A quick addendum: I claim that this post is basically a better explanation of what’s actually going on, inside the heads of trans people Blanchard would have classified as AGP. But I still think there’s a genuine two-type typology of trans people. I wonder: Is there an equivalent, better explanation waiting to be found for the other group? The group Blanchard would classify as HSTS?
One simple observation about the HSTS cluster: it seems to me like they try to be “actual” women, without as many caveats about gender nonconformism or strong ties to transfem culture. I’m an AGP/anime-girl trans girl, and many “mainstream” trans women seem kind of alien to me, in the same mental category as cis women
“personally I think a lot of white transgender women would benefit from not basing their entire ideas of femininity on the wrong anime girls. as a woman you’re supposed to be defined by your mother’s failings”
soooo true. re: the wrong anime girls: there are some anime girls who i think make for better role models for transfems with somewhat masculine personalities. for instance, major kusanagi from the ghost in the shell franchise is an awesome, beautiful, ultra-competent badass. these days, i’m aspiring to be more like her, rather than an ultra-cutesy k-on! character.
A quick addendum: I claim that this post is basically a better explanation of what’s actually going on, inside the heads of trans people Blanchard would have classified as AGP. But I still think there’s a genuine two-type typology of trans people. I wonder: Is there an equivalent, better explanation waiting to be found for the other group? The group Blanchard would classify as HSTS?
Why only two types, why not three or more?
One simple observation about the HSTS cluster: it seems to me like they try to be “actual” women, without as many caveats about gender nonconformism or strong ties to transfem culture. I’m an AGP/anime-girl trans girl, and many “mainstream” trans women seem kind of alien to me, in the same mental category as cis women
The comedy account HalimedeMF says:
“personally I think a lot of white transgender women would benefit from not basing their entire ideas of femininity on the wrong anime girls. as a woman you’re supposed to be defined by your mother’s failings”
soooo true. re: the wrong anime girls: there are some anime girls who i think make for better role models for transfems with somewhat masculine personalities. for instance, major kusanagi from the ghost in the shell franchise is an awesome, beautiful, ultra-competent badass. these days, i’m aspiring to be more like her, rather than an ultra-cutesy k-on! character.