So, someone posed a question to anti-truscum and tucutes (i.e. people who claim to be trans with no dysphoria), and this is a conversation (I've decided to bold the responder to the question for easier reading):
I was wondering, for the people who are anti-truscum or just not truscum, what is your definition of trans? What requirements should you have, what do you need, to be trans?
You are trans if you do not fully identify as the gender you were assigned at birth.
Can you expand further on this? Some people might say that meaning “you don’t adhere to gender stereotypes” (which does not make you trans in any way) but others might say it meaning “you feel a disconnect with the gender you were assigned at birth” (which sounds like dysphoria and depending on what the disconnect is then yes).
There’s nothing to expand on. You were assigned a gender at birth, and if later you say, “This gender is not an accurate description of my gender, but this other gender or lack of gender is,” then you have the right to call yourself trans. It’s not about being gender nonconforming. It’s about actually identifying as a different gender than the one you were assigned or as no gender.
Yes, the part that needs to be expanded on is the identify part. What does it mean to identify as another gender?
I say, “I am male.” I identify as male. That’s it. You say, “I identify as this. Please refer to me by this identity.”
Yes, but how did you or anyone for that matter come to the conclusion that they identify with a certain gender? What was the driving factor that led them to this conclusion?
I don’t fucking know. And honestly it doesn’t matter. You don’t need to understand something to know that it’s true or to respect it and accept it as truth. I don’t fucking understand rocket science, but I sure as fuck believe what rocket scientists say about rockets.
A third person responded to that last bit with:
But apparently you don’t believe what dysphoric trans people (aka trans people) say about what makes someone trans (ie dysphoria).
Edit: Also, according to urban dictionary, tucutes also support the "nounself" (bunself, faeself, etc.) movement.
Edit Edit: Don't visit the truscum or tucute tags. It has enough vitriol and hatred to break this thread.