Ask Matt Monday: The Need to Transition in a Gender-Free World

[Shana A]

Ask Matt Monday: The Need to Transition in a Gender-Free World

March 28, 2011 by Matt Kailey

http://tranifesto.com/2011/03/28/ask-matt-monday-the-need-to-transition-in-a-gender-free-world/

A reader writes: "In a comment, you wrote about gender norms: 'I also believe that, no matter how much we relax (the binary gender system) or expand it (or even if we eliminate it), the medical need for transition will remain. People who need to transition need to transition, regardless of the gender system in place. The elimination or expansion of the binary gender system would serve to reduce or eliminate the stress and discrimination that trans people experience, but I don't think it would eliminate the need to transition.'

"I would like to hear more about your thoughts on this and the reasons why you think so. How would trans issues look in some sort of gender-diverse/free utopia?"