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	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200708210142/https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]
	*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}

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	'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=~~http~~://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that [[Transition#Physical changes\|medical transitioning]] is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.		'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024\|url-status=live}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that [[Transition#Physical changes\|medical transitioning]] is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.

	Nonbinary journalist [[Jessie Earl]] sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Nonbinary journalist [[Jessie Earl]] sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

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	'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that medical transitioning is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.		'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that [[Transition#Physical changes\|medical transitioning]] is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.

	Nonbinary journalist [[Jessie Earl]] sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Nonbinary journalist [[Jessie Earl]] sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	<blockquote>Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.</blockquote>		<blockquote>Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, [[trauma]] and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.</blockquote>

	Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".{{Citation needed}} Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>		Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".{{Citation needed}} Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214346/https://twitter.com/roouija/status/1237370511182757888\|archive-date=7 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214420/https://twitter.com/chadtransdude/status/1191005820244365312\|archive-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>

	Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304015210/https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306125934/https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304015210/https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306125934/https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]		*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]
	*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}

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	'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that medical transitioning is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.		'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that medical transitioning is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.

	Nonbinary journalist Jessie Earl sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Nonbinary journalist [[Jessie Earl]] sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	~~{{quote\|~~Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.}}		<blockquote>Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.</blockquote>

	Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".{{Citation needed}} Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>		Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".{{Citation needed}} Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>
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	Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
	~~{{quote\|~~...not all trans people experience gender dysphoria. The belief that a diagnosis is clinically required to access gender-affirming care, known as transmedicalism, can contribute to stigma and discrimination toward transgender individuals because centering a mental health diagnosis suggests that all gender diverse people are inherently mentally ill. Another consequence of centering gender dysphoria as an essential trans experience is that it fails to consider that gender diversity is natural and a vital aspect of all societies, not a narrowly defined American pathology. Simply stated, an experience of gender dysphoria is not a requirement to be considered part of the trans community.}}		<blockquote>...not all trans people experience gender dysphoria. The belief that a diagnosis is clinically required to access gender-affirming care, known as transmedicalism, can contribute to stigma and discrimination toward transgender individuals because centering a mental health diagnosis suggests that all gender diverse people are inherently mentally ill. Another consequence of centering gender dysphoria as an essential trans experience is that it fails to consider that gender diversity is natural and a vital aspect of all societies, not a narrowly defined American pathology. Simply stated, an experience of gender dysphoria is not a requirement to be considered part of the trans community.</blockquote>

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]		*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]
	*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}

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	Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.}}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. }}</ref>		Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.}}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. }}</ref>

			Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:
			{{quote\|...not all trans people experience gender dysphoria. The belief that a diagnosis is clinically required to access gender-affirming care, known as transmedicalism, can contribute to stigma and discrimination toward transgender individuals because centering a mental health diagnosis suggests that all gender diverse people are inherently mentally ill. Another consequence of centering gender dysphoria as an essential trans experience is that it fails to consider that gender diversity is natural and a vital aspect of all societies, not a narrowly defined American pathology. Simply stated, an experience of gender dysphoria is not a requirement to be considered part of the trans community.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6}}</ref>}}

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==

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	*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200708210142/https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]
	*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}

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	'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that medical transitioning is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.		'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that [[Transition#Physical changes\|medical transitioning]] is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.

	Nonbinary journalist [[Jessie Earl]] sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Nonbinary journalist [[Jessie Earl]] sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	<blockquote>Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.</blockquote>		<blockquote>Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, [[trauma]] and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.</blockquote>

	Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".{{Citation needed}} Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>		Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".{{Citation needed}} Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214346/https://twitter.com/roouija/status/1237370511182757888\|archive-date=7 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214420/https://twitter.com/chadtransdude/status/1191005820244365312\|archive-date=7 May 2023}}</ref>

	Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304015210/https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306125934/https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304015210/https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306125934/https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]		*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]
	*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}

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	'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that medical transitioning is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.		'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that medical transitioning is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.

