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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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