It's a defect. It's a mental illness. That means that something went wrong. There was probably something wrong with the genes. Genetic defects do exist.
So first you're saying being trans is because of an illness. That's what I'm getting. Whoa.
But why are they so common now? Or have they always been?Restraining myself from asking more questions.Are some people faking it?Yes. Some people disagree, but lots and lots of research says that dysphoria (which is what makes people trans) is a mental illness. But if it wasn't a real mental illness, then most surgeons wouldn't require people to have an official diagnosis of gender dysphoria before taking hormone medication or having a gender reassignment surgery.
And it's probably more common now for 3 reasons:
- LGBT acceptance is growing, so people are becoming more comfortable and feeling safer when coming out as trans.
- Unfortunately… some people are faking it. They're making it a trend, and it's disgusting. You can't just diagnose yourself with an illness you don't have and make it seem cool, because it's not. Being trans fucking sucks. Dysphoria makes you hate your body every day, and some people who have really bad dysphoria get suicidal because they can't stand the body they have. These people are making us look like a joke. (It's also causing several people to de-transition, which is a whole different topic)
- Misinformation is being spread about being transgender, and people are misdiagnosing themselves. People who have self esteem/body image issues think they have dysphoria just because they don't like their body. Girls who are more masculine might think they're trans, and boys who are more feminine might think they're trans. Some people go as far as transitioning, and then get real dysphoria because their body doesn't match their brain structure anymore.
Does this mean people that say they are male one day and female the next are just faking? Or do you have an explanation for that?
People could be doing that for several reasons. Some are faking, others have dysphoria that doesn't affect them as harshly some days (some days they hate their body so much they want to die, others they're sort of okay with it. Intensity of dysphoria can change, just like anxiety, depression, and any other mental illness). These people are usually trans non binary (like I am, however I don't switch between genders). Others believe they're two genders different days, but they aren't. They just like expressing themselves in both masculine in feminine ways. Like a girl might sometimes like to dress masculine, but sometimes she will dress very feminine. She might believe this alone changes her gender, but it doesn't.
