Like, so genders are social construct and different from biological “sex”, but identifying as a different “gender” requires surgery to change your “sex”? Is “gender” just personality? I’m so confused
Edit: also, the idea trans-affirming surgery and hormones is also absolutely horrifying to me for some reason; just, ouch
All that is required to be trans is to not identify with your assigned gender at birth.
Medical transition (which includes surgery, HRT, hair removal, voice training, etc) is not required to be trans as this would exclude people who want to medically transition but cannot due to regressive government policy, lack of health insurance/affordability issues, conflicting medical issues, etc. and people who do not want or need to medically transition to express their gender.
That makes sense. Even as I was reading your comment I was thinking of it and thought “well if they didn’t have x or y or z surgery that they listed, I think they would still definitely be transitioning into their preferred gender”. I think the word “transitioning” was one of the biggest game changers for me that made me realize that it’s not completely a physical concept. Thanks for the answer, I’m excited to learn more about this topic, I see some good sources in these comments