Wishing input on possibly problematic character???
Okay well if that's not priming this for negative reaction, I don't know what will <_<
My character Paige, as seen in one of my comics and around in my art. Identifies female, but is intersex/altersex. Setting wise though, being publicly identifying as altersex is perfectly valid.
Like, she's been a bit of an odd trans analog? But it's much more family pressure than body dysphoria. Will get into that seperately to make it at least less of an initial giant post.
Basically.... like.... she's cool yeah? I'm not sure trans really fits her? Not sure what flag she'd fall under.
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Paige was raised in a family that didn't have altersex individuals in the bloodline, at least not acknowledged as such. And parents who were A Little Bit shitty about the fact they were 'pure' in this regard. Religious beliefs and all.
So Paige was raised to be embarrassed of her sex, and under an incorrect gender... which after some soul searching, she definitely is fine with being ID'd as female, but has moved on to just being comfortable with her body since.
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@Draekos My opinion probably means little as someone who isn't intersex but: as a genderqueer person I think it's a good thing? like, she's almost trans _away_ from being nb, which is perfectly valid?
but this might rub some actual intersex people the wrong way so I would advise getting their input too
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@Felthry yeah that's the next step. But figured I'd put the ping out here.
Like, a lot of it is me just not being sure what flag to put her under because like... she doesn't have the dysphoria that feels kinda needed to be trans? Or rather, the dysphoria she had was family pressure.
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@Felthry admittedly, "I feel the need to identify as trans" is generally enough gender dysphoria in my books to be valid <_< I realise I'm in a bit of a minority looking at it that way but I'm not trying to be shitty to those lucky folks who don't deal with the deep body dysphoria problems.
ANYWAY, I don't... I don't know if she would call herself trans? Kinda why I made the post to get some input from folks to see fi that may just be what she still is? Weird wording this morning. Sorry.
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@Draekos I mean, "you have to be dysphoric to be trans" is some real transmedicalist nonsense so I wouldn't put much stock in it
if she calls herself trans then she is. if not, then she isn't. that's all that's necessary in my book.