Lil devils x said:
Just as one can be a man or a woman, they can be a two spirit, that IS HUMAN, and it is insulting to all of those who take pride in being two spirit to claim they are not.
Where did I do this? I renounce what you think I am. That is what I renounce. Because I disagree on your analysis of my condition does not mean I'm belittling an entire culture.
Lil devils x said:
If your brain scans show you to be between to male and female spectrum, that is what would be defined as two spirit by definition.
How about if you let people identify, and self authenticate themselves rather than pretending you have any right to?
Lil devils x said:
The brain scans of males, female, and transgenders are different, and the transgender brain is neither male or female, and they should be proud of this, it is natural and healthy. In Native American cultures, these people are called two spirits, that is not an insult, or degrading it is what they are called instead of transgender. Many consider transgender to be more of a degrading term than two spirits and prefer to use that solely to define themselves.
And yet ... given I am transgender, you find my personal input invalid in regards to my self identification? Come now ... you'll need stronger. Does it at all surprise you that trans people consider themselves man or woman based on their own self authentication? If you are going to call these people liars, then what right do you have to summon my respect for superstition as key to understanding self?
Lil devils x said:
It is great that those things helped you with what you decided was wrong with your life, the issue though is what you experienced in your life that made you feel you needed to both externally and internally. Societies expectations of what it means to be male or female are part of the problem, not all societies make people feel as though they have to be one or the other in the first place. You cannot rewind and erase everything you have been exposed to since birth and change how your own perceptions of what it means to be male and female to auto correct all of the negative data you have received, but some who were instead celebrated for being two spirit never developed a negative self image, instead they loved themselves just he way they are.
I experienced philosophy, actually. It give me the means to articulate my despair ... and it gave me the strength to realise that my self expression is not merely valid, but also a stepping stone to achieving a society that can be free from artificial ideas of the essentialism of mankind. I didn't choose to physically change because of society's ideas of man or woman, but rather on my belief that there is no universal man or woman for anyone to make any valid criticism of a transgender identity.
Lil devils x said:
It is great these things helped you, and I hope they continue to help you, Some however, do not see that there is anything wrong on themselves that needs to be fixed, nor should they be pressured to.
Of course not. I am, if nothing else, a libertarian.
Lil devils x said:
If we change societies view of " what is normal" we will also change how people view themselves. When it becomes normal and considered a great thing to be two spirited, less people will have the desire to change themselves because they will already feel normal.
The problem is not feeling you are perfect to begin with, what in your environment made you feel that way, and how we go about making everyone feel as they are perfect the way they are so they all have a positive self image from the start.
And yet just as it is not for people to pretend there is normal, nor is it for you to determine who is 'two spirit'. Certainly not without the persona so identified. Why not listen to them first, to see how they feel?
Lil devils x said:
Medical consensus disproves what? My choice fields of study were Immunology and Pediatric Medicine, and I am fully aware that the studies have shown and that the transgender brain scans have shown that their brains are neither male or female, but in between. I think you misunderstand, I am not saying that you should not have surgeries if that is what you feel you need. However, I am stating that we need to address the issues in society that are pressuring people into thinking they are broken and need fixed, when they are not.
Medical consensus shows that treatment, hrt and surgical, if so desired reduces cases of suicide and increases general social participation. Though I dislike this idea that people 'need to be fixed' ....
Whilst certainly, many transgender people articulate this as such, I see it more in terms of self authentication. Something I will myself to be. It's my choice, regardless ... I see it less as fixing a problem, but rather being more true to self. Being unfaithful to one's idea of self is not necessarily a person who is 'broken'.
Indeed, I hold in confidence a gay friend who came out to me, but is afraid of what his family will say. Pretending, in the mean time, if only to give him a chance to properly come out on his own time. I do not see him as 'broken', but I do see him as reaching for his self authentication in all aspects of his life.
He is striving for it. It is a part of his character. Not broken, merely human. A crime we're all guilty of.
