Yes, which is why people need to stop blogging graphics like this without stopping to think of the implications. (I mean, what are "Eunuchs" doing there and does anyone even use that term anymore...?)
The trans* umbrella is broad, yes, but wow this graphic is pretty bad.
Incidentally, I had the misfortune to find this image being discussed on a radical feminist blog
I'm not sure what your implications are here, but radical feminists get a lot of unnecessary flack considering how varied the radical community is.
I do not consider it a "gross, freakish disease". (I wouldn't think that about any disease though, because it's a shitty thing to do) Although I don't understand why you think having a disease would supposedly erase your personhood. I consider it a medical condition rather than an identity because to me, it is a purely physical problem I have. My mind does not match up with my body. Forcibly trying to get someone who feels such disconnect with their body has shown to do more harm than good, but shit I tried. I really tried so hard to convince myself that I was a butch lesbian and that I could live happily like that, because Christ, who would want to put themselves through all the physical trauma that comes with being a transsexual. It certainly didn't work out for me and I ended up spending 9 months in a psych ward after I tried to mutilate and kill myself.
But you're a trans person. Cis people call trans people freaks and unnatural. Your intentions are great and all, but Hiikaru experiences real dysphoria from cis people. "Although I don't understand why you think having a disease would supposedly erase your personhood." is also a strawman.
Someone mentioned in this thread (I think it was Chal, but I'm too tired to check) that they "don't wish they were cis, but they wish being trans wasn't so difficult". And I guess that's where we both disagree, because even if being trans was widely accepted and nobody bothered you about it, I would still rather be cis. I hate every single possible thing about being a trans person so fucking much.
Yes, it was me. For a few years I considered myself a pre-transitioned MtF transsexual. I hated everything about being a guy. When I met someone who is MtF, that's when I first learned sex transitioning (specifically HRT) is an option. At some point along the road, I realised that by changing to the "opposite" sex and gender, it was like taking myself out of one box (that I hated) and putting myself in another. I had been policing my own gender. Yes, I felt "more" like a girl because I liked more things we consider girly than boyish. I hate my height and rugged appearance (which I still want to change). But I also feel I'm not doing myself any good by continuing to restrict myself with gender. I understand not everyone (trans* people especially) see gender as restricting and may even see it as empowering. But to me, it is a restriction. Because of my appearance and my voice, people automatically gender me as a guy and assume I behave in certain ways because of their assumption that I am a guy. And I'm sick of it. I'm sick of having to police my assigned gender or risk public ridicule, humiliation, or worse.
No, I don't wish I was cis. Just like I don't wish I was "straight".