	Nonbinary journalist Jessie Earl sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Nonbinary journalist [[Jessie Earl]] sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	~~{{quote\|~~Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.}}		<blockquote>Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.</blockquote>

	Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".{{Citation needed}} Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>		Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".{{Citation needed}} Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>
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	Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
	~~{{quote\|~~...not all trans people experience gender dysphoria. The belief that a diagnosis is clinically required to access gender-affirming care, known as transmedicalism, can contribute to stigma and discrimination toward transgender individuals because centering a mental health diagnosis suggests that all gender diverse people are inherently mentally ill. Another consequence of centering gender dysphoria as an essential trans experience is that it fails to consider that gender diversity is natural and a vital aspect of all societies, not a narrowly defined American pathology. Simply stated, an experience of gender dysphoria is not a requirement to be considered part of the trans community.}}		<blockquote>...not all trans people experience gender dysphoria. The belief that a diagnosis is clinically required to access gender-affirming care, known as transmedicalism, can contribute to stigma and discrimination toward transgender individuals because centering a mental health diagnosis suggests that all gender diverse people are inherently mentally ill. Another consequence of centering gender dysphoria as an essential trans experience is that it fails to consider that gender diversity is natural and a vital aspect of all societies, not a narrowly defined American pathology. Simply stated, an experience of gender dysphoria is not a requirement to be considered part of the trans community.</blockquote>

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]		*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]
	*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}		*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}

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	'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum", which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that medical transitioning is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.		'''Transmedicalism''' is the view that [[dysphoria]] is a requirement for being [[transgender]]. People who hold this opinion are called transmedicalists, or "transmeds" for short. They may also be called "truscum",<ref name="Fontaine">{{Cite web\|title=The new Frontier: Trans Rights in Icelang\|last=Fontaine\|first=Andie\|work=The Reykjavík Grapevine\|date=2 August 2019\|access-date=12 July 2024\|url=https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240712051542/https://grapevine.is/icelandic-culture/2019/08/02/the-new-frontier-trans-rights-in-iceland/\|archive-date=12 July 2024}}</ref> which is sometimes considered pejorative. Many transmeds do not believe [[nonbinary]] genders are valid, or apply rigid requirements for which ones are valid. Transmeds also commonly believe that medical transitioning is needed in order to be genuinely transgender.

	Nonbinary journalist Jessie Earl sums it up:		Nonbinary journalist Jessie Earl sums it up as:<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	{{quote\|Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}		{{quote\|Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.}}

	Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".<ref>https://truscum-facts.tumblr.com/post/190816386710/tucutes-do-not-transition-if-you-dont-have [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214323/https://truscum-facts.tumblr.com/post/190816386710/tucutes-do-not-transition-if-you-dont-have Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>		Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".{{Citation needed}} Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>

	Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304015210/https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306125934/https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>		Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304015210/https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306125934/https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:		Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
	{{quote\|...not all trans people experience gender dysphoria. The belief that a diagnosis is clinically required to access gender-affirming care, known as transmedicalism, can contribute to stigma and discrimination toward transgender individuals because centering a mental health diagnosis suggests that all gender diverse people are inherently mentally ill. Another consequence of centering gender dysphoria as an essential trans experience is that it fails to consider that gender diversity is natural and a vital aspect of all societies, not a narrowly defined American pathology. Simply stated, an experience of gender dysphoria is not a requirement to be considered part of the trans community.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}		{{quote\|...not all trans people experience gender dysphoria. The belief that a diagnosis is clinically required to access gender-affirming care, known as transmedicalism, can contribute to stigma and discrimination toward transgender individuals because centering a mental health diagnosis suggests that all gender diverse people are inherently mentally ill. Another consequence of centering gender dysphoria as an essential trans experience is that it fails to consider that gender diversity is natural and a vital aspect of all societies, not a narrowly defined American pathology. Simply stated, an experience of gender dysphoria is not a requirement to be considered part of the trans community.}}

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	*{{Cite web \|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism \|author=Char (floatingpik) \|work=void where inhibited \|date=9 August 2016 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}		*{{Cite web\|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism\|author=Char (floatingpik)\|work=void where inhibited\|date=9 August 2016\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]		*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]
	*{{Cite web \|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do? \|last=ashley \|first=logan \|work=Medium \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}		*{{Cite web\|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do?\|last=ashley\|first=logan\|work=Medium\|date=10 June 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*{{Cite web \|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate. \|author= \|work=around the internets in 8 hours \|date=13 October 2014 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}		*{{Cite web\|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate.\|author=\|work=around the internets in 8 hours\|date=13 October 2014\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}
	*{{Cite web \|title=Do You Need Gender Dysphoria to Be Trans? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=The Advocate \|date=18 January 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/18/do-you-need-gender-dysphoria-be-trans\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612170447/https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/18/do-you-need-gender-dysphoria-be-trans \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}		*{{Cite web\|title=Do You Need Gender Dysphoria to Be Trans?\|last=Earl\|first=Jessie\|work=The Advocate\|date=18 January 2019\|access-date=12 May 2020\|url=https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/18/do-you-need-gender-dysphoria-be-trans\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612170447/https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/18/do-you-need-gender-dysphoria-be-trans\|archive-date=17 July 2023}}

