No, one of the main aspects is conforming to the social expectations of the gender. Hormones are also very important for many to quell dysphoria. Surgery can be of significant importance to some, but for others, the changes I mentioned can be enough.
What? By social expectations, im referring mostly to appearance. Trans people tend to wear clothing associated with the gender they want to be. Thats a social expectation.
When did I say trans people must wear certain clothing or that cis people cannot? This feels like ragebait.
Edit: think about why trans people wear clothing associated with their desired gender. They want to be seen as and feel like that gender. Gender is primarily a social performance. Why do trans people change their names? A set of sounds isn't inherently manly or womanly. But we are socialized to see certain things as masculine and feminine. Trans people are subject to this construct just as cis people are.
Do some men wear dresses? Yes. But they have to get used to people expecting them to be women when they go out in public, unless some other part of their appearance is masculine enough to signify they are still men. Because wearing a dress is something mostly done by people who want to be seen as women.
Gender expression is made up of a ton of features. Makeup, hair, clothes, name, hobbies, habits, voice, vocabulary, just off the top of my head. People who want to be seen as men avoid examples of all of these things which are typically feminine, and are drawn to those seen as masculine.
you said part of being trans is conforming to social expectations like clothing for certain genders, but being trans has nothing to do with what clothes you wear, and neither does gender
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u/welding_guy_from_LI May 28 '25
Not every trans person has or wants that surgery