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 Title: Yes, the Only Real Trans Woman Is a Transitioned Trans Woman
 Date: 2020-01-01 
 Category: commentary
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 Status: draft
 
 > I'm beginning to wonder if he's constructed an entire system of moral philosophy around the effects of the loyalty mod—a prospect that makes me distinctly uneasy. It would hardly be the first time a victim of mental illness has responded to their affliction that way—but it would certainly be the first time I've found myself in the vulnerable position of sharing the brain-damaged prophet's impairment, down to the last neuron.
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 > —_Quarantine_ by Greg Egan
 
-People who are concerned with social justice tend to be rightfully skeptical when a privileged straight white man complains about identity politics. That's why, when the topic is misogyny or racism, I generally _shut up_—even if I might privately _think_ I have something true and relevant to say about the costs of the culture of the political left socializing people to think of themselves as helpless victims of a kyriarchical society, I also realize that I don't have standing to speak on this issue. I'm not a woman or a racial minority; I don't have their lived experience; I _don't know what it's like_ to face the challenges they face.
+People who are concerned with social justice tend to be rightfully skeptical when privileged straight white men like me complain about identity politics. That's why, when the topic is misogyny or racism, I _shut up_—even if I might occasionally privately _think_ I might have something true and relevant to say about the costs of the culture of the political left teaching people to think of themselves as helpless victims of a kyriarchical society, I also realize that my opinion doesn't matter. I'm not a woman or a racial minority; I don't have their lived experience; I _don't know what it's like_ to face the challenges they face. I don't have standing to speak.
 
-But when the designated victim group is _straight boys who wish they were girls_, then suddenly _I have standing_. Girl, do I have standing! And I will put an _end_ to this _toxic bullshit_, because I am nobody's victim.
+But social progress marches on, and as old grievances recede into the mists of history, new ones take their place, and when the day comes to pass that the designated victim group of our age is _straight boys who wish they were girls_, then suddenly, _I have standing_. Girl, do _I have standing!_ And I will put an _end_ to this _toxic bullshit_, because I am nobody's victim.
 
-(critique of https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42#.5dlc2qog6
+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—
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+_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.
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+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, 
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+He _said_ he's not planning to transition. He said it in the title!
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+> Resentments on the theme of "the only real transwoman is an out transwoman."
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+Fantasizing about being a girl is not the same thing as somehow already _literally_ being a girl.
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+When I remarked on this to a acquaintence
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+> I suspect "transsexual" is related to "gay" but this doesn’t bother me.
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+Sometimes it is! Not in your case, though.
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+The story related in this article is that of a male with gender dysphoria.
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+https://medium.com/@jencoates/i-am-a-transwoman-i-am-in-the-closet-i-am-not-coming-out-4c2dd1907e42#.5dlc2qog6
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+> I wonder what this means — if the fact that I prefer girls is evidence of my boyhood.