Comment by HardwareLust
8 hours ago
Gender dysphoria isn't in decline, they've just gone back into hiding since society is regressing back to 1955 levels of racism and bigotry.
All you did was chase them into the closet, and they'll be back.
8 hours ago
Gender dysphoria isn't in decline, they've just gone back into hiding since society is regressing back to 1955 levels of racism and bigotry.
All you did was chase them into the closet, and they'll be back.
I think it’s a hair more complicated than that but directionally correct.
I think gender is stupid, I have just always hated gender norms, but I’m also not crazy about labels. There was a moment, probably prior to 2023 where I experimented with the term non-binary because that’s where the culture was. And now, I would probably just not answer that question in the surveys. But I didn’t change, I still think gender is stupid, and I’m either cishet male or non-binary pansexual depending on how deep into the conversation we get.
This whole thing is overblown in the first place. It’s weird for a magazine called skeptic to show an assertive preference for binary definitions of gender and sexuality.
I think everyone should question their gender. The idea that you should try and conform to some definition of what society thinks you should be based on your genitals is crazy. How your formulate your personality should be way more dynamic than that.
In the article it states: “Faced with mounting evidence that trans is in decline, some progressive and transactivist writers have shifted to arguing that Republican attacks on their movement have pushed trans people back into the closet. However, the FIRE data shows that non-binary students self-censor their opinions less than other students, and feel as free as anyone else to voice their views on transgender issues, with no change after Donald Trump took office for the second time. Accounting for the political views of non-binary students and their peers, there is no evidence that the speech climate for non-binary students worsened on red state campuses more than blue state campuses after 2024. This is not about trans people going back into the closet.”
I greatly enjoyed
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/rainbow-trap-9781350429680/
which talks about the harm that labels do to people with variant sexual and identity and makes the case that "transgender-cisgender" is itself a binary that divides and obscures the truth. Similarly, "non-binary" creates a binary. 20 years ago you have have an alternative gender expression and maybe have some challenges but today it may be harder rather than easier because people are polarized about it.
Non-binary people and binary trans people have different incentives. In the ideal of most binary trans people they blend in and are indistinguishable from cis people. Going undetected is safest for them. That is not the case for we non-binary. Our various ideals most often would not afford us the "luxury" of blending in that way. Our safety is gained from gathering allies. To do so we must be bold and loud so we are known, and can attract like-minds to our side.
If their data can be believed, the peak was 2023, and the decline started by 2024. So I'm not sure your explanation matches their data.