Transmedicalism

Transmedicalism is broadly defined as the belief that being transgender is contingent upon experiencing gender dysphoria or undergoing medical treatment in transitioning.[1][2][3] Transmedicalists, sometimes referred to as truscum by others or by themselves,[3][4] believe that individuals who identify as transgender but who do not experience gender dysphoria or undergo a medical transition—through methods such as sex reassignment surgery or hormone replacement therapy—are not genuinely transgender.[2][3]

Critics of transmedicalism argue that the belief pathologizes having a transgender identity, does not reflect the experiences of all trans people, and creates undue restrictions on access to transgender-related care.[5]

References

1. Vincent, Ben (2018). Transgender Health: A Practitioner's Guide to Binary and Non-Binary Trans Patient Care. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 126–127. ISBN 978-1785922015.
2. Earl, Jessie (October 21, 2019). "What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize?". Pride.com. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
3. Fontaine, Andie (August 2, 2019). "The New Frontier: Trans Rights In Iceland". The Reykjavík Grapevine. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
4. Williams, Rachel Anne (2019). Transgressive: A Trans Woman On Gender, Feminism, and Politics. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 129. ISBN 978-1785926471. [...] trans medicalists themselves have self-consciously reappropriated the term 'truscum' to describe their position.
5. Zhang, Christoph M. (August 7, 2019). "Biopolitical and Necropolitical Constructions of the Incarcerated Trans Body" (PDF). Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. 37 (2): 257–299. doi:10.7916/cjgl.v37i2.2787. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

Further reading

• Holleb, Morgan Lev Edward (2019). The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 295. ISBN 978-1785923425.

External links

• The dictionary definition of transmedicalism at Wiktionary