Cis people as a whole have this weird double standard for trans people in that we’re expected to not want to have kids and they don’t want us to have kids because it’s “unnatural” for us to be parents, and depending where you want they require you to be sterilized in order to transition. While also there’s an expectation for us to still have kids by our family, but they don’t want their trans son to be father, but a mother, or their trans daughter to be a mother, but a father.
Having kids is an expectation for everyone but they think the way we would do it is “unnatural” because they can’t comprehend a father giving birth, or how a trans mother will explain her gender to her child, or that we’ll raise them differently based on our beliefs of gender. Our parents want us to have kids but not if we do it in a way they werent expecting.
And then when it comes to healthcare they insist as part of our transition that we be sterilized, trading in our gender for our right to give birth. This is most apparent in places like japan, where it’s a requirement to be sterilized in order to carry on with medically transitioning.
It’s true many transgender people do not want to have children, especially biological children, due to the dysphoria of it all, and those trans people shouldn’t be shamed for that, not by family, friends, or those who provide us with the need to transition. But we also shouldn’t be shamed for wanting to have children, and that right shouldn’t be taken away from us.
Reproductive rights for transgender people are important. It’s something we should be fighting for.
I often make typos in my posts, so I went back and edited this one. Also I’ll add some sources
Notice how all these take place in 2017 and 2018, involve millennial, or “first world” counties.
Reproductive rights are a hot topic right now and I think while we’re at it we should talk about the reproductive rights of others as well. Please consider reblogging to start this discussion that even us as trans people may forget to have.