	==References==		==References==

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	Nonbinary journalist Jessie Earl sums it up:		Nonbinary journalist Jessie Earl sums it up:

	{{quote\|Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize}}</ref>}}		{{quote\|Transmedicalists believe that being transgender is contingent upon suffering and/or medical treatment. This ideology completely erases, and is harmful towards, nonbinary identities, as well as binary-identified transgender people who may experience what is known as [[gender euphoria]], or joy at having their gender affirmed. Transmedicalists, who often, unfortunately, face varying levels of suffering, trauma and bigotry due to their experience with gender dysphoria, often see those within the transgender community who do not experience a similar level of suffering to have not "earned" being a part of the community.<ref name="Earl">{{Cite web \|title=What Does the ContraPoints Controversy Say About the Way We Criticize? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=Pride.com \|date=21 October 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214343/https://www.pride.com/firstperson/2019/10/21/what-does-contrapoints-controversy-say-about-way-we-criticize \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}

	Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".<ref>https://truscum-facts.tumblr.com/post/190816386710/tucutes-do-not-transition-if-you-dont-have</ref> Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>		Those who take the opposing view, that dysphoria is not required, are called (by transmeds) "tucutes" or "transtrenders".<ref>https://truscum-facts.tumblr.com/post/190816386710/tucutes-do-not-transition-if-you-dont-have [https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214323/https://truscum-facts.tumblr.com/post/190816386710/tucutes-do-not-transition-if-you-dont-have Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Some so-called "transtrenders" have reclaimed the term by coining terms such as trendergender, trendercore, trenderpunk, etc.<ref name="trendergender">{{Cite web \|title=trendergender \|author=wormhaze \|work=all about xenogenders/neogenders \|date= \|access-date=7 July 2020 \|url= https://xenogenders.carrd.co/#trendergender \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627014105/https://xenogenders.carrd.co/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=roouija\|date=10 March 2020\|title=The young people on tiktok have coined the term “trendercore” and it's the aesthetic of presenting in a way that would piss off truscum,,,,,that is absolutely amazing\|number=1237370511182757888}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet\|user=chadtransdude\|number=1191005820244365312\|date=3 November 2019\|title=intro to trenderpunk!}}</ref>

	Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.}}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. }}</ref>		Many official organizations, such as the USA's National Center for Transgender Equality<ref name="NCTE">{{Cite web \|title=Frequently Asked Questions about Transgender People \|author= \|work=National Center for Transgender Equality \|date=9 July 2016 \|access-date=13 May 2020 \|url= https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people\|quote=Not all transgender people have gender dysphoria. On its own, being transgender is not considered a medical condition. Many transgender people do not experience serious anxiety or stress associated with the difference between their gender identity and their gender of birth, and so may not have gender dysphoria.\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304015210/https://transequality.org/issues/resources/frequently-asked-questions-about-transgender-people \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and the American Psychiatric Association, agree that dysphoria is not a necessary part of being trans.<ref name="APA">{{Cite web \|title=Expert Q & A: Gender Dysphoria \|author= \|work=psychiatry.org \|date= \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a\|quote=Not all transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria and that distinction is important to keep in mind. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306125934/https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/gender-dysphoria/expert-q-and-a \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

	Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:		Matt Goldenberg, Psy.D. and AJ Eckert, D.O. wrote an article in 2021 that states:
	{{quote\|...not all trans people experience gender dysphoria. The belief that a diagnosis is clinically required to access gender-affirming care, known as transmedicalism, can contribute to stigma and discrimination toward transgender individuals because centering a mental health diagnosis suggests that all gender diverse people are inherently mentally ill. Another consequence of centering gender dysphoria as an essential trans experience is that it fails to consider that gender diversity is natural and a vital aspect of all societies, not a narrowly defined American pathology. Simply stated, an experience of gender dysphoria is not a requirement to be considered part of the trans community.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6}}</ref>}}		{{quote\|...not all trans people experience gender dysphoria. The belief that a diagnosis is clinically required to access gender-affirming care, known as transmedicalism, can contribute to stigma and discrimination toward transgender individuals because centering a mental health diagnosis suggests that all gender diverse people are inherently mentally ill. Another consequence of centering gender dysphoria as an essential trans experience is that it fails to consider that gender diversity is natural and a vital aspect of all societies, not a narrowly defined American pathology. Simply stated, an experience of gender dysphoria is not a requirement to be considered part of the trans community.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Protecting Our Future Leaders: Two Doctors on Gender-Affirming Care \|last1=Goldenberg \|first1=Matt \|last2=Eckert \|first2=AJ \|work=Medium \|date=11 December 2021 \|access-date=26 February 2022 \|url= https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214533/https://theglamdoc.medium.com/protecting-our-future-leaders-two-doctors-on-gender-affirming-care-d0042edb82f6 \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}

	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	*{{Cite web \|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism \|author=Char (floatingpik) \|work=void where inhibited \|date=9 August 2016 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/}}		*{{Cite web \|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism \|author=Char (floatingpik) \|work=void where inhibited \|date=9 August 2016 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214116/https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}
	*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]		*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]
	*{{Cite web \|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do? \|last=ashley \|first=logan \|work=Medium \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa}}		*{{Cite web \|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do? \|last=ashley \|first=logan \|work=Medium \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214215/https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}
	*{{Cite web \|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate. \|author= \|work=around the internets in 8 hours \|date=13 October 2014 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate}}		*{{Cite web \|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate. \|author= \|work=around the internets in 8 hours \|date=13 October 2014 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507214216/https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}
	*{{Cite web \|title=Do You Need Gender Dysphoria to Be Trans? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=The Advocate \|date=18 January 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/18/do-you-need-gender-dysphoria-be-trans}}		*{{Cite web \|title=Do You Need Gender Dysphoria to Be Trans? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=The Advocate \|date=18 January 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/18/do-you-need-gender-dysphoria-be-trans\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612170447/https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/18/do-you-need-gender-dysphoria-be-trans \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}

	==References==		==References==

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	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
	*{{Cite web \|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism \|author=Char (floatingpik) \|work=void where inhibited \|date=9 August 2016 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/}}		*{{Cite web \|title=A Brief Critique of Transmedicalism \|author=Char (floatingpik) \|work=void where inhibited \|date=9 August 2016 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://voidwhereinhibited.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/a-brief-critique-of-transmedicalism/}}
	*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at ~~Rational Wiki~~		*[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Transmedicalism Transmedicalism] at [[w:RationalWiki\|RationalWiki]]
	*{{Cite web \|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do? \|last=ashley \|first=logan \|work=Medium \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa}}		*{{Cite web \|title=“Truscum”: Why Do They Hate The Way They Do? \|last=ashley \|first=logan \|work=Medium \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://medium.com/@atranslog/truscum-why-do-they-hate-the-way-they-do-23d5f9fe21aa}}
	*{{Cite web \|title=Some thoughts on the ~~‘Truscum’~~ v '~~Tucute’~~ debate. \|author= \|work=around the internets in 8 hours \|date=13 October 2014 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate}}		*{{Cite web \|title=Some thoughts on the 'Truscum' v 'Tucute' debate. \|author= \|work=around the internets in 8 hours \|date=13 October 2014 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://phineasfrogg.tumblr.com/post/99960248469/some-thoughts-on-the-truscum-v-tucute-debate}}
	*{{Cite web \|title=Do You Need Gender Dysphoria to Be Trans? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=The Advocate \|date=18 January 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/18/do-you-need-gender-dysphoria-be-trans}}		*{{Cite web \|title=Do You Need Gender Dysphoria to Be Trans? \|last=Earl \|first=Jessie \|work=The Advocate \|date=18 January 2019 \|access-date=12 May 2020 \|url= https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2019/1/18/do-you-need-gender-dysphoria-be-trans}}