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 But—_who_ is "cis", and therefore OK to lie to? Am _I_ cis? If we don't have clear public diagnostic criteria of what it means to be transgender, how am I supposed to _tell_? [I'm sick of this.](http://unremediatedgender.space/2017/Jan/im-sick-of-being-lied-to/)
 
 
 But—_who_ is "cis", and therefore OK to lie to? Am _I_ cis? If we don't have clear public diagnostic criteria of what it means to be transgender, how am I supposed to _tell_? [I'm sick of this.](http://unremediatedgender.space/2017/Jan/im-sick-of-being-lied-to/)
 

-having to argue that "HRT is not cosmetic"
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+having to argue that "HRT is not cosmetic"
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+from a 2007 notebook—
+> & I'm sorry if this is simply normal maleness directed down an unusual channel—as they say, _autogynephillia_—it's a terrible theory, the BBL nonsense theory—intended to sweep up all transwomen—but it swept up _me_. (But _I'm not trans_.)
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+Aella's thing about men turning into werewolfs—I'm a well-behaved werewolf. I retain my vocabulary, and transform back into a man when my wolf-form tries to escalate and the lady says "No."
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+ * practice of deferring to designated-victim trans women _makes the trans
+   women worse people_: if you know that you can win a dispute by playing the
+   transphobia card, that incentive shapes your life (Moldbug: discussion of
+   "ignoble privilege" in "Gentle Introduction" pt. 3)
+    * kind of like how _the right to be sued_ is an important part of legal
+      personhood: the possibility of recourse is necessary for trust