Requirements to be trans

There is no "right way to be transgender".

Plain and simple.

 

This. I experienced more social dysphoria than physical dysphoria, but that did not make me any less transgender. People have very different experiences, and there is nobody that can describe everybody's experiences.

 

Basically, if your gender identity does not 100% match with your assigned gender, you're trans.

 

Obviously anyone can identify as trans* if they so choose, no one will ever know if they really are as it depends on an inner feeling.

The main difference lies in whether or not you feel the need to transiton. This is a bit more tricky, transitionng when you are not actually transgender can end really badly which means that a person needs to go through quite a bit of soul searching and deal with doubts to figure out if they really are trans. If you are non binary, you are taking a huge risk if you do choose to transition so the choice becomes even harder. Transitioning does typically have some requirements, depending on the country...

 

Basically what others said. There is not right or wrong way to be trans. The only thing that isn't okay is policing gender roles and telling people they aren't trans enough for whatever reasons.

 

1) You know that you're transgender.

That's... pretty much it. There aren't any requirements.

 

Personally I feel like there should be some kind of discomfort or disconnect with your assigned gender, even if it's just social dysphoria. It doesn't have to be extreme or anything, but if you're totally comfortable with your assigned gender, I don't understand what makes you transgender. That being said, I'm open to trying to understand different experiences, and I don't believe in telling anyone else that they aren't trans.

 

there are NO requirements to be trans if you think you are trans then you identify with trans. It is as simple as that

 

Requirements to be trans

1) you are trans

Did you pass? Read the first point again

 

Honestly, everything that people said here is right. I, myself, didn't come out and call myself transgender for the longest time, even if that was how I felt. Mostly because I felt that Transgender was reserved for those actively changing their gender, while I was still in the closet. However, after coming out I realized that what makes you Transgender is simply feeling you are a different gender than you were born with. No matter if your out or not, transitioning or not.
I am currently transitioning and becoming comfortable with the term itself, though honestly I don't feel as if its a good idea for any of us to label ourself. specially with something so wide spread term as 'transgender'

 

I've seen "not trans enough" used as a sarcastic joke a lot.

 

Identifying as trans is enough to be trans in my book. Otherwise, it escalates in gender policing and ''not trans enough''.

Of course, someone can realize they are not trans after all later, but only the individual themselves can determine that.

 

I think you need some sort of social or physical dysphoria, but I also think it's not my place to define other people's gender, so I'm not going to go around telling people they're not trans. My definition of my own gender is rooted in dysphoria, and that is the definition I use to give advice to others, but how people choose to define their own gender identity is none of my business. I'm not going to tell anyone their identity is wrong. Their identity isn't invalid just because it doesn't line up with my definition.

 

I wish more people were accepting of the trans label being used more freely and openly.

The more people becoming accepting of gender variance from the norm, the better ... I really would rather just have my gender be perceived as one part of me, like my love for hot sauce or role-playing, and not some kind of ticket I earned for myself in order to belong to an exclusive club of sufferers.

 

I think someone needs body dysphoria and/or social dysphoria, in order to be transsexual. They might overcome all or some dysphoria by transitioning in various ways or they might "make peace" with their situation, for various reasons, and they're still trans. Dysphoria doesn't need to be crippling emotional pain 24/7. Dysphoria can be mild, vary over time, and even repressed.

I usually use "trans" because I don't like the word "transsexual" and those porn connections. I've lost count of the times I've explained that I'm a trans guy, not a trans woman. I usually take it as a compliment.

I don't know if it is truly possible to be transgender (but not transsexual) despite never experiencing dysphoria. I guess it depends on who you include under the "trans umbrella."

One of my internet friends identified as bigender, before he came out as a trans guy. In his case, identifying as bigender, was his way of easing himself into a male identity.

I'm getting anxious ^^; I almost never want to hurt someone emotionally. I can wrap my head around gender identities such as male, female, bigender, and agender. I try to respect someone's gender identity, unless they consider themselves to be something ridiculous such as "stargender."

 

For me I'm not really counts as dysphoria and what doesn't, so I don't like saying that is a requirement.

Everyone experiences things differently and I think the only requirement is that you do agree with the gender assigned at birth. But I think that if you wish to transition you should meet some requirements, not so much dysphoria but seeing a councilor, to living dressing and living as wished gender, etc.

It'd harder for non-binary people. I know one non-binary person told me that he is sure he will revert this in his later years, but for now he is happy to be transitioning.

 

I think that you need some kind of disconnect/discomfort with your birth sex. I'm not going to tell anyone they're faking it, but if you have no dysphoria you can only think that you're trans because 1) you're "choosing" to be or 2) you're conflating it with gender roles. People saying it's about how feminine/masculine you feel made it so hard for me to find out I was trans, because I never felt like a boy and I'm rejected now for saying it's mostly physical.

 

It's very complicated.

You identify as transgender.

Brain melting yet?

 

The definition of "transgender" is: not identifying with the gender assigned to you at birth.

That's it. That's all there is. Anything else that anyone says is just other people trying to project their weird guidelines on you. If you don't identify with the gender that the doctor announced when you were born, you are trans. Even if you don't have dysphoria, even if you never want to transition, you are trans. Simple. Very simple.