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The original was posted on /r/transsexual by /u/Less-Floor-1290 on 2023-06-16 12:33:25+00:00.
I'm nearing the end of my transition after I was diagnosed in 2015, when I just turned 12. I've been knowingly a transsexual for 8 years but have never had an actual community to go to when my transition was stressing me out.
No one wanted SRS, I was the always weird one for wanting it. Even more gatekeepy communities would bash SRS and talk about how you didn't need it to be "valid." Why can't people who absolutely need to have SRS ever have a place for themselves? Why does everyone want to be a transsexual without actually being one? Even if you claim to have bottom dysphoria, you will never go through what I'm about to go through and that makes us different. I should be able to separate myself from people who don't want SRS, regardless of the reason, without being some kind of bigot or gatekeeper.
It seems like every year the definition of both transgender and transsexual get even more watered down. Crossdressers are now transgender, transgenders are now transsexuals, and true transsexuals may as well not even exist.