We all know transgender people are their intragender, transrace people are really their intrarace, and transage folks are really their intra-age. But where does that leave transautistics and transabled folks? (I have a friend that believes transautistics are just regular autistics and should embrace being autistic.) It seems like there’s a disconnect here and I haven’t seen anyone mention it. I also heard someone on pedi describe transopinion as: “you like the idea in theory and you wish you could believe it or feel like you should but you just. cant.” This seems squarely in the “want” camp.
What do you think?
I agree. I figure there’s a comparison to be had with kinship. On one hand there’s “I am literally this” and on the other “I feel a connection to this”, with of course a multitude of varied experiences in between.