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MarcinRzeczkowski
Słowakluczowe:cisnormatywność,coming-out,dysforiapłciowa,dyskryminacja,fety-
szyzm,heteronormatywność,opresja,passing,stealth,sytuacjaupokorzenia,transfobia,
transfobiazinternalizowana,transpłciowość,transseksualność,tranzycja
SelectionfromTrans-Optimist
merestillappearstobeahugedisproportionbetweenthetranssexualtheoryandthe
truetrans-society.meaimofthefollowinganthology,whichwaspreviouslypostedon
Trans-Optimist(Trans-Optymista)blog,istotakeasubjectivediveintothecommunity
andthoughtmechanismsofpeoplewhoaretransgenderanddecidetotransitionin
ordertodeconstructcommonmyths.
megatheredtextsdescribethechangesinperceptionofthetransgenderpeople,
theirfunctioning,conformityanddefiancetoheteronormativity.Inaddition,theyana-
lyzethefalsecreationoftheidealntruetranssexual”personaanditselectonspecialists
andpatientsalongwiththemarginalizationofnegativeelectsofcisnormativity,dis-
criminationandtransphobiawiththeemphasisonpsycho-socialfunctioningoftrans-
sexualpeople.
Furthermore,thetextshighlighttheproblemoftheco-existenceofpsychological
issuesstemmingfrompathologyandviolencecommittedagainsttranspeople.mey
alsodepictthemechanismsofdealingwithoppression,includinginternalizationof
transphobiaandtheirconsequencesandillustratethemwithasummaryandreviewof
populartransevents.
meyalsoexplainthedefinitionofpassingandstealthandaccompanyitbyan
examinationoftheirnegativeandpositiveaspects.Toelaborate,theypresentanarticle
abouttherapeuticchallengesforcounselorsworkingwithtransgenderpeoplehelping
themtoovercomegenderdysphoriaanditsfollowingconsequencesandatalkonanxi-
etyconnectedtoafearedrelationshipwithafetishist.
Ontheotherhand,theygivepositiveaccountsofsuccessfulcoming-outsandthe
importanceofbuildingafriendlyandsupportingnetwork.Inaddition,theypresent
mostcommonmistakesdonebyspecialistsworkingwithtranspeople,highlightingad-
verseresultsofthelackofproperknowledgeofthesubject.meanthologyiscompleted
bythetextonbasicrulesofsavoirvivreincontactswithtransgenderpeople.
Keywords:cisnormativity,coming-out,genderdysphoria,dyscrimination,fetishism,
heteronormativity,oppression,passing,stealth,humiliation,transphobia,internalized
transphobia,transgender,transsexuality,transition
