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Title: Pain
Post by: Butterfly on September 07, 2010, 06:10:12 PM
Pain
Questioning Transphobia
Written by Lisa Harney
07 September, 2010


http://www.questioningtransphobia.com/?p=2994 (http://www.questioningtransphobia.com/?p=2994)


So something a lot of trans people talk around while discussing transition, hormones, surgery, and other technologies we may or may not access is the idea of dysphoria or dysmorphia or dissonance. That is, the clash between what your body appears to be and what you know your body should be. Trying to maintain this dichotomy is known to be harmful trans people's mental health.