I considered my condition AGP from the time that I learned about it until I stopped compartmentalizing. Then, as I began to do the work of trying to integrate my interior experience through the lens of "being trans," AGP became a lot less compelling, because (1) it didn't feel sufficiently holistic or multifaced to account for the multi-dimensionality and complexity of my interior experience, and (2) I experienced a significant amount of social pressure from other trans people, who seemed to feel threatened that I was considering the term at all.
I've mostly gotten over (2). To (1), I've gained a greater appreciation for the flexibility / versatility of AGP as a heuristic, but I still find it a bit reductive and misleading. I don't mind acknowledging / exploring an AGP dimension to my experience among those for whom the theory has salience, but it's not a framing that I find particularly helpful in parsing myself to myself. I think we could do better in developing language that is more generous and fecund in helping trans people to understand their experience and narrate their identities.
Tailcalled, can you say more about why you believe Gigi isn’t an example? I’m surprised, having recently watched videos from this “Gregory Gorgeous” playlist—https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA4B63E7B685F038A&si=UShpcIioqjkIPqYv—and it seemed evident that Gregory was a super-effeminate young gay man! But you may know more than I do. Help?
I do know about Gorgeous’ relationship with Nats Getty.
(Btw, I searched for “Dating Nats” in case that’s the title of something? But didn’t find anything)
So GG is now with a female (who is super-rich! And at some point began identifying as a man). If that’s why you say GG is not an example of HSTS, despite GG’s experience up to age 24 (when the “I am a lesbian” announcement was issued), I guess I understand…though (as much as I enjoy a good love story) I also wouldn’t be all that surprised if Nats’ fortune had worked as a powerful aphrodisiac on GG.
I considered my condition AGP from the time that I learned about it until I stopped compartmentalizing. Then, as I began to do the work of trying to integrate my interior experience through the lens of "being trans," AGP became a lot less compelling, because (1) it didn't feel sufficiently holistic or multifaced to account for the multi-dimensionality and complexity of my interior experience, and (2) I experienced a significant amount of social pressure from other trans people, who seemed to feel threatened that I was considering the term at all.
I've mostly gotten over (2). To (1), I've gained a greater appreciation for the flexibility / versatility of AGP as a heuristic, but I still find it a bit reductive and misleading. I don't mind acknowledging / exploring an AGP dimension to my experience among those for whom the theory has salience, but it's not a framing that I find particularly helpful in parsing myself to myself. I think we could do better in developing language that is more generous and fecund in helping trans people to understand their experience and narrate their identities.
Can we at least admit it's KIND OF FUNNY your example of an HSTS isn't HSTS 😅
Tailcalled, can you say more about why you believe Gigi isn’t an example? I’m surprised, having recently watched videos from this “Gregory Gorgeous” playlist—https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA4B63E7B685F038A&si=UShpcIioqjkIPqYv—and it seemed evident that Gregory was a super-effeminate young gay man! But you may know more than I do. Help?
Dating Nats
I do know about Gorgeous’ relationship with Nats Getty.
(Btw, I searched for “Dating Nats” in case that’s the title of something? But didn’t find anything)
So GG is now with a female (who is super-rich! And at some point began identifying as a man). If that’s why you say GG is not an example of HSTS, despite GG’s experience up to age 24 (when the “I am a lesbian” announcement was issued), I guess I understand…though (as much as I enjoy a good love story) I also wouldn’t be all that surprised if Nats’ fortune had worked as a powerful aphrodisiac on GG.