already _literally_ being a girl.
+But _distinguishing between fantasy and reality_ is kind of an important life skill!
 
-When I remarked on this to a acquaintence
+When I complained about this to a acquaintence who believes in gender identities, she said that it's not _conflating_ fantasizing about a girl with actually being a girl; rather, fantasizing about being a girl is _probabilistic evidence_ for being a girl.
 
+I concede that this is an improvement. But here's the thing: _it wasn't supposed to be a difficult scientific question_.
 
 
 > I suspect "transsexual" is related to "gay" but this doesn’t bother me.
 
 Sometimes it is! Not in your case, though.
 
-The story related in this article is that of a male with gender dysphoria.
+
 
 https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42#.5dlc2qog6